At 8:48 a.m. this morning (Monday, August 23, 2010), fourteen emergency response units were called to a fire at 2353 N 57th St. While initial scanner chatter indicated that the house may be abandoned and that the fire was a “furnace backfire,” later reports indicated that the house may be occupied. Streets around the scene [...]

Tonight (Saturday, July 24, 2010) was Medic 16′s last night in Green Lake. I spoke with Greg Forslund, a fire fighter at Fire Station 16 (6846 Oswego Place NE).  Forslund confirmed that The Seattle Fire Department is transferring the Medic One Unit to Station 17 (temporarily located at 4557 11th Ave NE), and that tonight [...]

A garbage can caught on fire tonight (Saturday, July 17, 2010) at Green Lake Park. Green Lake’s Engine 16 was dispatched to the fire at 10:38 p.m.  The fire truck parked in front of Greenlake Guest House (7630 E Green Lake Dr N). Blayne McAferty, innkeeper at the Greenlake Guest House, shared the following report: [...]

Green Lake’s Fire Station 16 (6846 Oswego Place NE) is getting an upgrade. Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2011 and end around the beginning of 2012. Fire Station 16 was built in 1927. In 2004, the mission/colonial revival style building received landmark designation from the City of Seattle. The renovation is [...]

I recently received some interesting information from Carol Dunn, professional “Disaster Guru,” about the risks we face in the Green Lake neighborhood should an earthquake strike. On Solid Ground? Carol sent the following geological map from the Pacific Northwest Center for Geologic Mapping Studies: The purple areas of the map represent land that is fairly [...]