TACOMA -- Officials are encouraging everyone to wear a yellow shirt on Wednesday, September 2nd to show support for our wildland firefighters.
The Pierce County Department of Emergency Management first posted the idea last week:
2015 has seen some of the most devastating fire seasons in Washington state history.
The Okanogan Complex of wildfires was the largest in state history until more than half was split off by fire managers into a separately managed blaze. It's already cost $13.7 million to fight, and 1,244 firefighters remain on the lines.
Several thousand people gathered Sunday to honor three U.S. Forest Service firefighters killed battling the wildfires in north-central Washington.
Three other firefighters suffered minor injuries, and a fourth is recovering at a Seattle hospital after being badly burned.