<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of KHQ at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.khq.com/story/29854974/lawyer-with-firetruck-helps-fight-okanogan-fires">http://www.khq.com/story/29854974/lawyer-with-firetruck-helps-fight-okanogan-fires</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><h3 class="" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; clear: both;"><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Lawyer with firetruck helps fight Okanogan fires</span></font></h3></div><div><span id="WNStoryDateline" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">OKANOGAN COUNTY, Wash. -</span></span><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">People in Okanogan might never know it, but Alex Thomason might have saved their home.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Like so many others, Alex is out fighting every flame he sees, but he's not a firefighter, per se. In fact, he's a lawyer. He bought a firetruck two days ago and took a mini course, and now he's out fighting fires.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It's not just fire hoses he uses to fight flames. He also dig fire lines.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Call him crazy, other people definitely have.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"My wife thinks I'm crazy," Thomason says.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But he's not the only one. In fact, he's got a whole crew of guys he met through Facebook. It's something he feels obligated to do for his neighbors.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So if you live in Okanogan and find yourself wondering how your home was saved from fire all around it, it might have just been luck, or it might have been this lawyer looking out for you.</span></p><p style="margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">--------------------</span></p><p style="text-align: start; margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="text-align: center; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Alex Thomason named his firetruck Clifford.</span></p><p style="text-align: start; margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;"><img src="cid:2F3B1EDF-378F-4FE9-B3CD-35B90C6BB361" alt="image1.jpeg" id="2F3B1EDF-378F-4FE9-B3CD-35B90C6BB361"></p><p style="text-align: start; margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Clifford_the_Firetruck.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Clifford_the_Firetruck.jpg</a></p></div><div>--------------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></body></html>