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SPOKANE VALLEY FIRE MAKES QUICK STOP OF A HOUSE FIRE
For Immediate Release:
January 17th, 2021
Contact:
Jeff Smetzler
Public Information Officer
Spokane Valley Fire
509-319-6078
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SPOKANE VALLEY FIRE MAKES QUICK STOP OF A HOUSE FIRE
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Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) units were dispatched just after 6 p.m. to 4503 E. 2nd for a report of a fire burning around the wood stove. The homeowners had returned home from the store and saw fire on the roof of the house in the location of the stove pipe that had extended onto the house and was now involving the house. The homeowners called 911 and the fire was dispatched as a working house fire. Firefighting units from both Spokane Valley Fire Department and Spokane City Fire Department were dispatched due to the location of the residence being near the respective fire departments boundaries. First arriving Valley Fire units confirmed the fire surrounding the wood stove and burning portions of the house adjacent to it. Valley Fire crews made rapid attack on the fire and quickly contained the fire to the area of origin around the stove with minimal extension to the main structure. The initial actions by SVFD personnel allowed for the homeowners to continue to occupy the residence with only minor repairs required to the structure. The freestanding wood stove had been professionally installed and the only change stated by the homeowner was that the connection points for the stove pipe around the roof had been damaged during the recent windstorm but otherwise the stove was operating normally.
Response included Battalion Chiefs V22, 1 Safety Officer (V31), 1 Fire Investigator (V46), Valley Engines 6, 1, and 2, 1 PIO (V16) and auto aid from City of Spokane Fire, Battalion 1, Ladder 1, Spokane Engine 1,7,8,14 and 11.
Spokane Valley Fire Department reminds citizens to always have wood stoves inspected if you’ve had any potential changes or impacts to the stove or structure surrounding it.
About SVFD
Spokane Valley Fire Department serves the cities of Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, Millwood and the surrounding unincorporated areas of Spokane County with a combined population of 125,000 across 75 square miles. SVFD firefighter crews which include paramedics and EMT’s, responded to more than 17,487 emergency calls in 2018.
Established in 1940, SVFD is an Accredited Agency by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International; and has a class 2 WSRB rating as given by the Washington Survey and Ratings Bureau (WSRB). SVFD is one of four accredited departments in the state and the only accredited department with distinction as a WSRB class 2.
For more information about Spokane Valley Fire Department, visit www.spokanevalleyfire.com.
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Did you Know?
- You can sign up for a station tour. Great for small groups.
- You should replace the batteries in your smoke alarms twice a year.
- Creating a defensible space with regards to wildfires could just save your home or property.
- We have Friends & Family CPR classes every month.
