VRFA fire and rescue blotter | June 12

The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 219 calls for service between June 1 and 7, among them the following:

The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 219 calls for service between June 1 and 7, among them the following:

June 1

Aid call: 9:45 a.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters treated a woman who was complaining of neck pain, and a private vehicle motored her off to a local hospital emergency room.

June 2

Oil Spill: 4:09 p.m., (Pacific). Firefighters arriving at an oil spill on Ellingson Road and the Highway 167 southbound on-ramp found a spill stretching from Frontage Road to Highway 167. Firefighters called in City of Pacific Public Works employees to sand Ellingson Road and the Washington State Department of Transportation to sand the on-ramp.

June 3

Minor fire:  5:58 p.m., (South Auburn). Firefighters responding to a cooking fire on a stove top arrived to find that a young woman had put out the fire but sustained a small burn to her hand in the process. The fire crew checked for fire extension, removed smoke from the house and treated the woman’s minor burn.

June 4

Aid call: 6:45 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters responding to the 5000 block of Perry Avenue Southeast found a teenage girl who had been hit in the face during an act of domestic violence. Firefighters treated the girl, and a private ambulance transported her to St. Francis Hospital.

June 5

Accident: 7:52 a.m., (Auburn). Firefighters arriving at the scene of a one-car, high-speed accident with one person still inside the car quickly got the young male out and treated him. King County Medic One transported the male via Airlift Northwest to Harborview Medical Center.

June 6

Aid call: 8:19 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters helped a woman who’d been stung by a bee and suffered a concussion after fainting. Arriving VRFA firefighters administered one Epinephrine shot to the woman to deal with her allergic reaction, and King County Medics transported the her to a local hospital.

June 7

Aid call: 12:45 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responded to a woman at the Muckleshoot Casino who had been complaining of feeling unwell for several days and general weakness that day. Firefighters treated and stabilized the woman at the scene and transported her to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center.