Technical Rescue on Ship

Incident Date: August 27,2010
Issuing Officer: Bruce Bouyer
Incident Location: 3401 Taylor Way
Incident Type: Technical Rescue

At 1025am today, 10 Tacoma Fire Department companies responded to the report of a worker down on a ship.  When units arrived on scene they found the worker approximately 50 feet down in the hold of the ship.  A total of 3 engines, 2 ladders, 2 medics, 2 command units, 1 safety officer and the technical rescue unit responded to the scene. Once on scene, fire department personnel performed a high angle rescue to safely remove the worker from the hold of the ship.  The worker was then transported to a local medical facility. The extent of the workers injuries are unknown at this time.

Commercial Stucture Fire - South Tacoma Way

Incident Date: August 22, 2010
Issuing Officer: Joe Meinecke
Incident Location: 7231 S. Tacoma Way
Incident Type: Commercial Structure Fire

Narrative: At 3:15 p.m. 10 companies of Tacoma and Central Pierce Fire and Rescue Firefighters, 5 engines, 2 ladders, 2 medic units and command staff responded to a reported commercial structure fire.

First arriving companies found heavy dark smoke coming from the vents and roof area of the 3,200 sq ft unoccupied commercial business. Firefighters forced entry into the building and used hand lines and vertical ventilation techniques to extinguish the blaze. A thermal imaging camera was used to check for any “hot spots” to assure the fire was extinguished in the attic area.

The cause of the fire is currently under investigation and there were no injuries to report.

Residential Garage Fire

Incident Date: August 21, 2010
Issuing Officer: Joe Meinecke
Incident Location: 858 S. Fife Street
Incident Type: Residential Structure Fire

Narrative: At 11:38 p.m. 8 companies of Tacoma Firefighters, 5 engines, 1 ladder, 1 medic unit and command staff responded to a reported residential structure fire.

First arriving companies found flames shooting from the attached garage area of the 4 unit condominium. An aggressive attack contained the fire to the garage area, and limited the extension of the fire into the primary residence. Search and rescue revealed all of the occupants were able to escape safely and there were no injuries to report. The occupants in two of the units were displaced due to damage to the buildings electrical supply equipment.  

The cause of the fire has been determined to be incendiary and the fire resulted in an estimated $63,500 dollars of damage to the structure, vehicles and contents.