The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 171 calls for service between May 4 and May 10, among them the following:
May 4
Car accident: 12:34 a.m., (Lea Hill). Valley Com dispatched Engine 34, Aid 311, King County Medic 6 and Battalion 31 to a high speed accident on Eastbound SR 18 at the off ramp to South 272nd. Engine 34 got there first and found a single car on its wheels with heavy damage to the driver’s side compartment. Crews rapidly extricated a woman who was belted in the driver’s seat. Personnel transported the injured woman to Station 75 in Kent from whence a helicopter transported her Harborview Medical Center in critical condition.
May 5
Aid call: 2:52 p.m., (Pacific). Valley Com dispatched firefighters to help a woman suffering shortness of breath. Firefighters stabilized the woman, treated her and American Medical Response transported her to Auburn Regional Medical Center.
May 6
Fire alarm: 5:03 p.m., (Lea Hill). Valley Com dispatched firefighters to an automatic fire alarm at a large apartment complex. When firefighters entered the involved apartment, they found burned food on the stove. Apparently, the occupants had been cooking when they lost power and forgot to turn the burner off. Fortunately, the fire did not spread, and there was very little damage to the apartment unit.
May 7
Motor vehicle accident: 6:46 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responding to a report of a car accident with air bag deployment saw a passenger vehicle that had struck a minivan from the rear. The driver of the passenger vehicle was complaining of chest and back pain, and the driver of the minivan was uninjured. Firefighters examined the injured driver, placed him or her a back board and American Medical Response transported him or her to ARMC for further evaluation and treatment.
May 9
CPR: 10:18 p.m., (Auburn). Valley Com dispatched firefighters to a report of CPR in progress at the Muckleshoot Casino, where a 62-year-old man had collapsed as he sat in a chair. Casino security staff used a public automatic defibrillator (PAD) to deliver three shocks to the man. In the short time that it took VRFA personnel to arrive, the man had regained a pulse and was breathing on his own. Medic 6 transported him to ARMC.
