On August 1st, 2018 a tanker truck carrying 5000 gallons of gasoline crashed and started leaking near the West Seattle bridge. I recorded Seattle police and fire units responding to the crash and stabilizing the scene. Seattle Fire crews applied a large amount of foam to the truck, to suppress the gasoline vapors and prevent …
I was still in bed at 8:03 this morning (April 2) when my PulsePoint app went off. I saw where the call was, threw on some clothes, started recording the traffic camera on my laptop, then jogged up to 15th Ave where I just missed Battalion 4 arriving, but managed to catch Engine 18 pulling …
2018 treated me well, with some rare units, large responses and one 4-alarm fire. Here are the top 10 Seattle Fire responses I filmed last year; see below for more info on each one. Happy New Year! #10 – 0:07 – First video of the new Engine 9. Shortly after it was put into service, …
On February 19th 2022, I filmed Seattle Fire’s Vault Response Team responding to a report of smoke from a manhole cover at the Shilshole Marina. I also filmed Air 10 arriving on scene (without lights), and a City Light truck pulled up just as I was leaving. The Vault Response Team is a group of …
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 …
[No Sound] It’s ultimate tiller time … time! Here’s footage I captured of Seattle’s 11 tillers (plus spare) responding to different calls, a look at some epic “Tiller Drift,” and tillers responding with other Seattle Fire units! Seattle Fire has 11 tiller trucks in service; for some reason, there’s no Ladder 2 and Ladder 7 …
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 …
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 …
Captured here is the Seattle Fire Department (SFD), American Medical Response (AMR), and Seattle Police Department (SPD) responding to and dealing with multiple emergency situations in the city of Seattle, Washington. You can see Engine 5, Engine 10, Medic 1, Aid 4, Aid 5, and many other vehicles with their lights and sirens activated. Enjoy! …
My biggest catch so far! On July 24th, 2021, I filmed a huge Seattle fire response for a reported train derailment with fire in north Seattle. I’d barely managed to park before the parade of units started passing me, so unfortunately I was still in my car for the Hazmat truck and the chief parade, …