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Annual Shoreline Firefighters Association Annual Egg Hunt scheduled for April 8, 2023 at RB Saltwater Park

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Photo by Wayne Pridemore
Shoreline FF Association Annual Egg Hunt
Richmond Beach Saltwater Park, Upper Shelter
Saturday April 8, 2023 (Rain or Shine)
12 - 2:30pm (Official Egg Hunt starts at 1pm)

All are welcome to attend our annual Egg Hunt at Richmond Beach Saltwater Park! 

We will have three age groups (0-3 yrs, 4-6yrs, and 7-10 yrs) able to participate in the Egg Hunt! 

There may even be a special prize for some lucky parent too! We will have entertainment, fire engines to explore, prizes and hopefully a food truck to celebrate this community event! Hope to see you there!



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Classifieds: Fire board changes meeting time

 
Shoreline Fire Commissioners meeting time on March 16, 2023 changed from 5pm to 4:30pm.



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Shoreline Fire at 61% of fundraising goal for the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society Stairclimb with one week to go

Monday, March 6, 2023

Four members of the Shoreline Fire climbing team at LFP Town Center. Team members climb in full gear and breathing apparatus. Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Members of the Shoreline Fire Stairclimb Team were at Lake Forest Park Town Center on Saturday, March 4 (march forth?) with their stairclimbing machine, accepting donations for the Columbia Tower Stairclumb on Sunday, March 12, 2023.

They took turns on the stairclimb machine
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

See previous article

Even though you didn't catch them at Town and Country Market or Town Center, you can still donate at their team page

Team members raise funds individually, with a personal goal of $300.



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Building fire on Lake City Way Friday closes road for hours

Sunday, March 5, 2023

Lake City Way was closed for a major fire response.
Ten hours later, the southbound lanes were open. SDOT.

At 6:15am on Friday morning, March 3, 2023 Seattle Fire responded to a fire fully engulfing a vacant building in the 14000 block of Lake City Way NE. 

All lanes of Lake City Way from NE 137th to NE 143rd were closed during the response. At 11:45am one northbound lane was opened. By 4:30pm the northbound lanes were open but southboard lanes remained closed. At 8pm all lanes were open. At 9pm an excavator arrived to demolish the building.

David Cuerpo, Seattle Fire Department, recapped the dramatic fire in SFD's "Fire Line" blog.

Photo courtesy Seattle Fire Department

SEATTLE — On Friday morning, March 3, 2023 around 6:15am, the Seattle Fire Department’s Fire Alarm Center received calls reporting thick black smoke and flames coming from a two-story vacant commercial building on the 14000 block of Lake City Way NE.

The first firefighters on scene confirmed the entire building was fully involved in the fire with high heat and flames extending through the roof. In response, the incident commander prohibited all firefighters from entering the building due to concerns of structural collapse.

Crews maintained a defensive position by pouring water on the fire from a safe distance away from the burning building. They prioritized protecting adjacent buildings from the fire as well as preventing falling debris from causing structural damage.

Within an hour of arriving on scene, the roof started to collapse followed by the eastern wall.

Too dangerous to enter, firefighters poured water from a safe distance.
Photo courtesy Seattle Fire

Neighboring residents and businesses informed us that water runoff from fighting the fire began to overwhelm the storm drains and posed a flood risk. In response, we requested additional resources, including Seattle Public Utilities, to help mitigate the pooling water and divert further runoff away from the impacted buildings.

SPU was called in to help control flooding at nearby buildings. Photo courtesy Seattle Fire

Firefighters determined the fire was fully extinguished at 7:34pm.

The building, which was vacant, was already slated for demolition prior to the fire. Seattle Fire worked with the property owner to expedite an excavator to demolish the building because the remaining walls were at risk of collapsing onto the streets and walkways.

By 9pm an excavator arrived on scene to demolish the building.

The incident is under investigation, and no injuries were reported.



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Shoreline firefighters at LFP Town Center Saturday, March 4, 2023 to raise funds for the LLS Stairclimb charity event

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Shoreline Fire Stairclimb team will be at LFP Town Center Saturday to raise funds for the 2023 LLS Stairclimb. Photo courtesy Shoreline Fire

Firefighters from Shoreline Fire who will be participating in the LLS Firefighter Stairclimb will be in Lake Forest Park on Saturday to raise funds on behalf of their team for the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society (LLS).

