National Guard

Guard members are now being placed at hospitals around the state including Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital to help with staff shortages.

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SPOKANE (AP)  Gov. Jay Inslee has declared a state of emergency for 20 Eastern Washington counties in response to multiple wildfires that threaten homes and natural resources. Inslee issued the declaration Tuesday after touring fires in the Spokane region...

SHELTON, Wash. (AP) — The parachutes slowly float down from Chinook helicopters, first carrying boxes of supplies, and later, paratroopers who use those supplies to set up a field operations center as part of a readiness drill for a megaquake and tsunami...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has directed the state's National Guard to train up to 250 guard members to help fight summer wildfires. Inslee on Monday asked the guard to train personnel with the state Department of Natural Resources to help extinguish blazes...

In response to the Governor's Emergency Proclamation concerning the devastating wildfire burning in Kittitas County, the Washington National Guard deployed two helicopters equipped with water buckets this afternoon. One CH-47 Chinook helicopter with a 2,000 gallon water bucket and four person crew, and one UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter with a 660 gallon water bucket with a three person crew have jo