King County Fire District No. 44 Report for Jan. 15 to Jan. 21

Total Calls for the week
Fire: 2
Rupture/Explosion: 0
EMS/Rescue: 11
Hazardous conditions: 1
Service Call: 0
Good Intent: 0
False Call: 2
Severe Weather: 0
Other: 0
Total Calls: 16

Department News:

The deadline for applications for the spring volunteer firefighter academy are due on Friday. We have less applicants than anticipated which may result in a smaller academy.

The burn ban has been lifted for most of our district. The EPA still has a burn ban for some tribal lands including Muckleshoot.

• For more info visit http://www.pscleanair.org/airq/status.aspx or http://waburnbans.net/recent-burn-bans/category/king/
• We also have some info on our site at www.kcfd44.org on our Facebook at www.facebook.com/kcfd44 or our burn ban line at 253-735-0286.
• From U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 on the burn ban http://www.epa.gov/region10/farr/burnbans.html

We have reduced our office hours to 9:00am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday due to limited staff. We will probably reduce our office more in the near future. This may impact people that need to do business with the department, such as acquiring a burn permit, but we still have emergency personnel 24/7.

Upcoming Events:

1/25/13 - Applications due for Spring 2013 Volunteer Recruit Academy

1/25/13 - First Aid / CPR training for Black Diamond PD and City of Black Diamond employees

2/9/13 - Tentative Water Day for Swiftwater Training

2/10/13 - Tentative Water Day for Swiftwater Training

2/18/13 - Office closed for Presidents Day

2/22/13 - First Aid / CPR training for Black Diamond PD and City of Black Diamond employees

3/1/13 - First Aid / CPR training for Black Diamond PD and City of Black Diamond employees

3/9/13 - Spring 2013 Volunteer Academy (First Day)