VIDEO: A veteran firefighter who died a hero was remembered by hundreds at a memorial service on Thursday. Assistant Fire Chief Christian Johnson passed away earlier this month from injuries he sustained while fighting the Spring Coulee Fire. Johnson was fighting the fire in early September when flames overcame him.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2019 5:00:38 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

The East County Fire and Rescue (ECFR) fire district has agreed to sell one of its five stations to the city of Washougal. Washougal City Council members voted to approve the execution of a purchase agreement of $335,000 for the Station 95 building at their Oct. 14 meeting. Washougal City Manager David Scott said the 5,215-square-foot facility, located at 211 39th St.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2019 1:05:18 PM - SOURCE: Camas-Washougal Post-Record

Spokane County's Emergency Management Office has always shined brightest on the county's darkest days. Examples are the 2015 windstorm and the 2018 Upriver Beacon Fire, where the entire region worked together to repair nature's wrath. But now the City of Spokane is launching a new, independent Office of Emergency Management next year.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2019 1:46:43 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

The Washington Emergency Management Division has launched a new online map to help local jurisdictions and the public at large figure out different languages spoken in counties and Census tracts across the state. The goal is to help local governments know ahead of time what languages they need to have emergency messaging translated into before a disaster occurs.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2019 7:11:58 PM - SOURCE: Emergency Management

An aircraft crashed late Wednesday morning in the 4200 block of 192nd Street East, about a mile north of Spanaway. The plane was upside down and two people were trapped inside: a 76-year-old man and a 64-year-old man. But they were conscious, a Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman said. “When we hear plane crash, we always take it as it’s going to be very serious and a very hard extrication,” said Darrin Shaw of Central Pierce Fire and Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2019 5:55:10 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-FM Radio