Time: 5:37 a.m.
Address: 1119 Altheimer St.
Response: Station 1,2,4
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a smoke alarm activation in a residential care facility and found no problems upon arrival.
Time: 2:21 p.m.
Address: 1211 E. 38th St
Response: Station 11
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported small electrical fire in a house. Upon arrival the determined electrical arching had caused the problem.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Fire Incidents for May 17-19th, 2013
Date: 5/17/13
Time: 7:02 a.m.
Address: S. 56th/S Park Ave
Response: Station 10
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a small debris fire in the yard of an abandoned house.
Date: 5/17/13
Time: 2:22 p.m.
Address: 507 E. 75th St
Response: Station 2,8,10,11
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Crews responded to a reported kitchen fire. Unattended cooking lead to a grease fire on the stove-top, and Firefighters confirmed that there was no fire extension.
Date: 5/17/13
Date: 5/18/13
Time: 4:02 p.m.
Address: 919 Fawcett Ave
Response: Station 1,2,4
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Crews responded to a reported kitchen fire. Unattended cooking lead to a fire on the stove-top, and Firefighters confirmed there was no fire extension and ventilated the apartment.
Date: 5/18/13
Time: 6:46 p.m.
Address: 1314 Fallone Ave
Response: Station 17
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a small brush fire.
Date: 5/19/13
Time: 1:00 a.m.
Address: 3519 S. Orchard St
Response: Station 17
Damage Estimate: $2,000
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a fire in the engine compartment of a motor vehicle (car).
Date: 5/19/13
Time: 11:55 a.m.
Address: 916 S. 13th St.
Response: Station 4
Damage Estimate: $375
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported dryer fire. The occupant had extinguished the fire prior to our arrival, and crews confirmed there was no fire extension.
Date: 5/19/13
Time: 12:31 p.m.
Address: 2601 N. Shirley St.
Response: Station 9,13
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported brush fire. The homeowner was burning weeds with a propane torch and accidently caught a landscape hedge on fire. Crews extinguished the fire with a booster line and confirmed it had not extended to the residence.
Date: 5/19/13
Time: 2:14 p.m.
Address: 1003 S. Pearl St.
Response: Station 17
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a garbage fire started by a juvenile. TPD and the on-duty TFD inspector were notified for follow-up.
Date: 5/19/13
Time: 6:08 p.m.
Address: E. 35th St/E. "N" St.
Response: Station 11
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters arrive to find a small abandoned campfire was smoldering. Crews extinguished the fire without incident.
Time: 7:02 a.m.
Address: S. 56th/S Park Ave
Response: Station 10
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a small debris fire in the yard of an abandoned house.
Date: 5/17/13
Time: 2:22 p.m.
Address: 507 E. 75th St
Response: Station 2,8,10,11
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Crews responded to a reported kitchen fire. Unattended cooking lead to a grease fire on the stove-top, and Firefighters confirmed that there was no fire extension.
Date: 5/17/13
Time: 3:31 p.m.
Address: 1419 S. Thurston Street
Response: Station 8
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a prohibited outdoor burn of construction materials.
Address: 1419 S. Thurston Street
Response: Station 8
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a prohibited outdoor burn of construction materials.
Date: 5/18/13
Time: 4:02 p.m.
Address: 919 Fawcett Ave
Response: Station 1,2,4
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Crews responded to a reported kitchen fire. Unattended cooking lead to a fire on the stove-top, and Firefighters confirmed there was no fire extension and ventilated the apartment.
Date: 5/18/13
Time: 6:46 p.m.
Address: 1314 Fallone Ave
Response: Station 17
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a small brush fire.
Date: 5/19/13
Time: 1:00 a.m.
Address: 3519 S. Orchard St
Response: Station 17
Damage Estimate: $2,000
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a fire in the engine compartment of a motor vehicle (car).
Date: 5/19/13
Time: 11:55 a.m.
Address: 916 S. 13th St.
