VRFA fire and rescue blotter | Aug. 14

Published 2:50 pm Wednesday, August 12, 2015

The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 242 calls for service between Aug. 3 and 9, among them the following:

Aug. 3

Aid call: (Algona). After firefighters treated an older man who was struggling to breath, a private ambulance motored him off to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (MAMC).

Aug. 4

Brush fire: 6:55 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters and Brush 34 used tools and foam to prevent a fire on the grounds of the Auburn Adventist Academy from racing up the trunk and spreading into the branches of a large oak tree. Such was the inaugural response of the newly purchased Brush 34.

Aug. 5

Aid call: 5:15 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). After evaluating an injured female with minor injuries, firefighters decided she didn’t need hospitalization.

Aug. 6

Aid call: 2:34 p.m., (Pacific). After treating a teenage boy who had accidentally cut himself with a knife, firefighters arranged for an ambulance to transport him to a local hospital.

Aug. 7

Aid call: 9:30 a.m., (Auburn). Firefighters treated a woman who had fallen on a sidewalk and a private ambulance scooted her off to a local hospital.

Aug. 8

Fire alarm: 9:42 a.m., (Auburn). Firefighters hustled to a wailing fire alarm at Auburn Senior High School and found what had set the thing off — a broken sprinkler head on the outside mezzanine of the gymnasium, spouting H20. After crew members shut off the sprinkler system, they and onsite contractors restored it.

Aug. 9

Illegal burn: 9:05 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters hustling to investigate a possible illegal burn arrived at the shores of the Green River where they found three separate recreational fires blazing away. Firefighters asked the parties to kill the flames, and everybody got a schooling about burning regulations.