Blotter | Motorcyclist breaks leg in crash with car; man lost in woods is found
Published 8:30 am Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Police and fire agencies in the Snoqualmie Valley responded to the following calls:
Fall City Fire
Monday, May 27
Chest pain: 8:39 a.m., firefighters were called to a home in the 3000 block of 277 Place S.E. to assist a 70-year-old patient experiencing chest pain. The patient was taken to a local hospital.
Rescue: At 9:20 a.m., the department responded to the 6000 block of Preston-Fall City Road to assist a 27-year-old man who’d been lost in the woods for several days. The man had fallen into the Raging River and was mildly hypothermic. They transported him to a local hospital for further evaluation.
Hospital-bound: At 4:31 p.m., firefighters were called to the 7800 block of Pickering Court in Snoqualmie where a 44-year-old patient was asking to be taken to a hospital. The patient was transported by private ambulance.
Excessive alcohol: At 11:43 p.m., firefighters were called to the River View neighborhood for a report of a 52-year-old patient with a decreased level of consciousness due to alcohol use. The patient was taken to a local hospital.
Sunday, May 29
False alarm: At 2:42 p.m., the department responded to an automatic fire alarm at Chief Kanim Middle School. The alarm was found to be false, and the system was reset.
Monday, May 30
Car-bike crash: At 2:05 p.m., firefighters from Fall City and Snoqualmie were called to a motor-vehicle accident involving a motorcycle and a car. One patient suffered a broken leg and was taken to a hospital.
Car-bike crash: At 2:05 p.m., firefighters from Fall City and Snoqualmie were called to an accident involving a motorcycle and a car. One patient suffered a broken leg and was transported to a local hospital.
Snoqualmie Fire Dept.
Sunday, May 29
Kitchen fire: At 4:01 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters were dispatched with Eastside Fire & Rescue units for a reported fire in the kitchen of a home in Riverbend. The crew arrived to find smoke coming from the roof. They attacked the fire and found the roof to be burned around the vent, but with no active fire inside it. They checked to be sure the fire had not spread, then left.
Tuesday, May 31
Alarm: At 3:29 p.m., the department responded to an automatic fire alarm at the Salish Lodge & Spa. They contacted staff members who said the alarm was activated in the second floor kitchen after the power went out. The lodge was operating on a backup generator and the fans in the kitchen were not tied in.
Medical aid: In addition, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to 12 medical aid incidents, bringing the total number of calls to date to 428.