Response: Station 4
Damage Estimate: $375
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported dryer fire. The occupant had extinguished the fire prior to our arrival, and crews confirmed there was no fire extension.
Date: 5/19/13
Time: 12:31 p.m.
Address: 2601 N. Shirley St.
Response: Station 9,13
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported brush fire. The homeowner was burning weeds with a propane torch and accidently caught a landscape hedge on fire. Crews extinguished the fire with a booster line and confirmed it had not extended to the residence.
Date: 5/19/13
Time: 2:14 p.m.
Address: 1003 S. Pearl St.
Response: Station 17
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a garbage fire started by a juvenile. TPD and the on-duty TFD inspector were notified for follow-up.
Date: 5/19/13
Time: 6:08 p.m.
Address: E. 35th St/E. "N" St.
Response: Station 11
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters arrive to find a small abandoned campfire was smoldering. Crews extinguished the fire without incident.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Fire Incidents for May 15, 2013
Time: 7:37 a.m.
Address: 776 Commerce St.
Response: Station 1,2,4
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Unattended cooking caused food to burn in the oven and fill the apartment with smoke. Crews ventilated the apartment and confirmed there was no fire extension.
Address: 776 Commerce St.
Response: Station 1,2,4
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Unattended cooking caused food to burn in the oven and fill the apartment with smoke. Crews ventilated the apartment and confirmed there was no fire extension.
Time: 1:19 p.m.
Address: 1123 Port of Tacoma Road
Response: Station 1,2,4,12
Damage Estimate: undetermined
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported acetylene tank fire. The first arriving engine company found a mobile welding cart tank being operated outdoors had caught fire. Crews applied water to cool an oxygen tank that was also mounted to the cart, established a safety explosion perimeter, and hazardous materials technicians monitored the air for vapor hazards. Once the scene was secure, and entry team closed the valve on the tank and confirmed it was not leaking. The fire appeared to start from a faulty regulator on the acetylene tank.
Address: 1123 Port of Tacoma Road
Response: Station 1,2,4,12
Damage Estimate: undetermined
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported acetylene tank fire. The first arriving engine company found a mobile welding cart tank being operated outdoors had caught fire. Crews applied water to cool an oxygen tank that was also mounted to the cart, established a safety explosion perimeter, and hazardous materials technicians monitored the air for vapor hazards. Once the scene was secure, and entry team closed the valve on the tank and confirmed it was not leaking. The fire appeared to start from a faulty regulator on the acetylene tank.
Time: 5:22 p.m.
Address: 3416 E. “K” St.
Response: Station 1,2,9,11,15
Damage Estimate: $1,137
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported kitchen fire. The first arriving engine company found smoke showing from the front door of the single story house. Upon further investigation, crews determined that frying pans left inside the oven caught fire when it was heating up, causing smoke to fill the residence. The fire was contained to the oven.
Address: 3416 E. “K” St.
Response: Station 1,2,9,11,15
Damage Estimate: $1,137
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported kitchen fire. The first arriving engine company found smoke showing from the front door of the single story house. Upon further investigation, crews determined that frying pans left inside the oven caught fire when it was heating up, causing smoke to fill the residence. The fire was contained to the oven.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Tacoma Fire Department mourns the loss of 12-year veteran
On-duty Firefighter Albert A. Nejmeh, a 12-year veteran of the Tacoma Fire Department, died shortly before noon today at St. Joseph Medical Center after suffering an apparent heart attack this morning while working at the scene of an emergency medical incident. After Firefighter Nejmeh collapsed, he received immediate basic and advanced life support from his fellow firefighters, who then transported him to the hospital.
“Al was a well-loved and well-regarded Tacoma Firefighter,” said Fire Chief Jim Duggan. “As a member of our technical rescue team, he continued to hone his craft and teach it to others. He lived a genuine and deliberate life. We will miss him.”
The Fire Department would like to thank the physicians, nurses and staff at the St. Joseph Medical Center’s emergency department and catheter lab who worked valiantly to save Nejmeh’s life.
