Yakima Fire Department (YFD) crews responded yesterday, Sunday, April 14th, to a fire in the 100 block of North 16th Avenue. YFD responded to the call at 11:02 pm last night and found light smoke coming from the eaves of the residence. Because of the conditions encountered, the Company Officer requested a second company to […]
Yakima Fire Department (YFD) crews responded yesterday, Tuesday, April 2nd, to a fire in the basement of a home in the 200 block of South 16th Avenue. (It is the practice of the Yakima Fire Department to not release the specific address of a private home involved in a fire or other emergency response) YFD […]
The Yakima Fire Department presented annual awards during the 2019 IAFF Retirement Ceremony and Celebration event held last Thursday, March 20th. Firefighter Jason Horton received the Rusty Hauber Memorial Outstanding Achievement Award, Firefighter of the Year. “The award is presented to Jason as the firefighter who made the most significant contributions to the Yakima Fire […]
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Two people were evacuated Thursday night, one of them injured, due to a structure fire that destroyed a mobile home in the 7900 block of West Nob Hill Boulevard. (It is the practice of the Yakima Fire Department to not release the specific address of a private home involved in a fire or other emergency […]
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The first day of spring is here and daytime temperatures are reaching into the 60s. While warmer weather might inspire some spring cleaning, the Yakima Fire Department reminds residents that outdoor burning is illegal in the city of Yakima. “Many fires each year are caused by someone burning their weeds or yard debris,” said Yakima […]
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A free service is available to Yakima area residents that provides emergency alerts via voice or text communications. Offered by Everbridge, the service is the emergency notification system for Yakima Valley Emergency Management. “I encourage City of Yakima residents to sign up for this system so they can stay in the know when there are […]
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One person was injured and approximately 40 people were evacuated Wednesday morning due to a fire at an apartment building on South 4th Street near Downtown Yakima. (It is the practice of the Yakima Fire Department to not release the specific address of a private home involved in a fire or other emergency response) Yakima […]
Damage to a house in the 2600 block of McCullough Road, which is located in unincorporated Yakima County, in Yakima is estimated to be about $200,000 following a fire early Friday morning. Crews from the Yakima Fire Department, the Union Gap Fire Department, and West Valley Fire District 12 responded to a call of a […]
The Yakima Police Department (YPD) arrested Jayme Hernandez Aria, 29, last night after he admitted starting an apartment fire that displaced three families. There were no injuries. At 4:55 pm last night, Sunday, January 6th, Yakima Fire Department (YFD) firefighters and YPD officers responded to a call about an apartment fire at 503 South Naches […]
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Emergency calls to 9-1-1 are directly reaching the SunComm center that serves several first responder agencies in Yakima County, but additional testing is being conducted to ensure intermittent outages experienced early this morning after a major outage occurred last night are completely resolved. If an outage occurs again, or if anyone calling 9-1-1 gets a […]
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