Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 325 calls the week of Jan. 26 through Feb. 1: 252 emergency medical aid calls, 34 motor vehicle collisions, 13 fires, 8 service calls, 1 natural gas leak and 17 automatic fire alarms. The following calls were in or near Edmonds: Jan. 26 COLLISION: At 5:44 p.m., a [...]
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The Regional Fire Authority Planning Committee exploring fire service consolidation in south Snohomish County will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, at the Ballinger Golf Course Clubhouse, 23000 Lakeview Dr., Mountlake Terrace. Brier, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mill Creek, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo, Woodway and Snohomish County Fire Districts 1 and 7 formed the exploratory RFA Planning [...]
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Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 422 calls the week of Jan. 19-25: 303 emergency medical aid calls, 32 fires, 31 motor vehicle collisions, 24 service calls, 27 automatic fire alarms, two natural gas leaks and three carbon monoxide alarms. The following calls were in or near Edmonds: Jan. 19 COLLISION. At 7:09 a.m., [...]
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Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 384 calls the week of Jan. 12-18: 269 emergency medical aid calls, 37 fires, 34 motor vehicle collisions, 21 service calls, 16 fire alarms, five natural gas leaks, one carbon monoxide alarm and one hazardous materials response. The following calls were in or near Edmonds. Jan. 13 COLLISION. [...]
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Youd think that Yost Park in Edmonds would be a peaceful place early on a cold, snowy morning, but Edmonds police found evidence of criminal activity when they were called to the park at 3 a.m. Wednesday. Police officers were dispatched following numerous reports of shots fired in the area, and the first officer arriving [...]
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The Edmonds Police Department notified the media Friday that a Level 3 Sex Offender, Mark Johnson, has moved into the 8200 block of 215th Street Southwest in Edmonds. The department has also sent a notification flier via U. S. mail to all residents living within a one-mile radius of the registered offenders address. Additional details [...]
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Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 333 calls the week of Jan. 5-11: 265 emergency medical aid calls, 30 motor vehicle collisions, 13 fires, 10 service calls, 4 natural gas leaks, 1 hazardous materials response and 10 automatic fire alarms. The following calls were in or near Edmonds: Jan. 5 COLLISION: At 2:40 p.m., [...]
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The Edmonds Police Department is reminding citizens that they can play a key role in helping police catch suspects in residential burglaries. Usually, a suspect will ring the door bell or knock on the front door and if they receive no answer they will go to a more secluded part of the house and force [...]
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Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 324 calls the week of Dec. 29 through Jan. 4: 251 emergency medical aid calls, 25 motor vehicle collisions, 22 fires, 13 service calls, 2 natural gas leaks, 1 technical rescue and 10 automatic fire alarms. The following calls were in or near Edmonds: Dec. 29 APARTMENT FIRE: [...]
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The driver of the stolen Lexus SUV who was involved in the early Wednesday morning crash in the Swedish/Edmonds Hospital parking lot has been identified as a 29-year-old Seattle man with an extensive criminal history. The suspect -- who led police on a chase from 196th in Lynnwood along Highway 99 before turning into the [...]
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A small fire caused about $25,000 damage to the electrical systems of an Edmonds apartment complex and displaced residents from three units Wednesday afternoon. A resident of the Edmonds Apartments in the 300 block of 4th Ave. N. reported the fire at 1:42 p.m. All residents safely exited the building and there were no injuries. [...]
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A Lynnwood police pursuit of a man in a stolen Lexus SUV ended when the suspect crashed the vehicle into a tree in the Swedish/Edmonds parking lot early Wednesday morning. According to Lynnwood police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions, a patrol officer attempted to make a traffic stop on the SUV, whch that had been reported stolen [...]
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Two 50-foot boats were destroyed in a two-alarm fire at the Edmonds Marina early Saturday morning. The fire was reported just before 4 a.m. "Two boats moored next to each other were engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived and flames were shooting 50 feet in the air," said Leslie Hynes, public information officer for Snohomish [...]
