On December 2nd 2021, I captured a large SFD response in Seattle’s Crown Hill neighborhood. Engine 35 was dispatched after a caller reported hearing smoke alarms going off, and seeing smoke coming from a pipe on the side of a town house. They also reported that no one was answering the door. Upon arrival, Engine …
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OniO7OSo_yQ Seattle Deputy Fire Chief Jay Schreckengost, 56, was last heard from on Tuesday, Nov. 2 when he texted his family he would be elk hunting in the Cliffdell area of Kittitas County, north of State Route 410, according to Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office. He has worked for the Seattle Fire Department for 36 years. …
On November 3rd, 2021, I filmed Seattle Police and Fire units responding to a rescue extrication call in north Seattle. There were two vehicles involved, and one patient was briefly trapped; they were extricated just after Rescue 1 arrived, and most units were put back into service shortly after arrival. I did miss out on …
HIGHER QUALITY FOUND HERE [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V38Uj8BysyE] This documentary is the 1st place winner for the Junior Group Documentary division in the National History Day contest of 2007. That is, it was the winning documentary across the entire nation. The theme was Triumph and Tragedy; this documentary fully explains how the Great Seattle Fire fit perfectly as …
On October 2nd, 2021, Seattle Firefighters turned on their apparatus lights for 15 minutes to honor fallen fire fighters across the nation. I was able to make it to two stations to observe the ceremony. Seattle has lost at least seven members to fire throughout the history of the department, plus many others lost to …
A raging fire beneath the Ballard Bridge late Wednesday sent towering flames licking at the span’s underside and supports until fire crews brought the blaze under control an hour later. Attached to http://ballard.komonews.com/content/ballard-bridge-fire The bridge was closed by thick smoke at the height of the blaze, and fire officials said it would remain closed until …
West Seattle Blog video of a house on 41st SW in Arbor Heights fully engulfed in flames on August 27, 2011.
...On September 16th, 2021, Seattle Fire units responded to a fully involved shed fire in south Seattle, near the light rail line. The fire was initially dispatched as a 2+1+1 (2 engines, 1 truck and a chief). It was briefly upgraded to a full response, but was downgraded back to a garage fire. The first …
This is a video that you won’t see often: ride along with Chicago’s Aerial Tower 1 to a confirmed high rise fire (still and box high rise) in north downtown. At 1:52 you can see the screen with all the units responding to the box: 6 engines, 3 trucks, 3 battalions and 4 special units …