6/5/12 -

Yakima Valley Fire and Injury Prevention Association

15th Annual Fund-raising Golf Tournament

6/2/12 - Mabton Fire Department -

Annual Community Breakfast

Time: 6AM to 10AM

Place: Mabton Fire Station 15, 315 North Street

See Attached Flyer For More Information

5/3/12 - White Swan Station 1 Structure Fire

210 Curtis Street Media Release

4/13/2012 - Residential Fire Sprinkler Demonstration

The Washington State Fire Marshal’s office demonstrated the use of residential fire sprinklers at the Yakama Nation Housing Authority. The sprinklers are being utilized in several residential housing developments by the Yakama Nation including 68 homes being built at Adams View, Wanity Park, and Foster Retirement.

3/31/2012 - Recruit School Final Burn

The first recruit school of 2012 completed their final burn. Thanks Mindy and Carroll for sharing your photos!

1/10/2012 - Lateral B Rd. Bin Fire

Units from YCFD #5 arrived to find a very large bin pile on fire; the fire was burning in the middle of the pile. There were approximately 300-400 bins on fire at this time. The fire had been started on the out side of the stack and burned inward. The pile turned out to have 14,000 bins and had no fire breaks. The fire was contained and fire dept. personnel used two Hyster forklifts to move the bins to gain access and extinguish the fire. The fire was human caused and started along the East side of the bins. The bin pile was valued at $560,000 with a loss of $16,000. For any questions, contact Deputy Chief Frazier.

1/4/2011 - Memorial Information: Retired Fire Chief James (Jim) Stanton

Chief Stanton passed away on December 29, 2011.The memorial service for Fire Chief James (Jim) Stanton (Ret.) will be held on Thursday, January 12th, 2012, 10:00 a.m. at the Grace Brethren Church in Sunnyside. The address for the service is 703 E. Franklin Avenue, Sunnyside, WA. A reception luncheon will follow after the grave side services at the Grace Brethren Church.

Chief Stanton dedicated 33 years of service to the City of Sunnyside Fire Department. He was also a volunteer firefighter with Yakima County Fire District #5 for a total of 35 years. He retired from the Sunnyside Fire Department in December of 2004.
 
The Stanton family request in lieu of flowers that donations may be made to Lower Valley Hospice or the Sunnyside Volunteer Firefighters Association.
 
Departments are asked to please RSVP to Battalion Chief Harris if they are planning on having an apparatus in the funeral procession.
 
For additional information please contact Sunnyside Fire Department at (509) 837-3999 or e-mail DC Lloyd Hazzard at lhazzard@ci.sunnyside.wa.us, or BC Harris at bharris@ci.sunnyside.wa.us