The Brief Firefighters and strike teams from across Western Washington have deployed to Eastern and Central Washington to help battle active, high-intensity wildfires that are destroying homes and stretching local resources thin. Departments are carefully balancing emergency deployments with local staffing needs, anticipating that Western Washington could face similar wildland fire threats later in the season. Firefighters from across Western Washington are responding to Eastern and Central Washington as wildfires continue to level homes and burn across the region. Local fire agencies say mutual aid across the state is crucial, noting that Western Washington fire districts could face similar wildland fire threats later in the season. "We typically see this in Eastern Washington, two, three, four weeks later, and we see it in Western Washington."