The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 163 calls for service between Oct. 31 and Nov. 6, among them the following:
Oct. 31
Fall: (Auburn). Firefighters responding to a young boy with an arm injury found the child had sustained obvious fractures to two bones near his wrist. Firefighters splinted the arm, and the boy’s parents drove him to Auburn Regional Medical Center (ARMC).
Nov. 1
Accident: 2:55 p.m., (Lea Hill). VRFA firefighters and Kent Fire responded to a car accident on westbound Highway 18 near the 272nd on-ramp where they found a person self-extricated from the vehicle, sitting with a Washington State Patrol Officer. The Kent Fire Department released the VRFA from the scene.
Nov. 2
Aid call: 6 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters helped a woman who had overdosed on medication and transported her to ARMC.
Nov. 3
Aid call: 10:02 a.m., (Pacific). Valley Com dispatched firefighters to help an elderly man at a senior housing apartment who was feeling dizzy. Firefighters found the man with a markedly irregular heartbeat; however, the man refused to be seen at a medical facility.
Nov. 4
Aid call: 1:04 p.m., (South Auburn). Firefighters helped an older woman with a slow heart rate. King County Medic 6 also responded to complete a patient evaluation. A private ambulance carried the woman off to ARMC in stable condition.
Nov. 5
Aid call: 7 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters evaluated and helped a young man who had fallen on his head, and his mother drove him to ARMC.
Nov. 6
Aid Call: 4:04 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responded to a male toddler at the Auburn Multi Care Clinic who was having a hard time breathing, gave him a breathing treatment, and a private ambulance transported him to ARMC.