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Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
SEQUIM — Smoke reported late Monday afternoon coming from the roof over Sequim Village Shopping Center space shared by Sequim Police Department and Clallam County Sheriff’s Office appears to have spared the law enforcement agencies from a more fiery fate.
“Luckily we caught it early,” Assistant Fire Chief Ben Andrews said at the scene.
At about 5:10 p.m. Police Chief Bill Dickinson called on Clallam County Fire District 3 in Sequim to respond to smoke coming from the roof over the afternoon sergeant’s office, which was undergoing re-roofing work by Emerald Roofing, a Sequim-based roofing contractor that was ordered by the city …
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
After responding to five heroin overdoses in nearly three weeks, Clallam County Fire District 3 and local law enforcement are shocked and frightened by what they see happening.
“These kids have no idea what they’re doing,” Sequim Police Sgt. Sean Madison said of the alarming number of young people shooting up black tar heroin in the Sequim area. “Your friend will die.”
“And you’ll watch him die,” added Ben Andrews, assistant fire chief of Clallam County Fire District 3.
All five patients, including a 16- and 17-year-old, were saved from potential death, often after their own friends performed CPR at the instruction of …
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
HEROIN AID RESPONSES SPIKE IN PAST WEEK—EDUCATION WILL HELP PRESERVE LIVES
Four emergency calls for heroin overdoses in recent weeks, three just in the past week, have surprised CCFD #3 personnel. Each of those four aid calls, including a 16 and a 17 year old, ended with revival. All patients were saved from potential death, as CCFD #3 medics and EMTs applied their training and skills in dealing with the deadly consequences of opiate use.
“We train carefully on how to save lives from drug overdoses” said Medical Safety Officer (MSO) Bryan Swanberg. He emphasized that District personnel must be, and are …
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Clallam County Fire District 3 Chief Steve Vogel and Fire Commissioner Gary Coffey stand on five acres of property purchased on Sieberts Creek Road near the district’s western boundary. The district hopes to build a fire station on the property in the next five years. …
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Department of Natural Resources crews with aid from local agencies work to extinguish a two acre blaze three miles up Pierce Road east of Sequim. Photos by Amanda Winters
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
A brush fire burned a 30-foot by 50-foot area at 104 Washington Harbor Loop on Wednesday afternoon. Clallam County Fire District 3 reported the fire was 50 feet from an unoccupied home and was called in at 3:53 p.m. Crews used 300 gallons of water and are still investigating the cause.
Sequim Gazette photo by Pat Coate.
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
By Jeff Chew
Peninsula Daily News
DUNGENESS — A 77-year-old Dungeness woman walked away from a dramatic car crash Wednesday afternoon when she lost control of her vehicle while swatting away a bee while driving north on Sequim-Dungeness Way.
Donna Sommer’s newer-model Subaru Outback veered into and severed a power pole, then plummeted down an embankment, where her car came to rest on its side in a thicket of berry brambles about 100 feet south of the Taylor Ranch Road turnoff at about 3 p.m. …
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Fire Crews Respond to Large House Fire
164 Graywolf Ridge Road
5:30 am July 11, 2010
Sequim, Washington
Fire District 3 was dispatched to a reported 13,000 square foot residential structure fire located at 164 Graywolf Ridge Road at 5:30 am Sunday morning. The single occupant of the Lost Mountain area home at the time of the fire was outside and uninjured when the first Engine arrived.
Upon arrival Engine 33 from Carlsborg reported that the two …
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Fire Crews Respond to Vacant House Fire
0n Highway 101 near Kirk Road
9:31 pm July 13, 2010
Sequim, Washington
Fire District 3 was dispatched to a reported residential structure fire on the North side of Highway 101 in the vicinity of Kirk Road at 9:31 pm Tuesday night. The single story wood frame structure was apparently vacant, however furniture was in the building at the time of the fire.
Upon arrival …
Friday, June 25th, 2010
June 24, 2010
Sequim, Washington
Clallam County Fire District 3 was dispatched to a commercial structure fire at 61 Hooker Road at 9:45 pm Friday night, June 24, 2010. Arriving units found heavy smoke and flames coming from the West side of the building, occupied by Novus Auto Glass. Fire crews immediately began to attack the fire from the exterior with a 2 ½ inch line and gained access to the building through a roll up door. According to Captain Daryl Sharpe “We initiated an aggressive fire attack, were able to cut through …
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