It’s been an amazing transformation for the fire service in the last decade and for once I am not talking about politics. While politics has an impact on the services that we provide it has become evident when talking with the public on just how important customer service is. Let...
Category Archives: Incidents of Note
Tired of Police Funerals and Shootings.
With the recent news of two Pierce County deputies being shot and then again another similar incident last night in Spokane County with less tragic results, it brings up a few questions that demand answers. “Why?” and “what to do about it?” should be asked of our elected officials.
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For Greg.
The fire service lost a great firefighter, leader, educator, and friend this weekend.
I first met Greg in some of our initial firefighter classes during Thurston County recruit academy in the fall of 1993. Being two of the youngest in the class, we had much more in common with each other than with most of...
The Day Lacey Shook: February 28, 2001
The Nisqually earthquake of February 28, 2001, was a remarkable day in Lacey, Washington especially for local fire fighters. At the time, Lacey Fire District had more staffing than we do today but ran only about 4000 a year and a busy day was a 12 to 16 calls a day; all...
Fire Department Reductions Cost Lives.
Recent reductions and closures in Marion Township, Ohio, assisted in the deaths of an infant and a toddler. Considering that Lacey Fire has reorganized and laid members off 3 times since 2002, the similarities should not be lost on us locally.
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/05/10/marion_fire_folo.ART_ART_05-10-09_B1_GUDQJOI.html?sid=101
Lacey Fire Engines Celebrate 20 Years.
In 1989 Thurston County Fire District #3 joined with the City of Lacey and bought a pair of fire engines from Appleton, Wisconsin based Pierce Fire Apparatus. These fire engines were built as heavy duty monsters featuring some of the first disc brakes on fire engines in this county and had silver series 8V92...