Seattle police are investigating a suspicious death at a Beacon Hill house fire Wednesday morning. At about 10:20 a.m., police and Seattle Fire Department (SFD) personnel responded to a house fire in the 5900 block of 23rd Avenue South. While fighting the fire, firefighters discovered a 70-year-old woman and carried her out of the house.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

The flu is spreading at a high rate and the current season is early this year, according to the Washington State Department of Health. Officials said flu deaths are at higher rates than usually seen this time of the year. As of Dec. 10, 40 people, including three children, have died from the flu in the state.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

On Monday, the Sandy Township Supervisors officially approved making their property, located at 3059 Oklahoma Salem Road, available for a future fire station for the new city of DuBois, if needed in consolidation, TheCourierExpress.com reported.

A city official said the property on Oklahoma Salem Road looks favorable to build a new fire station on but that it’s just preliminary at this time, the report said.

Here’s the Fire Study that was completed in July 2021 (PDF) regarding Sandy-Township and DuBois consolidation.

What started out as a $25,000 job to install equipment mounts, shelves and drawers in Butler (IN) Fire Department’s new fire truck, jumped to a $60,000 estimate, KPCNews.com reported.

After some consideration and discussion, the Butler Board of Works Monday agreed to a higher than expected quote, the report said.

Fire Manufacturing Innovations LLC of Springfield (OH) submitted a $60,000 quote to install the storage devices in the rescue-engine, which arrived earlier this month, according to the report.

The price has jumped considerably in a short period of time, a fire official said. The process for writing specifications for the apparatus — which will carry equipment from a rescue unit on a engine that pumps water — began in 2019.

The price started at $25,000, the fire official said. At the first of the year the official received an estimate between $30,000-$40,000 based on inflation. The last estimate came in at $60,000.

In making his motion to approve the bid, a city official said he would like to see an exact quote from the company saying this is how much it’s going to be, not just saying this is an estimate, the report said.

The Palmyra Fire Department added a brand new $750,000 engine to the fleet, wgem.com reported. A fire official said it is the department’s first new pumper truck since 1994.

It’s an addition to their current fleet, as they plan to open another station in Taylor (MO) and need an apparatus there, the report said.

The new truck features a 1,500-gallon-a-minute pump, a 1,000-gallon tank and a 23-foot light tower for lighting up the area at night in wrecks, the fire official said.

The new Taylor fire station is still in the design phase of the project, the report said.