Here’s a trio of Seattle Fire Department catches, all filmed in Crown Hill (north Seattle). I filmed Ladder 8 on 9/30, heading to a building fire in Greenwood. Medic 18 and Battalion 4 were filmed on 10/7, heading to a shooting in Greenwood. All 3 units are based out of Station 18, in Ballard. Clip …
Each year, the Seattle Fire Department has a “Light the Night” ceremony to honor fallen firefighters. At each station, they pull their rigs out and turn on the lights for 15 minutes. Last year, I went to Station 18 in Ballard and they pulled *all* their rigs out, including their “special” unit (Hose 18) and …
Here’s a quick video featuring Seattle Fire’s Engine 21 and Medic 18, responding to a medical call in north Seattle. This was filmed on a rainy day back in July of this year. Outro music: Demilitarized Zone by Ethan Meixsell, via the YouTube audio library.
...On August 15th, 2020, I filmed Seattle Fire’s Rescue 80 responding, along with Rescue 1 Aerial. Rescue 80 is used when Rescue 1 is out of service, and is a 1995 Ford CF-8000 / Mobile Tech. Rescue 1 will be getting a new rig soon, so I assume the current Rescue 1 will become the …
On August 5th, 2022, I filmed a large Seattle Fire response near the Shilshole Marina. The call was for a boat taking on water offshore. I arrived shortly before the fireboats did, and got footage of Fireboat 2 and a Coast Guard vessel responding/arriving. A short while later, I got footage of the Marine Emergency …
On July 25th 2022, I recorded footage of Seattle Fire units heading to fire on the roof of a townhouse in north Seattle. The fire was quickly knocked down, and the call was downgraded to a 2+1+1. People I spoke to on the scene said they heard a loud explosion prior to the fire – …
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, …
[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 …