Seattle Fire Information Flashcards
Mission
The mission of the Seattle Fire Department is to save lives and protect property through emergency medical service, fire and rescue response and fire prevention. We respond immediately when any member of our community needs help with professional, effective and compassionate service.
vision
The Seattle Fire Department: a national leader in responding to and preventing emergencies with a commitment to excellence and teamwork.
Established
The Seattle Fire Department has existed as a fire department within the State of Washington since October 17, 1889, when the Seattle City Council passed Ordinance No. 1212.
Values
integrity, teamwork, compassion,
courage, diversity
Organization
33 stations; separated into 5 battalions (supervised by a battalion chief w/ an on duty deputy chief overseeing the city) (on duty staffing 211)
in the line of duty deaths
62 (1891- 2022)
Started providing ALS
1970 started providing advance life saving
Seattle fire technical teams
Technical Teams include the Hazardous Materials Response Team, Dive Team, Confined Space Rescue, Heavy Rescue and Marine Emergency Response Team.
Vault response team
The Seattle Fire Department’s Vault Response Team is a specialized unit that fights fires in underground vaults and substations, which are part of the city’s electrical infrastructure:
Rescue
Rescue 1 is dispatched in addition to other operations units to the City’s most challenging responses, that require special equipment and training. Rescue 1 responds out of Fire Station 14 in the SODO area.
Rescue 1’s responsibilities include responding to the following types of incidents:
Structural collapses
Trench/cave-in rescue
Rope rescue
Dive rescue
Confined space rescue
Heavy machinery and vehicle entrapment incidents
Tunnel emergencies
And any other complex incident that requires training beyond operations level
Marine
The Seattle Fire Department is staffed 24/7 with a fireboat crew ready to respond on one of four fireboats depending on the location and nature of emergency. Station 5 on Seattle’s Waterfront, is home to the 108-foot Fireboat Leschi and 50-foot Fireboat 2. Station 3, at Fisherman’s Terminal in Ballard, is home to the 97-foot Fireboat Chief Seattle and 50-foot Fireboat 1. The Fireboats are prepared to respond to:
Ship Fires
Marina Fires
Water Rescues
And other water related emergencies
Fire Station 5 on the waterfront is also home to Rescue Boat 5, which is staffed by the Engine 5 crew and can quickly deploy to emergency scenes.
Fire Station 36 in West Seattle is home to Marine 1, which is a unit focused on land-based firefighting operations for fires that occur on or near the water.
Hazmat
The Hazardous Materials Response Team (Unit 77) began in 1980 and was the first of several specialized units that the department has in operation today.
A Hazardous Materials incident is generally described as the intentional or accidental release of toxic, combustible, illegal or dangerous nuclear, biological or chemical agents into the environment.
HazMat responses are generalized under three categories:
Intentional releases – This type of hazardous materials response is created when individuals and/or companies knowingly and illegally emit or dump toxic waste into landfills, waterways, the atmosphere and the environment in general.
Accidental releases – This is the most common type of incident that the Hazardous Materials Team responds to. These incidents include the release of all types of spills and leaks of toxic agents resulting from collisions, container breakage or failure, fires, floods and simple human error.
Domestic Terrorism – Domestic Terrorism is the intentional release of deadly biological or chemical agents, such as Anthrax or Nerve Gas, into the general population.
The Hazardous Materials Unit continually progresses and increases capabilities to deal with special emergencies. Equipment has been tested and selected that most effectively protects personnel, detects and identifies released agents and contains them.
medic one
as of August 31, 2024, this is 7.5 runs/workday and 43 minutes, respectively.
2023 resources sent out
In all, we sent resources on a record-setting 111,319 responses in 2023
fire calls
28107
