The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 193 calls for service between Dec. 1 and 7, among them the following:

Dec. 1

Car accident: 1:30 p.m., (Algona). Having arrived at the scene of an accident, firefighters found a broken power pole lying on a car and the driver out of the car, uninjured. Firefighters then contacted Puget Sound Energy to handle the power issue.

Dec. 2

Automatic fire alarm: 4:35 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters checking out an automatic fire alarm sounding at The Meadows Apartments discovered that the remains of smoking activities in the third-flood stairwell had set off the alarm. After firefighters had returned the system to normal, they allowed residents to go back to their apartments.

Dec. 3

Aid call: 4:18 p.m., (Auburn). When firefighters had completed their evaluation of an older woman afflicted with elevated blood pressure, they left her at the care facility where she lives.

Dec. 4

Aid call: 9:40 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). After firefighters had done what they could for a man suffering from a decreased level of consciousness, they turned him over to the crew of a private ambulance for transportation to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (MAMC).

Dec. 5

Aid call: 12:45 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters evaluated a woman who had fallen, and a private ambulance transported her MAMC.

Dec. 6

Aid call: 12:09 p.m., (South Auburn). Firefighters finished treating a man in a care facility who’d been complaining of pain all over his body, and a private ambulance transported him to a local hospital in stable condition.

Dec. 7

Aid call: 4:51 p.m., (Pacific). Firefighters assessed the condition of a man complaining of severe back pain, and a private ambulance transported him in stable condition to MAMC for further evaluation and treatment.