Snoqualmie Fire Department
Thursday, July 20
Cardiac arrest: At 5:04 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters and other local agencies responded to a report of a 55-year-old woman experiencing a heart arrest. Patient was not having an arrest, but firefighters assisted medics in preparing her for transport to an area hospital.
False alarm: At 6:27 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters responded to a fire alarm at Echo Glen. The staff on site contacted the crew and said it was a false alarm and they had reset the system.
Saturday, July 22
Alert neighbor: At 10:18 p.m., the department received a report of a residential fire alarm called in by a neighbor, who said the home was being renovated and there didn’t appear to be a fire, but she couldn’t contact the homeowner. Firefighters arrived at the two-story home and heard the alarms but saw no sign of smoke or fire. They entered the home and confirmed there was no fire, but the home appeared to have a water problem in the attic, leaking onto a smoke detector that had been triggered. They investigated further and saw there was drywall damage. They removed the smoke detector and left a business card left for the contractor, then secured the house and left.
Sunday, July 23
Motorcycle accident: At 2:11 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters received a report of a single motorcycle accident near the casino roundabout. They responded but found no sign of an accident.
False alarm: At 2:33 p.m., the department responded to an automatic fire alarm at the Mount Si Freshman Campus. School district officials met the crew and said a beam detector had been triggered. They disabled the system so repairs could be made, and directed staff to maintain a fire watch on the building.
Monday, July 24
Ankle dislocation: At 8:27 a.m., Snoqualmie firefighters assisted a 17 year old man with obvious right ankle dislocation. He was transported to an area hospital.
Accident: At 6:17 p.m., multiple firefighting units were dispatched to assist with patient transport from a motor vehicle accident.
Tuesday, July 25
False alarm: At 12:20 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters were dispatched to an automatic fire alarm in a retail area. The crew was met by employees who said they’d been doing demolition work and it was likely that drywall dust had triggered the detectors. They cleaned the detectors and covered them, then reset the alarm.
Wednesday, July 26
Grass fire: At 7:08 a.m., the department responded, with police, to a small grass fire at the end of Douglas Avenue in a vacant lot. No one was found in the area. They applied water to extinguish the flames and determined that the fire had not spread.
Stump fire: At 8:03 a.m., the Snoqualmie Parks Department reported a stump fire in the Stillwater Bog area near Snoqualmie Community Park. Firefighters arrived, extinguished the stump and then cleaned up the area.
False alarm: At 9:14 a.m., an automatic fire alarm went off at North Bend Elementary School. Firefighters responded and found the building evacuated. There was no sign of fire, so they reset the alarm.
Smoke machine: At 8:14 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters responded to the Trailside building for a smoke alarm. When they arrived, the crew learned that the church had been using a smoke machine in the sanctuary. They helped to evacuate the smoke and reset the system.
Pilot light: At 9:53 p.m., firefighters got a call from a citizen whose pool furnace pilot light had blown out. She was afraid propane would fill the garage and called the department. Firefighters secured the gas supply to the furnace and checked the garage for gas with a monitor, but found no problems. The home owner said she’d called a repair company, and a technician would be out the next day.
Medical aid: In addition to the above calls, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to nine medical aid incidents, bringing the total number of calls to date to 638.