Details regarding the memorial service will be announced at a later date.
Tacoma Fire Department
Line-of-duty deaths
W.O.
Phillips 1892
Jess
Hill
1911
Albert
Schwarzer
10-6-1912
G.F.
McClure 12-16-1912
George
Crane 05-03-1924
Conrad Hymel 05-08-1934
Clarence J.
Johnson 11-18-1940
John
D.
Jansen 1951
Oscar
F. Knierim 09-12-1953
Arthur Strong
07-14-1963
Carroll Wagaman
12-4-1972
Dale F. Jones 02-25-1974
Irving
D. Day 02-01-1988
Albert
A.
Nejmeh 05-14-2013
Requests for Service - April 2013
TFD Incidents by Initial Dispatch Type
| TFD - Incidents |
April
|
2013 (YTD)
|
2012 (YTD)
|
| Fire |
76
|
330
|
341
|
| Emergency Medical |
2,525
|
10,272
|
10,637
|
| All Other (e.g. hazardous conditions, search and rescue, automatic fire alarms) |
449
|
1,742
|
2,368
|
| Total |
3,050
|
12,344
|
13,346
|
Fire Incidents for May 13, 2013
Time: 2:57 p.m.
Address: 6612 S. Monroe St.
Address: 6612 S. Monroe St.
Response: Station 8
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a prohibited outdoor burn of wooden furniture.
Time: 9:40 p.m.
Time: 9:40 p.m.
Address: 359 Del Monte Ave
Response: Station 13,17
Damage Estimate: $186
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported oven fire. The fire was extinguished by the resident prior to crews arrival. Firefighters ventilated the moderate layer of smoke from the first floor of the residence and confirmed there was no fire extension.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Fire Incidents for May 10-12, 2013
Date:
5/10/13
Time:
6:58 a.m.
Address: 2246 Bay St.
Address: 2246 Bay St.
Response:
Station 2
Damage Estimate:
none
Narrative:
Firefighters responded to a prohibited outdoor burn.
Date: 5/10/13
Date: 5/10/13
Time:
6:55 p.m.
Address: 773 Broadway
Address: 773 Broadway
Response:
Station 1
Damage Estimate:
none
Narrative:
Crews responded to a reported kitchen fire and upon arrival found the occupant
had burnt food on the stove top. Firefighters confirmed that
there was no fire extension and assisted with smoke removal.
Date: 5/10/13
Date: 5/10/13
Time:
7:05 p.m.
Address: 3831 Tacoma Ave S
Address: 3831 Tacoma Ave S
Response:
Station 2
Damage Estimate:
none
Narrative:
Firefighters responded to a possible car fire. Upon investigation they
found smoke coming from an electrical junction box. They disconnected the battery and confirmed there was no fire
extension.
Date: 5/10/13
Date: 5/10/13
Time:
11:28 p.m.
Address: 2148 Port of Tacoma Rd
Address: 2148 Port of Tacoma Rd
Response:
Station 1,2,12
Damage Estimate:
undetermined
Narrative:
Firefighters responded to a reported dumpster fire. The first
arriving company found a dumpster containing construction debris was fully
involved with fire. Crews used water and class A foam to extinguish the
fire and the damage was limited to the dumpster.
Date: 5/11/13
Date: 5/11/13
Time:
2:55 a.m.Address:
S. 83rd St/S.Park St
Response:
Station 10
Damage Estimate:
none
Narrative:
Firefighters put out a grass fire ignited by fireworks.
Date:
5/11/13
Time:
9:41 a.m.
Address: SB I-5 No Port of Tacoma
Address: SB I-5 No Port of Tacoma
Response:
Station 2,11,12
Damage Estimate:
$5,000
Narrative:
Firefighters responded to a reported fire in the engine compartment of a
motor vehicle (van). The first arriving engine company found
the van was fully engulfed in flames. Crews extinguished the fire and
there were no injuries to report.
