Legislation includes sparklers SEATTLE (AP) — A King County Councilmember has proposed banning the use of fireworks in unincorporated areas due to safety concerns and wildfire danger. Councilmember Joe McDermott introduced the legislation on Thursday, KING-TV reported. He ...
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Report: Washington Assistant Chief Killed in Burnover
Johnson was caught without his coat and was overtaken by flames Spring Coulee Fire Facilitated Learning Analysis Sunday, September 1, 2019 dawned a beautiful day in the Okanogan Valley. Many of the area’s volunteer firefighters, including those from ...
Read More »Bureau of Land Management to Fund 11,000 Miles of Fuel Breaks
Strategic project in six states PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management has announced plans to fund 11,000 miles (17,703 kilometers) of strategic fuel breaks in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Utah in an effort ...
Read More »Washington Commissioner Proposes Fund to Fight Wildfires
Bill would be largest investment ever made By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state’s commissioner of Public Lands released a proposal Monday to raise some $63 million each year to fight wildfires and ...
Read More »USFA: Washington On-Duty Death
Okanogan assistant chief was burned in a wildfire The U.S. Fire Administration has announced the official on-duty death of Assistant Fire Chief Christian Dean Johnson, 55, of Okanogan Fire Department/Okanogan County Fire District 3 on October 2, 2019. ...
Read More »Burned Washington Firefighter Faces ‘Long Recovery’
Johnson was severely burned fighting a wildfire SEATTLE (KOMO) — The wife of an Okanogan County firefighter says her family is taking each day at a time as he recovers from severe burns to more than 50% of ...
Read More »Washington Firefighter Seriously Burned in Blaze
Firefighter suffered second- and third-degree burns to most of his body SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An Okanogan County firefighter has been airlifted to Seattle for medical treatment after suffering extensive burns while fighting a wildfire south of Okanogan. ...
Read More »Crews Work to Keep Wildfire from Jumping Columbia River
Fire on Reservation was likely started by lightning SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters are trying to prevent a fast-growing wildfire from jumping the Columbia River. The fire on the Colville Indian Reservation was likely started by lightning last ...
Read More »U.S. Northwest Unprepared as Wildfire Risk Grows
Last year, 40% of Washington’s wildfires were on its wetter western side By TOM JAMES Associated Press ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — Nestled in the foothills of Washington’s Cascade Mountains, the bustling Seattle suburb of Issaquah seems an unlikely ...
Read More »Washington Wildfire Grows, Threatens Homes
Partial evacuation in Mattawa MATTAWA, Wash. (AP) — State resources have been called out to battle a wildfire in central Washington state that has grown to 7.8 square miles (20.2 square kilometers) and threatens homes, crops and a ...
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