VRFA fire and rescue blotter | Sept. 4

Published 2:56 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2015

The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 272 calls for service between Aug. 24 and 30, among them the following:

Aug. 24

Aid call: 1:30 p.m., (Pacific). Firefighters treated a man who was complaining of dizziness, and a private ambulance transported him to Good Samaritan Hospital.

Aug. 25

Aid call: 1:48 p.m., (Algona). Firefighters quickly evaluated an older woman who was complaining of stroke-like symptoms, and arranged for a private ambulance to hurry her to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (MAMC).

Aug. 26

Forest Fire:  8 p.m., (Auburn). Having responded to numerous reports of smoke in Game Farm Park area, firefighters found a 150-by-100-foot fire in heavy timber on the hill above the park. Firefighters then asked for specialized help from Maple Valley and Mountain View Fire and Rescue. Firefighters put out the conflagration before it could spread throughout the forest and endanger neighboring homes.

Aug. 27

Aid call: 2:29 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters and King County Medics evaluated an older woman who was complaining of dizziness, and a private ambulance motored her to a local hospital.

Aug. 28

Aid call: 1:19 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters provided First Aid to a man who had sustained minor scrapes and abrasions after falling from his bicycle. The man declined transport to a hospital.

Aug. 29

Aid call: 8:10 a.m., (Auburn). When firefighters realized that a woman who was complaining about the injuries she’d sustained in a fall the night before was in more pain than she had been in initially, they transported her to a local area hospital.

Aug. 30

Service call: 7:05 a.m., (South Auburn). Firefighters hustled to a water main break at a roadway construction site on A Street Southeast, where they blocked the road to traffic and called in the City of Auburn’s water department to control the leak.