Date:
5/11/13
Time:
10:49 a.m.Address:
2148 Port of Tacoma Rd
Response:
Station 2,1,7
Damage Estimate:
undetermined
Narrative:
Firefighters extinguished a dumpster fire. The fire was contained to the
dumpster.
Date:
5/11/13
Time: 10:49 a.m.
Time: 10:49 a.m.
Address:
6909 S. 19th St
Response: Station
17
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative:
Firefighters extinguished a smoldering bark fire.
Date:
5/11/13
Time:
2:16 p.m.
Address: 5311 S. Orchard St.
Response: Station 2,7,8,9,12,16,17
Damage Estimate: $93
Narrative:
Firefighters responded to a reported apartment fire. The first arriving company found smoke coming
out of a roof vent. Crews forced entry
into the apartment and found food left on the stove had caused the smoke. Firefighters confirmed there was no fire
extension and ventilated the apartment.
Date:
5/11/13
Time:
5:45 p.m.
Address:
2602 Westridge Ave W
Response: Station
16
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative:
Firefighters extinguished a prohibited outdoor burn near a small homeless camp.
Date:
5/11/13
Time:
5:49 p.m.
Address: 1025
N. Levee Rd
Response: Station
12
Damage Estimate: unknown
Narrative:
Firefighters provided assistance to CPFR for a fire in an industrial laundry facility.
Date:
5/11/13
Time:
10:02 p.m.
Address: 808
Valley Ave NW
Response: Station
12
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative:
Firefighters extinguished a small bark fire in CPFR’s district.
Date:
5/12/13
Time: 2:44
a.m.
Response: Station
2,7,8,11,15,17
Damage Estimate: $11,200
Narrative:
Firefighters responded to a reported house fire. The first arriving engine company found smoke
and flames showing from the attached garage of the 1,880 square foot 2 story
residence. Crews attacked the fire with
handlines, conducted a search to confirm no one was trapped inside and ventilated
the smoke from the building.
A fire investigator determined
that an overloaded extension cord plugged into a light weight power strip
failed and ignited the blaze. The fire
displaced 8 occupants and there were no injuries to report.
Date:
5/12/13
Time: 2:48
a.m.
Address: 3907
N. Gove St
Response: Station14
Damage Estimate: undetermined
Narrative:
Firefighters responded to a small outdoor fire.
A fire had started in some debris and spread to a cedar fence. It was undetermined what had started the
fire.
Date:
5/12/13
Time:
4:30 a.m.
Address: 6th Ave/N. Oakes St.
Address: 6th Ave/N. Oakes St.
Response: Station
9
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a small smoldering bark fire.
Date: 5/12/13
Time:
7:03 a.m.
Address: 906
N. 9th St.
Response: Station
4
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a fire in an 8 foot tall shrub.
Date: 5/12/13
Time: 1:39
p.m.
Address: 9615
18th Ave S
Response: Station
10
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a pan on the stove fire with no fire
extension in CPFR’s district.
Date:
5/12/13
Time:
4:51 p.m.
Address: 1301
N. Highlands Parkway
Response: Station
1,4,9,12,13,16,17
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported fire in a nursing
home. Upon investigation, crews
determined that an employee had placed a cup of coffee in the microwave not
knowing that it was lined with stainless steel. The arching caused the plastic on the outside of the cup to burn and
send light smoke throughout a section of the building. The fire was contained to the microwave.
Date: 5/12/13
Time:
7:09 p.m.
Address: 4909
McKinley Ave
Response: Station
11
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a prohibited burn of yard waste
in a burn barrel.
Date: 5/12/13
Time: 9:40
p.m.
Response: Station
1,2,4,9,17
Damage Estimate: $ 23,000
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported garage fire. The first arriving engine company found
flames and smoke showing from the two car detached garage. Crews attacked the fire and protected the
adjacent garages exposed to the fire. The fire damaged the structure, a vehicle inside and additional
contents. There were no injuries to
report.
A fire investigator determined that an electrical malfunction at a light switch appears to have started the fire.
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