Jeremy Lacaria - State Farm Agent

Spokane Valley Fire Department receives $20,000 State Farm grant to help alleviate wildfires SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - The Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) announced they received a $20,000 grant from State Farm to help prevent local wildland fire risks.

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When the Statue of Liberty was restored in the mid-1980s, State Farm agents and employees contributed more than $1.2 million to help with the efforts. They received these small replicas as a thank you for the generous donations. Here's to keeping the spirit of freedom burning bright.

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Yesterday we celebrated/re-created our BLINDATIVERSARY for the 25th year!! It all started with an Applebees corner booth and a double order of chicken finger baskets back in 1998, and we’ve been recreating it every August 9th since. That’s our story! Anyone else met your partner on a blind date?

Parkway Fire 100% CONTAINED. Thank you to the many brave men and women who were a part of this achievement! Our community is tremendously grateful for your service, selflessness, and dedication.

Final Incident Update: Parkway Fire 100% Contained, Type 3 Incident Management Team Demobilizing

The objectives of keeping citizens and firefighters safe, losing no structures and 100% containment were accomplished for the Parkway Fire due to collaboration.

The effort required four intense days of aggressive, but safe, fire suppression.

“From the moment the Parkway Fire was discovered, it was all hands on deck,” said incident commander Nate Rogers. “Kootenai County Fire & Rescue, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, Kootenai County Emergency Management, Post Falls Police Department and so many more contributed to this success, saving lives and property.”

Heavy air attack played a pivotal role in giving firefighters the time and physical space they needed to save structures. “Aircraft provided by the U.S. Forest Service in the first hours of the attack were especially helpful,” Rogers explained.

With 100% containment reached, the Idaho Department of Lands Type 3 Incident Management Team assigned to the fire will demobilize today. Throughout today 110 personnel will continue work to strengthen containment, especially in areas near structures.

With the incident management team members and resources now available for deployment to other fires, the local Idaho Department of Lands Mica Forest Protective District will assume command of the Parkway Fire. The district will continue to staff the incident.

Post Falls Police investigators are still seeking tips about who lit the campfire that started the Parkway Fire. The campfire was located approximately a quarter of a mile to the north of West Riverview Drive in a steep rocky area of the park, just north of the designated trail in the area. Anyone with information should call the Post Falls Police Department at (208) 773-3517 or email tips to [email protected].

The Idaho Department of Lands is grateful for the outpouring of support from community members in Post Falls and Kootenai County, and for the competent, hardworking, and highly capable partners who helped suppress the fire aggressively, safely and efficiently:

• Avista Utilities
• City of Post Falls
• Idaho Department of Lands
• Idaho State Police
• Kootenai County 911 Dispatch Center
• Kootenai County Emergency Management
• Kootenai County Fire & Rescue
• Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office
• Post Falls Police Department
• Post Falls Highway District
• U.S. Forest Service
• And the many individuals and businesses who volunteered and donated to the effort

This is the final update that will be published for the Parkway Fire.


Find Information About the Parkway Fire
• IDL Wildfire Alerts – https://loom.ly/FdhL0UY
• IDL Fire News Feed – https://loom.ly/rkhUufs
• Kootenai County Emergency Management Website – https://loom.ly/t0nokI8
• Kootenai County Emergency Management Facebook - https://loom.ly/PtuIUWY
• Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Facebook - https://loom.ly/M0ZrW24

View the location of the Parkway Fire on IDL’s Idaho Fire Map
• https://loom.ly/LfHzG3E

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We just received news... RUPERT WAS ADOPTED!! In July, our agency partnered with Companions Animal Center with the goal of finding him a home by the end of the month, and it happened! Thank you to each and every person that helped us get the word out. We are so happy for him and his new family!

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