Monday, July 8, 2013

Fire Incidents for July 5-7, 2013

Date:  July 5
Time:  12:03 a.m.
Address:  2142 S. “J” St.
Response:  Station 1
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a small brush fire.

Date:  July 5
Time:  12:17 a.m.
Address:  Day Island Bridge/W. Lemons
Response:  Station 16
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished an approximately 30 square foot brush fire.

Date:  July 5
Time:  1:11 a.m.
Address:  S. American Lake Blvd/S. Mullen St.
Response:  Station 17
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a fully involved fire in a recycling bin.

Date:  July 5
Time:  1:16 a.m.
Address:  3225 44th St NE 
Response:  Station 1,2,3,4,12
Damage Estimate:  $18,000
Narrative:  Firefighters responded to a reported house fire. The first arriving engine company found smoke and flames showing form the exterior and gable roof area of the 2-story residential structure. Crews attacked the fire that had started at the base of the structure and burned up the vinyl siding to the roof. A fire investigator determined that the cause of the fire was a large aerial rocket firework. There were no injuries to report.

Date:  July 5
Time:  2:52 a.m.
Address:  S. 8th St/S. Sheridan Ave.
Response:  Station 4
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a small bark/brush fire.

Date:  July 5
Time:  10:42 a.m.
Address:  9723 Steele St. S. CP
Response:  Station 10
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a smoldering peat moss fire.

Date:  July 5
Time:  10:51 a.m.
Address:  2200 E. Alexander Ave.
Response:  Station 12
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a smoldering bark fire.

Date:  July 5
Time:  4:20 p.m.
Address:  4401 N. Bennett St..
Response:  Station 9,16
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a tree fire that started when a person burning weeds with a propane torch started the ground cover on fire and it spread to the tree.

Date:  July 5
Time:  4:32 p.m.
Address:  2340 E. Alexander Ave.
Response:  Station 2,3,8,12
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a bark and grass fire.

Date:  July 5
Time:  5:45 p.m.
Address:  3511 S. Orchard St.
Response:  Station 17
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a 30 square foot grass fire.

Date:  July 5
Time:  8:30 p.m.
Address:  7800 McKinnley Ave.
Response:  Station 15
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a small grass fire.

Date:  July 5
Time:  9:11 p.m.
Address:  806 74th St E. CP
Response:  Station 15
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters responded to a prohibited outdoor fire.

Date:  July 5
Time:  9:37 p.m.
Address:  100 S. 9th St.
Response:  Station 1,2,4,8,9,11,17
Damage Estimate:  $4,116
Narrative:  Firefighters responded to a reported commercial structure fire. The first arriving engine company found smoke in the basement of the three-story bar/nightclub. Using thermal imaging cameras, firefighters determined that HVAC equipment in the basement had overheated causing the smoke. Firefighters cooled the equipment, confirmed that there was no fire extension, and ventilated the smoke. There were no injuries to report.    

Date:  July 5
Time:  10:28 p.m.
Address:  1732 S. Prospect St.
Response:  Station 9
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters responded to a prohibited outdoor burn of scrap lumber.

Date:  July 6
Time:  5:09 a.m.
Address:  6623 20th St. E.
Response:  Station 12
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a small beauty bark fire.

Date:  July 6
Time:  10:11 a.m.
Address:  1600 N. Pearl St.
Response:  Station 9
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a small smoldering bark fire.

Date:  July 6
Time:  3:12 p.m.
Address:  2700 E. Portland Ave.
Response:  Station 11
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a small bark fire.

Date:  July 6
Time:  3:59 p.m.
Address:  2400 E. Alexander Ave.
Response:  Station 11
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a 6 x 6 bark fire near a fireworks stand.

Date:  July 6
Time:  4:05 p.m.
Address:  N. 38th St./N. Shirley St.
Response:  Station 2,9,13,14,16
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished an approximately  400 square grass fire.

Date:  July 6
Time:  6:31 p.m.
Address:  2010 E. 41st St.
Response:  Station 11
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a small garbage can fire.

Date:  July 6
Time:  7:45 p.m.
Address:  8000 Pacific Ave
Response:  Station 10
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a smoldering bark fire.

Date:  July 6
Time:  9:47 p.m.
Address:  1202 N. Pearl St.
Response:  Station 16
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters responded to a reported grass fire ignited by fireworks. The fire was extinguished by the reporting party with a dry chemical extinguisher.

Date:  July 6
Time:  11:49 p.m.
Address:  19th St NE/68th Ave NE.
Response:  Station 3
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters responded to a mattress fire on the side of the road.  Undetermined as to why the mattress was there, our how the fire started.

Date: July 7
Time:  2:40 a.m.
Address:  506 E. 40th St.
Response:  Station 11
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a small brush fire.

Date:  July 7
Time:  10:24 a.m.
Address:  1809 105th St Ct S. CP
Response:  Station 8
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters assisted CPFR with water removal from a sprinkler activation at an apartment building.

Date:  July 7
Time:  1:30 p.m.
Address:  6415 8th St E.
Response:  Station 12
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a prohibited outdoor burn of yard waste.

Date:  July 7
Time:  3:36 p.m.
Address:  S. 15th St/S. Jackson Ave.
Response:  Station 12
Damage Estimate:  none
Narrative:  Firefighters extinguished a fire in some juniper bushes that were impinging on the house. The homeowner was weeding with a propane torch and accidentally ignited the shrubbery.