Fire season continues to scorch the state and firefighters are definitely feeling it, making the need for new ones essential.
The Pasco Fire Department celebrated the graduation of eight new firefighters on Friday.
With fire officials expecting to take on wildland fires up into October, their graduation couldn't have come at better time.
According to Benton County Fire District #1’s public information officer Tracy Baker, they've had to mobilize for the state at least once a week since mid-June, with those mobilizations lasting three to seven days.