December 2020 Significant Incidents

Significant Incident Monthly Summary:

• 1,475 Total Incidents the RFA responded to
  • 6 Significant Incidents
    • 1 Significant EMS Incident
    • 4 Significant Fire Incidents
    • 1 Significant Malicious False Alarm Incident

Incident Details:

• On 12/2/2020 Renton RFA responded to a fire alarm in Station 14’s area at the Red Lion Hotel Facility in Downtown Renton. Tukwila FD provided assistance as E311, E314, L311, A313, B311 responded for a total of 12 RFA personnel.  Residents reported that the occupant of one of the rooms barricaded himself in the room and threatened to burn the building down.  Residents also witnessed water coming out from underneath the room door and heard the room occupant yelling that he wouldn’t let anyone in the room.  Upon arrival RFA crews accessed the fire control room to address the fire alarm and water sprinklers.  Renton PD was called in to handle the resident that was barricaded in the room.  Upon investigation at the scene there was evidence the sprinklers were tampered with and no fire was found in the room.
• On 12/2/2020 Renton RFA responded to a building fire in Station 12’s area at the 3800 block of NE 4^th St in the Renton Highlands. E311, E312, E315, E316, L311, A312, B311, B313 and C312 responded for a total of 20 RFA personnel.  Upon arrival RFA crews began fire suppression activities and checked for any fire spread.  The fire was extinguished with no injuries to residents or RFA crews.  The Red Cross was contacted due to one resident being displaced due to the fire.  The cause of the fire was undetermined at the time of the incident.
• On 12/3/2020 Renton RFA responded to a building fire in Kent in Puget Sound RFA’s area. We provided assistance with E311, A312, and B313 for a total of 6 RFA personnel.  Residents of the home woke up to a car fire in their driveway and called 911 for assistance.  Puget Sound RFA and Renton RFA crews arrived to find a fully engaged car fire that was spreading to the home.  Crews successfully extinguished the fire with no injuries to residents or the firefighter crews.  The Red Cross was contacted due to 3 adults and 2 children being displaced as a result of the fire.  The cause of the fire was undetermined at the time of the incident.
• On 12/4/2020 Renton RFA responded to a building fire in Station 11’s area on the 400 block of Smithers Ave S. Tukwila FD, Puget Sound RFA and King County Medic One provided assistance as E311, E313, E314, E315, A312, B311, and B313 responded for a total of 16 RFA personnel.  The resident contacted 911 due to a crackling sound in his walls and the smell of smoke and evacuated with this pet cat.  Upon arrival fire crews discovered heavy smoke coming from the roof and began fire suppression activities.  Crews successfully extinguished the fire, and no one was hurt.  At the time of the incident the cause of the fire was suspected to be electrical in nature.
• On 12/8/2020 Renton RFA responded to a serious head-on motor vehicle accident in Station 14’s area at the intersection of Oakesdale Ave SW and Monster Rd SW in the Renton Valley. Tukwila FD and King County Medic One provided assistance as E314, A313, and L311 responded for a total of 8 RFA personnel.  Tukwila and Renton crews began triage of 2 seriously injured patients and 1 critically injured patient needing to be extricated from one of the vehicles involved in the collision.  Injured patients were transported to Valley Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center.  Cause of the accident was undetermined at the time of the incident.
• On 12/19/2020 Renton RFA responded to a building fire in Kent in Puget Sound RFA’s area. We provided assistance with E317, A317, and B313 for a total of 6 RFA personnel.  Residents of the home woke up to an active fire in their home and called 911 for assistance.  Puget Sound RFA and Renton RFA crews arrived at the home to find a fully engaged building fire.  Crews successfully extinguished the fire with no injuries to residents or the firefighter crews.  Once the fire was extinguished the scene was fully turned over to the Puget Sound RFA crews and all Renton units returned to service.