At approximately 9 a.m. on Monday, Stevens County Fire District #2 reported to the Stevens County 911 Center that a fire truck was missing from the station at the intersection of State Route 25 and Enterprise Road.

“I was on my way to meeting and saw the rollup door was open as I drove by,” stated Rick Anderson – Fire Chief. Upon closer inspection, Brush 272, a white 2008 F550 4×4 Type 6 fire truck was missing from the station. In addition, a second fire truck was extensively damaged due to the batteries being cut out of their holder and significant amount of equipment was stolen for it.

“At this point, our volunteer fire district is out of business for the south end of the fire district with both trucks being unavailable for calls. It will take significant time and funding to both fix the damaged fire truck, its missing equipment, and figure out how we replace an almost $100,000 fire truck. The fire station is located just north of the Two Rivers Resort and old Fort Spokane on SR25.”

Stevens County Fire District #2 serves the communities of Hunters, Cedonia, Fruitland and the west side of the Spokane Indian Reservation. It is an all-volunteer organization operating on a very limited budget. The Fire District is located between Davenport WA and Kettle Falls WA.

Stevens County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident. Attached is a picture of the truck. It has WA license C1694D. It is a white extended cab with green striping. If you have any information about this theft, please contact the Stevens County 911 Center at 509.684.2555.

Wylie Fire Rescue Saturday held an open house for its new Station 4, located at 3200 McMillen Rd.

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The festivities included a hose cutting and a number of speakers.

The station has a lounge area, a kitchen, and a backup 911 dispatch center. “The public is invited to our new fire station 4 open house,” the department writes on Facebook. “Come see inside the firehouse! Help us push in our new fire truck that will be housed there! Pipes and Drums along with our Honor Guard will be performing! There will be a bounce house for the kids, and also a kids firefighter agility course.

An ambulance crew and a truck driver were sent to the hospital after a crash in New York State, authorities say.

On Saturday, the Brewster Fire Department was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with injuries on Interstate 84.

While responding, Putnam 911 reported a second accident involving an overturned tractor trailer. In the second accident, Brewster’s ambulance was struck by the tractor trailer.

The crash caused both vehicles into the guardrail and center median. The truck was carrying milk, and some of it spilled, along with 250 gallons of diesel fuel.

The ambulance crew and the truck driver were transported to Danbury and Putnam Hospital with minor injuries.

Brewster Fire operated at the scene for just over four hours before turning the scene over to New York State Police.

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