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Interagency Training with A Shift |
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Rescue Training
Lake Stevens Fire participates in Rescue Training at
Station 83. |

Extrication Training
Lake Stevens Fire participates in Extrication
Training with an armored truck at NW Auto Recyclers. |

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MCO Drill
Lake Stevens Fire participates in MCO Drill at
Station 81 with Getchell Fire and Marysville Fire. |

Partners in Training |

Leadership in Action
At the Command Post with Battalion Chief Goodale
from Marysville Fire, and Deputy Chief Huff and
Battalion Chief Putnam with Lake Stevens Fire. |

Working Together
MCO Drill at Station 81 with Lake Stevens
Fire and Granite Falls Fire. |
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Garage Ablaze
Lake Stevens Fire responded to a garage fire July 18 and was
able to successfully put it out with the help of Getchell and
Granite Falls mutual aid. |

Fire Next Door!
A neighbor's
worst nightmare. Waking up to a residential house fire next
door. Thankfully the family got out of the house in time, and
no one was hurt. July 2007. |

Engulfed in Flames!
Lake Stevens Fire responded to a car fire in the 600
Block of 91st Ave NE. Crews extinguished the blaze in minutes.
It is believed the fire started from leaking hose under the
hood. No one was injured in the fire. Damage is estimated at
$16,000. May 2007. |

Outdoor Burn Gets Out of
Control
Outdoor burn accidentally ignites a shed located on
the same property. The shed was fully involved when
firefighters arrived on the scene. There were no injuries and
firefighters extinguished the fire. April 2007. |

Working Together!
The neighboring house, 10 feet away from the garage, was of
concern but did not ignite. |
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Technical Rescue Team in Action
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River Raging over the Catwalk
A family had gone to Granite Falls to view its
majesty. The river and falls were raging with the recent rains
and before they knew it, the river had risen faster than they
had expected. When they went to return there was 200 feet of
raging river between them and land. March 2007. |

Technical Rescue Team in
Action!
The Technical Rescue Team
methodically and precisely designed their strategy and
implemented their tactics. One by one each family member was
brought across the raging river held on by a single rope and a
lot of water under foot. March 2007. |
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Training at Its Best
The fire officer briefs firefighters on fire behavior after
flashover occurs. Practice Burn, May 2006 |

Great Day for a Practice Burn
Crews prepare to perform a roof ventilation technique
prior to a practice burn. Practice
Burn, May 2006. |
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Wet Stuff on the Red Stuff!
Firefighters keep the fire under control and practice what they
know. Practice Burn, May 2006. |

The Gang’s All Here
They’ve been working hard and it’s time for a break!
Practice Burn, May 2006. |
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Various Emergency Incidents |
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Water Drop:
Department of Natural
Resources drops water on a wild fire on Deer Mountain. Lake
Stevens Fire responded to this mutual aid and the fire was
contained within a few days. August 2006. |

Car Fire:
Paramedic Ron Rasmussen and firefighter Robert
Marshall cut open a hood on a Chevy Blazer after the vehicle
caught fire on Lundeen Parkway. The fire started in the
engine compartment. Crews quickly extinguished the flames but
not before fire destroyed the engine compartment area. August
2006. |

Airlift
Northwest landing on SR204:
Lake Stevens routinely calls
Airlift Northwest to transport critical trauma patients to
Harborview Medical Center. |

Automobile Crash:
Truck vs. car on Highway 204. Due to the
number of serious vehicle collisions, Highway 9 and the
surrounding highways in the Lake Stevens area have become part
of a traffic safety corridor. The purpose of this project is to
improve driver awareness and safety on these highways. |

Automobile Crash:
Two car head on fatality crash on Highway
204 near Frontier Village, Lake Stevens. |

Bicycle Accident
Lake Stevens Fire Paramedics tend to a 15 year old boy after a
collision with a vehicle at the intersection of the 9700 block
of 2nd Street SE. The bicyclist was not wearing a helmet and was
traveling south on 97th Ave SE. He struck the front side of the
vehicle traveling west on 2nd Street SE. The impact threw the
boy from his bicycle and onto the windshield of the
vehicle. Paramedics transported the bicyclist to an Everett area
hospital for treatment. The driver of the vehicle was an 18 year
old male from Lake Stevens and was not injured. February 2006. |

Airplane
Crash:
Lake Stevens Fire and Snohomish County
Sheriff’s office investigate the crash of a small Cesna
aircraft. |
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