Time: 5:20 a.m.
Address: 5308 Pacific Hw E.
Response: Station 12
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a small bark fire.
Time: 6:28 p.m.
Address: E. 48th St/E "N" St.
Response: Station 11
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a small brush fire.
Time: 7:28 p.m.
Address: 5024 S. 58th St.
Response: Station 7
Damage Estimate: $500
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a fire on the bumper of a car.
Time: 7:36 p.m.
Address: 5014 S. 58th St.
Response: Station 7
Damage Estimate:
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a car seat that appeared to be set on fire. The car seat was under a carport next to a four-plex. The incident was referred to the Tacoma Police Department for follow-up.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Requests for Service - June 2013
TFD Incidents by Initial Dispatch Type
| TFD - Incidents |
June
|
2013 (YTD)
|
2012 (YTD)
|
| Fire |
155
|
624
|
589
|
| Emergency Medical |
2,662
|
15,743
|
15,990
|
| All Other (e.g. hazardous conditions, search and rescue, automatic fire alarms) |
442
|
2,658
|
3,458
|
| Total |
3,259
|
19,025
|
20,037
|
Fire Incidents for July 10, 2013
Time: 9:39 a.m.
Address: 1118 Commerce St.
Response: Station 1,4
Damage Estimate: $748
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported curtain fire in a commercial occupancy. A stage lamp in contact with a stage curtain ignited the fire. A dry chemical extinguisher was used by a person on-scene to knock the fire down prior to our arrival. Firefighters extinguished the fire, confirmed there was no fire extension to the building and ventilated the smoke that had filled the auditorium.
Time: 9:46 a.m.
Address: 6215 27th St NE
Response: Station 3
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a prohibited outdoor burn.
Time: 6:08 p.m.
Address: 909 E. 61st St.
Response: Station 15
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a prohibited outdoor burn.
Time: 6:19 p.m.
Address: 6401 Pacific Ave.
Response: Station 15
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a small bush fire outside a business occupancy.
Address: 1118 Commerce St.
Response: Station 1,4
Damage Estimate: $748
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported curtain fire in a commercial occupancy. A stage lamp in contact with a stage curtain ignited the fire. A dry chemical extinguisher was used by a person on-scene to knock the fire down prior to our arrival. Firefighters extinguished the fire, confirmed there was no fire extension to the building and ventilated the smoke that had filled the auditorium.
Time: 9:46 a.m.
Address: 6215 27th St NE
Response: Station 3
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a prohibited outdoor burn.
Time: 6:08 p.m.
Address: 909 E. 61st St.
Response: Station 15
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a prohibited outdoor burn.
Time: 6:19 p.m.
Address: 6401 Pacific Ave.
Response: Station 15
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a small bush fire outside a business occupancy.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Fire Incidents for July 9, 2013
Time: 1:42 p.m.
Address: NB Jackson/EB Hwy16
Response: Station 9,13,16,17
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished an approximately 5 x 20 brush fire along side the freeway on ramp. The fire appeared to been caused by a firework.
Time: 3:29 p.m.
Address: 700 Court "E"
Response: Station 1
Damage Estimate: $500
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a small electrical fire in the engine compartment of a motor vehicle (car).
Time: 9:15 p.m.
Address: E. 39th St/E. "T" St.
Response: Station 11
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a small grass fire.
Address: NB Jackson/EB Hwy16
Response: Station 9,13,16,17
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished an approximately 5 x 20 brush fire along side the freeway on ramp. The fire appeared to been caused by a firework.
Time: 3:29 p.m.
Address: 700 Court "E"
Response: Station 1
Damage Estimate: $500
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a small electrical fire in the engine compartment of a motor vehicle (car).
Time: 9:15 p.m.
Address: E. 39th St/E. "T" St.
Response: Station 11
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters extinguished a small grass fire.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Fire Incidents for July 8, 2013
Time: 11:32 a.m.
Address: 6322 Westgate Blvd
Response: Station 1,2,9,13,14,16,17
Damage Estimate: $60,000
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a residential house fire. See original post.
Time: 2:19 p.m.
Address: 631 S. Hawthorne St.
Response: Station 2,4,7,9,13,14,16
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported deck fire. A neighbor extinguished the fire that had started in a cigarette ashtray and charred a small area of decking prior to our arrival.
Address: 6322 Westgate Blvd
Response: Station 1,2,9,13,14,16,17
Damage Estimate: $60,000
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a residential house fire. See original post.
Time: 2:19 p.m.
Address: 631 S. Hawthorne St.
Response: Station 2,4,7,9,13,14,16
Damage Estimate: none
Narrative: Firefighters responded to a reported deck fire. A neighbor extinguished the fire that had started in a cigarette ashtray and charred a small area of decking prior to our arrival.
Monday, July 8, 2013
Safe and Health Family Fair on July 27, 2013
Join us at the Tacoma Mall on Saturday, July 27 from 10am to 5pm and get information related to family safety, health and emergency preparedness. It’s a family affair with vendors, short seminars and lots of free handouts. Preparedness can be the difference between being a disaster victim and being a disaster survivor. Tacoma Emergency Management and Tacoma Fire Department, along with KOMO 4, Star 101.5, and KVI 570, will be present to make this a fun–filled day with lots of opportunities and free giveaways. For additional information please contact Emergency Management Program Manager Ute Weber @ (253) 973-9214.
Stovetop burner ignites house fire on Westgate Boulevard
Incident Date: 7/8/13
Incident Location: 6322 Westgate Blvd
Incident Type: Residential Structure Fire
Narrative: At 11:32 a.m. Firefighters from station 1,2,9,13,14,16, and 17 responded to a reported residential structure fire.
The first arriving engine company found smoke and flames showing from the roof of the one-story 1,104 square foot residence. Crews attacked the fire with handlines, completed a search to confirm no one was inside the building, and ventilated the roof.
No one was home at the time of the fire, and there were no injuries to report.
The cause of the fire was a stovetop burner that was accidentally left on ignited the contents of a pan on the burner. The fire resulted in an estimated $60,000 damage to the building and its contents.
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.
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.
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