VRFA fire and rescue blotter | Dec. 18

Between Dec. 7 and 13, the Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 252 requests for service, among them the following:

Between Dec. 7 and 13, the Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 252 requests for service, among them the following:

Dec. 7

Aid call: 4:43 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters finished treating a man who had been complaining of lock jaw from new medication, and a private ambulance scooted him off to St. Francis Hospital.

Dec. 8

Aid call: 8:20 p.m., (Lakeland Hills). Firefighters evaluated a woman who was suffering from seizures, and a private ambulance transported her to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (MAMC).

Dec. 9

Rollover accident: 9:31 p.m., (Auburn). Firefighters responding to a two-car accident at the intersection of 8th and Auburn Way North and finding one car on its side with three people trapped inside, used hydraulic cutters to get them out. Altogether, firefighters treated two men, one elderly woman, and one young man and transported all with non-life threatening injuries to local hospitals.

Dec. 10

Aid call: 11:10 a.m., (South Auburn). Firefighters evaluated a middle-aged man with leg pain, and a private ambulance motored him to MAMC.

Dec. 11

Illegal burning: 5:55 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters responding to a report of a fire behind a residence and finding a home owner burning yard debris in a fire pit, extinguished the conflagration and schooled that errant owner on burning restrictions inside city limits.

Dec. 12

Aid call: 8:39 a.m., (Pacific). Firefighters and King County Medics finished their evaluation of a man whom they’d found unresponsive, and medics transported him to MAMC.

Dec. 13

Aid call: 9:55 a.m., (Auburn). Firefighters dispatched to a power pole transformer explosion and finding the juice out in the neighborhood contacted Puget Sound Energy. At no time was the power pole a hazard to anyone.