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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Emergency calls to 9-1-1 are again directly reaching the SunComm center that serves several first responder agencies in Yakima County. On Thursday evening, an outage that originated with CenturyLink resulted in SunComm switching to a backup phone number. Emergencies could also be reported during the outage by texting 9-1-1. The outage affected 9-1-1 calling capabilities […]
Emergency calls to 9-1-1 at the SunComm center that serves several first responder agencies in Yakima County is being affected by an outage that is being attributed to an as yet undetermined issue originating with Century Link. Until the Century Link issues are resolved, people in Yakima County can call 509-457-0207. Calls will then be […]
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At about 8:40 pm on Christmas day, Yakima Fire Department (“YFD”) crews responded to a fire call at a house in the 1000 block of North 6th Avenue. Flames from the fire were reported to be visible from several blocks away. No one was living in the house at the time of the fire. Once […]
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City of Yakima firefighters were called to a structure fire early this morning, Monday, involving a 4-unit apartment building at 407 South 81st Avenue. The fire occurred at 12:21 am today when a resident in one of the apartments was cooking with a pan of oil on the stove. When the stove caught fire, she […]
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Cooking fires in residential buildings occurred more often on Thanksgiving Day than any other day of the year. Cooking is, by far, the leading cause of all Thanksgiving Day fires in residential buildings […]
Each year home fires increase during the fall and winter months, why is that? As it gets colder and the days get shorter, we spend more time indoors. With spending more time indoors, there is a greater risk of fires in your home by : Smoking Kitchen fires Space heater fires – due to overloaded circuits […]
The weather is forecasted to be over 100 degrees for the next couple of weeks. Stay indoors if you can and limit your time outside. If you have to be outside, hydrate early, know the early signs of heat exhaustion before you have to go out. […]
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This past Sunday, The City of Yakima Firefighters, Mark Buskas and John Ryan competed in the 2018 Scott Firefighter Stairclimb in Seattle. Firefighter Buskas and Ryan would like to say thank you to everyone who has donated to this great cause! Currently team Yakima Fire has raised over $4,000!!! This year, the Yakima Fire […]
Today the City of Yakima announces the retirement of Fire Chief, Bob Stewart and Deputy Fire Chief, Mark Soptich. Fire Chief, Bob Stewart with 30 years of service with the Yakima Fire Department. Deputy Fire Chief, Mark Soptich with 42 years in the Fire Service, 5 of those with the Yakima Fire Department. Combined they […]
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