Shoreline Fire Responded To 10,000+ Calls In 2018

SHORELINE, WA - The Shoreline fire department had a busy 2018. The department responded to 10,430 calls for service, including 13 deployments to fight wildfires across three different states.

Those calls were distributed across a wide area because Shoreline fire also serves Lake Forest Park and parts of Bothell, Kenmore, and Woodinville. A total of about 150,000 people live in the service area, according to the department.

Here's how the calls broke down, according to the department:

• Aid - 3,375
• Aid non-emergency - 808
• Motor vehicle accidents (MVA) - 265
• MVA medic - 44, plus 37 in the Northshore area, Bothell, and Woodinville
• MVA rescues - 8, plus 6 in Northshore, Bothell, and Woodinville
• Surface rater rescue - 4
• Rope rescue - 2
• Medic - 4,756
• Cardiac arrest - 115, plus 100 in Northshore, Bothell, and Woodinville
• Mutual aid requests - 241
• Automatic fire alarms - 544
• Appliance fires - 9
• Bark fires - 34
• Brush fires- 28
• Electrical odor - 9
• Explosion w/out Structure - 1
• Extinguished fire - 4
• Flooding minor - 19
• Gas Spill - 6
• Hazard Aid - 3
• Hazards - 46
• Natural Gas - 29
• Smoke - 119
• Service calls (blood draws, downed trees, etc.) - 119
• Structure Fire - 42, plus 13 outside Shoreline
• Vehicle fires - 23
• Wires/Flame/Arc/Spark - 10

Forest fire and wildfire response:

• 13 Deployments
• 10 Fires
• 3 states
• 3,741.25 working hours
• 13 firefighters

Image courtesy Shoreline fire