Seattle Fire responses posted

Seattle firefighters handled two separate West Seattle emergencies over two days this weekend: a two-car crash on April 13 and a stove-top apartment fire on April 12. (x.com) Seattle Fire said crews extricated two patients after the crash at Southwest Alaska Street and 45th Avenue Southwest on Sunday, April 13. The department posted the update on its official account after the response. (x.com) A day earlier, Seattle Fire said a stove-top fire in an apartment was contained to the kitchen and firefighters completed a primary search with an all-clear. The department posted that update on Saturday, April 12. (x.com) The two posts show the mix of calls Seattle Fire handles in a single weekend: vehicle rescues that require crews to remove trapped patients, and small residential fires that can be stopped before they spread beyond one room. Seattle Fire’s public real-time dispatch system lists both fire and medical incidents and refreshes every 60 seconds. (web.seattle.gov) Seattle Fire’s 2024 annual report said the department dispatched units to 112,320 incidents, a record, and emergency medical calls made up 73 percent of that work. That means a crash rescue and a kitchen fire fit into the department’s routine workload, even when each call demands different equipment and tactics. (seattle.gov) The department’s incident search portal lets the public look up emergency reports by date, type, and address, while the records division provides follow-up help for people seeking more detail. Seattle Fire’s public-facing tools are designed to show dispatch activity quickly, even before a full report is available. (web.seattle.gov) Seattle Fire describes its mission as immediate response to fire, rescue, and emergency medical calls across the city. This weekend’s updates were short, but they documented two outcomes clearly: two patients were freed from a wrecked car, and a kitchen fire was stopped before it spread through an apartment. (seattle.gov)