The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 252 calls for service between July 6 and 12, among them the following:

July 6

Aid call: 6:11 p.m., (Algona). After firefighters treated a woman who had fallen and cut her lip so severely she needed stitches, a private ambulance zipped her off to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (MAMC).

July 7

Aid call: 7:02 a.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters treated an elderly woman who was suffering from abdominal pain, and a private ambulance motored her to MAMC.

July 8

Aid call: 1:15 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters treated a woman who was complaining of back and chest pain, and a private ambulance transported her to a local hospital.

July 9

Aid call: 8:15 p.m., (Pacific). Firefighters treated a man who was suffering from non-cardiac chest pain, and a private ambulance transported him to MAMC.

July 10

Aid call: 11:30 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters evaluating a woman in the throes of seizures advised her to go to a hospital, but she refused further treatment and stayed home.

July 11

Aid call: 7:34 a.m., (Algona). Firefighters responding to a report of bicycle riders who had collided during the Seattle-to-Portland bicycle ride treated two people and an ambulance transported another man to a local hospital.

July 12

Bark fire: 4:37 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters hustling to a beauty bark fire that was extending into nearby bushes arrived to find a 3-by-3-foot fire, which they drowned with tank water. There was no significant cost associated with this incident nor was anybody hurt. The cause is undetermined.