Published Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Snohomish County Fire District 21 (WA)

Deer Park Ambulance Looking to Add New Board Member (WA)

The Deer Park Ambulance company is looking to add a new Board Member to their team. They are located in Stevens County Fire District 1’s area, Washington State.

Graham Fire & Rescue See Spike in EMS Calls

Graham Fire & Rescue reported their October 2023 calls for service numbers. A total of 653 emergency calls were dispatched in the month of October alone with an average of 21.06 calls per day. Most of them (68%) per EMS calls and 32% were fire-related. Their busiest day was on October 17 with 36 calls in a 24-hour operational period.

Selah Fire Department New Apparatus in the Works

Photo Credit — Cascade Fire & Safety (Dealership)

Selah Fire Department showed some photos of their new apparatus in the works as it is being built to fulfill their needs and provide another much-needed resource to their community. This will be an aerial unit being custom-built by E-ONE.

Seattle Fire Sees Busy Monday

On Monday, November 6th, Seattle Firefighters were very busy with multiple incidents.

HAZMAT Incident – 6200 Block of 43rd Avenue Northeast

Firefighters and HAZMAT personnel were dispatched to a Seattle location last night around 2030 hours to investigate potentially hazardous substances. The substance was determined to be non-hazardous and the scene was turned over to the Seattle Police Department. | Units: A10 AIR10 B6 E10 E38 HAZ1 L1 STAF10.

Structure Fire – 3800 block of Rainier Avenue South

Firefighters were dispatched to a vacant building in the Rainier Avenue area in the early morning hours just after 0500 hours. A primary and secondary search of the commercial structure proved to provide nothing found. The fire was quickly put out. Overhaul operations were conducted and they checked for extension. The cause is unknown and under investigation. | Units: A10 A14 AIR10 B2 B5 DEP1 E10 E13 E28 E30 E6 L1 L12 L3 M28 M44 MAR5 R1 REHAB1 SAFT2 STAF10.

Big Fire at Homeless Camp off of I-5 Freeway

Seattle Fire resources responded to a large outside fire which could be seen all around I-5 as the fire burned around 0800 hours near a major roadway.

Multiple Drug Overdose Calls Prompt High-Level Response

Seattle Firefighters and Medics were dispatched to four drug overdose calls one right after another.

— 1405 — 7 units were dispatched to the 9600 block of Midvale Avenue N. | Units B4 E21 L5 L9 M17 M31 and M44 (Supervisor)

— 1025 — 5 units were dispatched to 3rd Ave and Pine Street | Units A4 E2 H99 M1 M10.

— 0918 — 5 units were sent to the 400 block of Pine Street | Units A4 E2 H99 L4 M10.

— 0902 — 5 units were deployed to the 400 block of Union Street | Units A2 A4 E2 H99 M10.

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