The Shoreline team has already done one fundraiser at the Town and Country Market in Shoreline. Their second one is this Saturday March 4, 2023, beginning at 8:30am at Lake Forest Town Center in front of Third Place Books.

Firefighters from around the U.S. - and the world - send teams to participate in the Stairclimb, which will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2023,

Participants, who must be career, volunteer, or retired firefighters, climb the 788 feet, 1,311 steps, and 69 floors of the Columbia Tower in Seattle wearing 60+ pounds of full gear.

Each one commits to raising $300.

Registrations are limited to 2,000 people. The 2020 event filled in 14 minutes.

This is the 32nd year for the event, which was started by a Shoreline fire captain, David Engler, (see his story here) who made his first climb in full gear in 1990 and challenged other firefighters to join him in 1992.

Thank you for your interest and support of the Stairclimb, it’s a wonderful tradition to be a part of and it fills a lot of us with pride that it was all started by our department.


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Fire board to hold virtual public hearing March 16 re 2023 Fire Benefit Charge

Tuesday, February 21, 2023


NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of Shoreline Fire Department will hold a public hearing at the date, time and place specified below to hear citizen appeals to the 2023 Fire Benefit Charge.

DATE OF HEARING: Thursday, March 16, 2023

TIME OF HEARING: 5:00 p.m.

LOCATION:

Shoreline Fire Department Station 61
17525 Aurora Avenue North
Shoreline, WA 98133
enter from southbound Aurora

To attend the meeting online please use the below information:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84248066884?pwd=cnRLWXB5ZVYwYTIxTDBVeWhNRXdCZz09

Meeting ID: 842 4806 6884
Passcode: 069285
Dial by your location: #253 215 8782

The agenda can be retrieved on the Shoreline Fire Department website http://www.shorelinefire.com/

Notice posted by: Beatriz Goldsmith
Executive Assistant


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Firefighter Christopher Harris successfully completes probation

Sunday, February 12, 2023

Firefighter Christopher Harris

Firefighter Christopher Harris successfully completed probation Saturday, February 11, 2023. New Firefighters begin their first year with on probation while they complete extensive training and tasks to learn the job and earn the rank of Firefighter.

Christopher was previously in the news when he was awarded a medal from the Navy for the heroic rescue of a hiker as part of a Coast Guard crew. (see article here)


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Shoreline Firefighters Tess Parkhouse and Will Mosman successfully complete probation

New firefighter Tess Parkhouse and Will Mosman
Photo courtesy Shoreline Fire

Firefighters Tess Parkhouse and Will Mosman who successfully completed probation today. Our new Firefighters begin their first year with us on probation while they complete extensive training and tasks to learn the job and earn the rank of Firefighter.



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Classifieds: Shoreline Fire Commissioners reschedule meeting

Thursday, February 9, 2023


NOTICE OF MEETING RESCHEDULED

As required by RCW 42.30, the Open Public Meetings Act, you are hereby notified that the Board of Commissioners of the Shoreline Fire Department has rescheduled the regular meeting scheduled for March 2, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. to March 9, 2023 @ 5:00 pm.

Notice posted by:                Beatriz Goldsmith
                                                Executive Assistant
                                                February 7, 2023



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Firefighters Clayton Feis and Ted Tanner successfully complete probation with Shoreline Fire

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

New Shoreline firefighters Clayton Feis (left) and Ted Tanner
Firefighters Clayton Feis and Ted Tanner successfully completed probation Tuesday, February 7, 2023 with Shoreline Fire. 

New Firefighters begin their first year with Shoreline on probation while they complete extensive training and tasks to learn the job and earn the rank of Firefighter.



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Shoreline Firefighter Aiden Noel successfully completes probation

Monday, February 6, 2023

Shoreline Firefighter Aiden Noel

Shoreline Firefighter Aiden Noel successfully completed probation today. 

"Aiden was one of our first cadets!"

New Firefighters begin their first year with Shoreline Fire on probation while they complete extensive training and tasks to learn the job and earn the rank of Firefighter.



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Training new recruits with live fire

Saturday, February 4, 2023

Photo courtesy Shoreline Fire

As part of their academy with new recruits, Shoreline Fire trained with live fire Friday, February 3, 2023 at 145th and Corliss Ave N. 



