Between Feb. 17 and 23, the Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 297 calls for service, among them the following:

Feb. 17

Vehicle fire: 7:02 p.m.,(Lakeland Hills). Firefighters extinguished a vehicle fire, confining the flames to the engine compartment. No one was hurt.

Feb. 18

Service call: 9:28 a.m. (Lea Hill). Firefighters helped three people get out of a stuck elevator at Green River College, secured power to the elevator and turned the scene over to campus security.

Feb. 19

Electrical fire: 9:45 a.m., (Algona). Homeowners who’d called the VRFA about fire in an electrical outlet directed firefighters to a bedroom, where they found an outlet burned and smoldering. Although the fire had burned a mattress, it did not extend any farther into the home furnishings and wall, and it did not displace the homeowners.

Feb. 20

Aid call: 4:49 p.m., (Pacific). Firefighters evaluated and treated an elderly patient who was suffering from a gastro-intestinal bleed, and a private ambulance transported the person to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center.

Feb. 21

Aid call: 6:56 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters and King County Medics helped a man or woman who had lost consciousness, and a private ambulance transported him or her to Valley Medical Center.

Feb. 22

Accident: 2:49 p.m. Firefighters responding to a two-car, rear-end collision with heavy damage to both vehicles helped one woman open her door, but she and everyone else declined medical care, so firefighters turned the scene over to Auburn Police for investigation.

Feb. 23

Tree on road: 7:42 p.m. (South Auburn). Firefighters who’d come upon a fallen tree that was partially blocking R Street Southeast cleared the tree from the road but couldn’t clear the sidewalk next to the fallen tree, so they flagged the hazard with tape and the Auburn Police Department contacted the city’s street department.