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Firefighters transported two people to hospitals while battling an apartment fire in Edmonds that required a large response of more than 60 firefighters Saturday. Firefighters responded to the apartments in the 8800 block of 236th St SW shortly before 3 p.m. and found smoke pouring from the one-story complex. It took nearly 40 minutes to […]

Everett Fire was on scene of a working structure fire at Tri-plex residence in the 400 block of 45th St SW, near Elm Street, just West of Forest Park. When the roof collapsed from the fire, crews switched from offensive to defensive operations. No humans were injured. Unfortunately, two family cats died in the fire. […]

Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue Firefighter, Brett Bergeron, is planning to tread water for 24 hours to raise money for the Greater Northwest Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. The attempt will be made at the Snohomish Aquatic Center in Snohomish, beginning at 10am on Sunday September 1st to 10am on Monday the 2nd. Brett’s […]

The Everett Fire Department’s Emergency Medical Services Division (EMS) has launched a new pilot program allowing paramedics to administer buprenorphine, a medication designed to address withdrawal symptoms from opiate overdoses. Buprenorphine, a narcotic medication, can prevent withdrawal symptoms and reduce drug cravings without causing a high.  It has been shown to cut mortality from opioid […]

South County firefighters had an unusual situation to address this morning: a fire on a small island in a residential lake. Smoke was visible near Lake Ballinger in Mountlake Terrace Sunday as South County firefighters worked to extinguish a vegetation fire on Edmount Island. The fire, reported shortly after 5 a.m., burned in 25 by […]

South County Fire is celebrating the promotion of Battalion Chief Terri Fitzgerald, the agency’s first-ever female chief officer. Fitzgerald has worked nearly 30 years in the fire service, beginning her career in 1995 as a volunteer for Chelan County Fire District 1. She joined South County Fire as a firefighter/paramedic in 2003, later promoting to […]

Everett residents could see 2024 Primary Ballots in the mail as early as today. One of the biggest decisions will be Everett’s Proposition 1, which is listed as a Levy Lid Lift for Public Safety and Essential Public Services. We do our best to break it down into easy-to-understand, plain English so you can make […]

In the early hours of Wednesday, July 10, just after 3:30 am, the Everett Fire Department quickly extinguished a commercial fire at a three-occupancy strip mall located at 8407 Evergreen Way. Firefighters arrived to find a working fire in the business of Los Guerreros Taqueria. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. Engine 6 and Aid 6 […]

The road construction work on State Route 529 in Everett just got a whole lot more interesting. Or should we say a “Hole” lot more interesting. WSDOT crews discovered a sinkhole at Northbound 529 north of East Marine View Drive. What caused the sinkhole, you may ask? It appears an individual in Everett had been […]

As summer begins, the Snohomish County is expected to hit a record number of window falls this year. South County firefighters responded to a 4-year-old girl seriously injured in a fall from a third story window in Lynnwood over the weekend. This is the 14th reported window fall in Snohomish County this year, including eight […]