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New Shoreline Firefighter Chris O'Dougherty

Chris O'Dougherty, Shoreline Firefighter
From Shoreline Fire

Please help us congratulate Firefighter Chris O’Dougherty who successfully completed probation today. 

Our new Firefighters begin their first year with us on probation while they complete extensive training and tasks to learn the job and earn the rank of Firefighter. 



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Sound Transit night work planned along Fire station 65 driveway

Beginning Monday, February 6, 2023 contractors will be performing five nights of work along the Sound Transit guideway at the Shoreline Fire Department Station 65 driveway. 

This is a part of the Light Rail Lynnwood Link Extension project. The work will consist of a concrete saw cutting and the use of light plants. Given weather conditions, work will proceed as weather permits.

The work will take five nights with multiple contingency nights scheduled in case the work is delayed.
  • When:Monday, February 6, through Friday, February 10, 2023 from 8pm to 4am the following mornings.
  • Where:Work zone is located on NE 155th St. along the Sound Transit guideway at the Shoreline Fire Department Station 65 driveway.


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Four fire departments joined for a training exercise in Shoreline

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

 
Photos courtesy Shoreline Fire

Shoreline Fire hosted a Structural Collapse training near 145th and I-5 which ended on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.

Joining them were units from Seattle, Bothell and Eastside Fire.



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GoFundMe for family whose home burned on Thursday

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Two members of the family went to the burn unit
Photo by Shoreline Fire
A GoFundMe has been set up for the family whose home burned on Thursday, January 26, 2023 (see previous story).

Two members of the family ended up in the Harborview burn unit with serious burns. One has been released but the other is still there.

All the humans escaped the fire, but Kibbles, the family dog did not.

The home is a complete loss.




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Shoreline Fire Deputy Chief Steve Taylor retires after a 34 year career

Saturday, January 28, 2023

Deputy Chief Steve Taylor photo courtesy Shoreline Fire
Deputy Chief Steve Taylor worked his last day Thursday, January 26, 2023 after an over 34-year career. 

Steve attended Harborview Medical Center’s paramedic training program in 1986 and graduated from Class #13. After graduation, he worked as a Paramedic with Evergreen Medic One until he was hired with Shoreline Fire Department as a Firefighter/Paramedic in 1989. 

During his time with Shoreline, Steve has worked his way up through the ranks. He served as Lieutenant, Captain-MSO, Battalion Chief, and ended his career as Deputy Chief of Support Services. 

During his tenure, Steve has held the role of Shift Commander, Department Training Officer, and has played a critical role on our executive leadership team over the last two years. 

Steve has taken on numerous projects and programs throughout his career and has always performed professionally and passionately. Steve’s leadership and guidance will be missed by us all.


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Residential fire near Shoreline Library

Friday, January 27, 2023

Fire on NE 175th. Photo courtesy Shoreline Fire

Just before 1am on Thursday, January 26, 2023, Shoreline Fire responded to a Residential Structure Fire in the 200 block of NE 175th St, near the Shoreline Library.

The first unit arrived within four minutes but the house was already fully involved.

Medics took two adults with non-life threatening burns to Harborview. The rest of the family escaped without injury. 

Unfortunately, the family dog did not make it out of the house and was found deceased.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.



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Nine new firefighters for Shoreline

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Photo courtesy Shoreline Fire

Nine individuals completed 18 weeks of training at the fire academy, graduated on Friday, January 20, 2023 and are now on shift at Shoreline Fire.



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Residential structure fire in LFP sends smoke billowing into the sky

Friday, January 20, 2023

Smoke billows into the sky from residential fire in LFP
Photo by Gordon Snyder

Shoreline Fire responded to a residential fire in the 4700 block of NE 192nd Pl in Lake Forest Park around 5:30pm on Thursday, January 19, 2023.

Shoreline Fire responding
Photo by Gordon Snyder

The fire was extinguished in just over 20 minutes. One person was home at the time of the incident and that person escaped unharmed.There were no injuries to firefighters.

As the home is unable to be occupied, Red Cross was called in to assist with the residents' needs.

The road was blocked during the response
Photo by Gordon Snyder

47 Ave NE was closed north from NE 195 St south to the intersection with 47 PL NE. The roadway was reopened at 6:30pm.

The scene has been turned over to fire investigators to conduct a cause and origin investigation.



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