Franklin County Fire District 3 says that the Manton Way Fire between Mesa and Connell, as of Tuesday morning, is estimated at 5,000 acres. No homes have been damaged. Crews are still on scene from multiple agencies and the fire is estimated at 30% containment. The fire started on the north side of US-395 at 4:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2019 11:39:26 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

The four fire districts of San Juan County have received a regional Federal Emergency Management Agency grant to replace aging personal protective equipment for firefighters and increase compatibility between agencies, maximizing mutual aid throughout our islands while reducing costs to our taxpayers.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2019 1:57:38 AM - SOURCE: The Islands' Weekly

When Amy and Brady King started experimenting with how to build durable, reusable temporary housing that would be easy to transport and assemble, they were imagining a product to assist people after natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods that usually struck far from the Northwest. But their first big customer ended up being close to home and for an ongoing, social emergency — the Northwest’s homelessness crisis.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 5:13:51 PM - SOURCE: GeekWire

The City of Pullman is being fined by the Washington Department of Labor and Industries for their handling of the flooding response in April. Three $900 violations have totaled up to $2,700 for the City, which decided to pay the fines rather than appeal them. According to the City of Pullman, Labor and Industries issued the first $900 penalty for a fire department commander allowing an unauthorized, untrained maintenance employee to drive a front-end loader with three firefighters in the bucket.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 5:08:09 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Several businesses were destroyed Monday afternoon after a three-alarm fire erupted at a retail building in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. Nearly two-thirds of Seattle's firefighting force responded to the blaze. The first units arrived just after noon as heavy smoke began pouring from the building in the 2300 block of NW Market Street.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 5:05:26 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000