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Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 318 calls the week of Dec. 22-28: 258 emergency medical aid calls, 20 motor vehicle collisions, 21 fires, 7 service calls, 1 natural gas leaks and 11 automatic fire alarms. The following calls were in or near Edmonds: Dec. 22 COLLISION: At 1:16 p.m., a two-car collision was [...]
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A cooking fire caused more than $80,000 damage and displaced seven people from two units at an Edmonds apartment complex this morning. The fire was reported around 10:20 a.m. at a 36-unit, two-story apartment complex in the 7400 block of 208th Street Southwest, just south of College Place Middle School. “A woman in a second-floor [...]
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Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 423 calls the week of Dec. 15-21: 340 emergency medical aid calls, 32 motor vehicle collisions, 18 fires, nine service calls, one natural gas leak, one hazardous materials call and 22 automatic fire alarms. The following calls were in or near Edmonds: Dec. 15 COLLISION: At 11:42 a.m., [...]
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Snohomish County Fire District 1 Assistant Chief Mark Correira has been reappointed to the Washington Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Steering Committee. This is the state’s highest appointed committee on emergency medical service (EMS). The committee’s 30 members represent hospitals, physicians, fire departments, local health departments, consumers and other affected groups. The committee’s responsibilities include: [...]
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Edmonds police are seeking tips from anyone who may have observed two wedding dress thieves as they left the scene of a burglary in downtown Edmonds earlier this week. According to police spokesman Sgt. Don Anderson, the burglary occurred between 11 and 11:17 a.m. Monday at a home in the 500 block of Magnolia Lane. [...]
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Food bank programs across Snohomish County will benefit from a $5,000 donation made by the Fire 1 Foundation, a nonprofit community service organization founded by Snohomish County Fire District employees. “Supporting food bank programs is a tradition for Fire District 1 that started almost 20 years ago when a group of firefighters passed the hat [...]
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Investigators believe a misplaced cigarette sparked a fire in a garage at an Edmonds duplex Sunday morning, causing more than $45,000 damage. The fire was reported at 4:11 a.m. in the attached garage of a duplex in the 22500 block of 93rd Place West. “Smoke alarms woke an 81-year-old woman and her 50-year-old son and [...]
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Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 326 calls the week of Dec. 8-14: 277 emergency medical aid calls, 15 motor vehicle collisions, 14 fires, 7 service calls, 2 gas leaks and 11 automatic fire alarms. The following calls were in or near Edmonds: Dec. 8 FIRE: At 1:52 p.m., a small fire was reported [...]
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Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 337 calls the week of Dec. 1-7: 278 emergency medical aid calls, 13 fires, 12 motor vehicle collisions, nine service calls, 21 automatic fire alarms, three natural gas leaks and one carbon monoxide alarm. The following calls took place in or near Edmonds: Dec. 1 COLLISION: At 5:18 [...]
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An electrical problem in an artificial Christmas tree sparked a fire that caused more than $100,000 damage to house in Woodway Wednesday afternoon. The fire was reported around 12:25 p.m. in a two-story house in the 23700 block of 112th Place West. “Smoke alarms woke a woman who was sleeping in an upstairs bedroom. The [...]
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Firefighters from Snohomish County Fire District 1 are inviting the public to a ceremony Dec. 6 to mark the arrival of a steel beam recovered from the ruins of the World Trade Center that will become the centerpiece of a memorial to be built at the Fallen Firefighter Memorial Park at Fire Station 17 in [...]
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As we head into the holidays, Edmonds police report that local burglary rates are steadily increasing -- a total of 39 cases reported between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30. (See map.) "Of particular concern is the increase in residential burglaries and the potential of those numbers climbing as we near the holiday season when many [...]
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Snohomish County Fire District 1 responded to 413 calls the week of Nov. 17-23: 303 emergency medical aid calls, 21 fires, 40 motor vehicle collisions, 22 service calls, 23 automatic fire alarms and four natural gas leaks. The following calls took place in or near Edmonds: Nov. 17 COLLISION. At 6:39 p.m., firefighters transported one [...]
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