PHOTOS: The former Collins Fruit warehouse in Monitor is a total loss after an early morning fire today. A report of a fire visible from the highway came in at 1 a.m. for the fire on Main Street, according to Wenatchee Valley Fire Department spokeswoman Kay McKellar. Main Street in Monitor was closed from the intersection of Warehouse Road and Pioneer Road to Highway 2.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wenatchee World - Metered Site

Gary Girod can’t pass a red kettle without placing at least a couple dollars inside. When the retired firefighter sees a Salvation Army volunteer with a bell, it also takes him back more than 60 years. That’s when the charity showed up for him in the most unlikely of places – stranded on a mountain.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2022 8:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review - Metered Site

The Selah Fire Department responded to a two-alarm fire at a residence on the afternoon of December 15. According to the SFD the intensity of the fire made it manpower intensive. Six agencies and fire districts worked on the fire, including Selah, the Yakima Training Center Professional firefighters and Yakima County Fire District 4.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2022 1:24:00 PM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima/KNDU-TV NBC 25 Richland

PHOTOS: Firefighters from Grays Harbor Fire District 2 and the Aberdeen Fire Department responded Tuesday afternoon to a fire on Aberdeen Lake Road. A robust response and good cooperation between the departments allowed firefighters to rapidly extinguish the fire with no injuries reported, said Lt. James Sande of District 2.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2022 12:30:00 PM - SOURCE: The Daily World

For the past six years, the north end of the Silver City (SD) Volunteer Fire District has been served out of a leased pole barn barely large enough to house one fire engine, RapidCityJournal.com reported. Thanks to a $500,000 donation awarded by the Pennington County Commission last Tuesday, it’s getting a new home.

The donation, part of a $2 million budget request made by the Pennington County Fire Administration last summer, will allow Silver City’s Station No. 2 in Merritt to move out of a situation that served a temporary need, but was never intended for long-term use, the report said.

The request included $500,000 for volunteer fire departments in Quinn, Scenic and Wasta, in addition to Silver City. Each of the four stations in need of replacement suffered from similar issues, the budget request stated. Among the inadequacies were rotting foundations, lack of space, cracked floors and vermin infestation, often hindering the departments’ ability to respond to fires and medical emergencies, the report said.