Kennewick Fire Department

(Kennewick, WA) -- Fire crews from Kennewick and several other agencies were called out to a fire at a residential fourplex apartment building located at 4200 West Albany Ave at 3:39am Sunday. That's right near West Kennewick Ave where it meets Union Street ...

(Kennewick, WA) -- Kennewick Police say a driver of vehicle misjudged a turn and slammed into a fire hydrant off the 7400 Block of West Clearwater Ave. Saturday afternoon. Authorities say they sent gallons of water gushing into the street, and forced authorities to close off the eastbound lanes for hours while Kennewick Fire Department responded to cap the hydrant and clean up the mess ... Read Mo

(Kennewick, WA) -- The matter is settled, between Kennewick's former fire chief and the city. In a statement Kennewick confirmed the city offered Vince Beasley 400-thousand, 1 dollars plus reasonable attorneys fees, the number of which has not yet been determined ...

(Kennewick, WA) -- Fire crews rushed to the scene of an apartment fire at the Heatherstone Apartments off 1114 West 10th Ave in Kennewick, just after 7:40am Thursday. Firefighters arriving found smoke coming from a ground floor apartment, and KFD made the decision to declare the blaze a full commercial building response ...

(Kennewick, WA) — In court documents, Vincent Beasley says he was fired because he was black and was against what he calls Kennewick’s discriminatory practices on minorities and woman. The documents state that after Beasley was named chief back in 2014, he met over 90% of the city’s defined performance goals from 2016 to 2019. The suit mention ...

(Kennewick, WA) -- Kennewick Fire Department crews fought both a fire and the bitter cold New Year's Day, after a blaze begins inside a gazebo, and reaches a home's first floor. This happened around 3:15pm off 4605 South Ledbetter Street. According to a statement from Kennewick Fire, dispatch reported a small shed or gazebo on fire in the backyard at this address ...

(Kennewick, WA) -- The Kennewick Fire Department says it had nearly double the amount of calls it had to respond to over the course of a 24-hour period Wednesday into Thursday. In a statement, the department says crews responded to two rollover crashes on Bob Olson Parkway ...

(Kennewick, WA) -- A 65-year-old woman has died in what was originally reported to emergency dispatch as an explosion. This happened Monday night around 6:15pm off 228 North Quincy Street in Kennewick. That's right near where Quincy meets Clearwater Ave ...

(Kennewick, WA) -- Fire crews were called to a blaze at the Tanglewood Apartments off North Arthur Street around 11pm Friday. Flames were seen shooting into the air from a second story window. No one was hurt but a family is out of their home due to the fire ...

KENNEWICK, Wash. - Wildfire season is already upon us. Many people think that wildfires happen far away from the city, but as Tri-Citians saw Wednesday, they can burn in the middle of a metropolitan area.   Captain Brian Ellis with the Kennewick Fire Department says there are steps you can take to protect your home from burning down in the event of a wildfire. The ...