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Fire and your Pet

                                          For many of us, our pets are members of our family and the loss of a pet in a fire can be devastating. It is important to remember that you may have less than [...]

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Firefighters Assist with Baby Born on Freeway

May 14- Seattle Fire Department Paramedics and Firefighters assisted with the delivery of a baby along I-5 this morning. At 2:32 a.m., we received a 911 call reporting a mother in labor along Southbound I-5 at Mid-Boeing Field. The caller then reported the baby was born inside the Blue Honda CRV that was parked underneath [...]

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Vacant House Fire Caused by Spontaneous Combustion of Rags

May 12—A Seattle Fire Investigator determined a West Seattle vacant house fire was an accidental fire caused by the spontaneous combustion of improperly disposed of stain or paint rags. The first 911 call came into the Fire Alarm Center at 8:05 p.m. reporting smoke from a vacant house located in the 6300 block of 36th [...]

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Community invited to check out Seattle’s newest fire station

Fire Station 14 hosts an open house May 16, 2013, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. SEATTLE – The Seattle Fire Department and the Seattle Fire Fighters Union, Local 27, invite the community to check out the completed renovation of Seattle’s historic Fire Station 14, located at 3224 Fourth Ave. S in the SODO District, during [...]

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Pickup Truck Drives Into W. Seattle Post Office

May 9—Seattle Firefighters determined a post office building is safe to reoccupy after a pickup truck drove into it. At 1:48 p.m., dispatchers at the Fire Alarm Center received a 911 call reporting a vehicle into the West Seattle Post Office located in the 2700 block of SW Trenton Street. When firefighters arrived they found [...]

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Car Collides with First Hill Fuel Pump

May 9- Seattle Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire at a First Hill gas station after a car collided with a fuel pump. At 9:18 a.m. dispatchers at the Fire Alarm Center received multiple 911 calls reporting flames coming from the fuel pump at a gas station located at the corner of Terry Avenue and James [...]

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Semi-Tractor Fire Causes $45,000 in Damage

May 8- Seattle Fire Investigators has ruled an early morning fire at the Port of Seattle Terminal 25 as an accidental fire. Three semi-truck tractors were damaged when there was most likely a malfunction in the driver’s side of the engine compartment. At 12:40 a.m. a passerby called 911 to report two or three semi’s [...]

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NOAA Ship Fire Caused by Welding Operations

May 6- A Seattle Fire Investigator determined a fire onboard a decommissioned NOAA vessel was an accidental fire caused by welding operations. At 9:22 a.m. dispatchers at the Fire Alarm Center received a 911 call reporting a fire onboard the 200-foot research vessel which was docked at the NOAA Marina located at 7600 Sand Point [...]

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Firefighters Extricate Patient on Overnight Freeway Response

May 1— At 11:51 p.m. Seattle Firefighters responded to a car into a freeway exit barrier at Southbound I-5 near the Tully’s building. When firefighters arrived they found multiple patients inside the car and one patient ejected from the vehicle. Thirty four Seattle Firefighters and Paramedics responded to the scene. Ladder Company 1 extricated one [...]

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Body Recovered from Fremont Electrical Wire Platform by Technical Rescue Team Firefighter

May 3—Seattle Fire Department Technical Rescue Team recovered a body of an adult male from a 152-foot-tall high tension wire platform in Fremont. The original 911 call came into the Fire Alarm Center at 12:31 a.m. reporting a possible transformer fire at 3rd Avenue NW and NW 36th Street. The first arriving engine company spoke [...]

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