Seattle police shot and killed a man Tuesday night at Alaskan Way and Seneca Street, on the downtown waterfront. Police said the man was armed with a knife and moved toward officers. Port of Seattle officers contacted the Seattle Police Department around 9:20 p.m. about a “man in crisis armed with a kitchen knife,” said

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Ride along with Aerial Tower 1 of the Chicago fire department responding to a bin fire just one block away. Normally only an engine would attend that kind of call but because it was close to the fire house and the engine was already out they sent the closest available engine and also this truck.

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SPD answers Norfolk Police Department’s challenge with Macklemore’s “Downtown”!

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*BREAKING* At around 2:25pm on Friday June 22nd a car was reported to have crashed into a restaurant in Downtown Seattle’s Chinatown area, leaving several people injured, and prompting a large response from the emergency services. I had been waiting at fire station 10, only a few blocks away from the scene of the accident,

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City of Seattle Pinning Ceremony Video – Recruit Class 111 Drill School House Fires and Probation: Aug, 2019 – Aug, 2020 Credit to DK-Aerial for the drone shot!

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Captured here is Fire Station 4 in Portland’s University District (near Portland State University), which is home to tiller Truck 4 and Engine 4, both very new appliances. Truck 4 and Engine 4 can be seen responding to various emergency calls in the area and an American Medical Response (AMR) ambulance is also seen arriving

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Captured here is Station 2 of the Seattle Fire Department, located in the Belltown area of Downtown Seattle. Station 2 is home to tiller Ladder 4 (the newest Pierce ladder in the city), Engine 2 as well as Aid 2 and Aid 4. The aid units are both medical first responders, providing basic life support

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Captured here is Aid 5 of the Seattle Fire Department (SFD) responding to a medical emergency in Downtown Seattle with some good use of the electronic siren horn. While the ‘Aid’ and ‘Medic’ units under Seattle’s ‘Medic One’ program are technically ambulances they almost never transport patients, which is the job of private healthcare providers

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uploaded by gravity trap. visuals by ethan scoma.

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