ISSUING OFFICER: Brian Schaeffer
DATE OF INCIDENT: 7/9/2008
INCIDENT TYPE: Wildland Fire
INCIDENT ADDRESS: 4808 E VALLEY SPRINGS RD
CITY: SPOKANE
STATE: WA
ZIP: 99205
NARRATIVE: On July 9, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Spokane County Fire District 9 and DNR companies were dispatched to a reported possible brush fire on Beacon Hill. As the District 9 Chief Officer arrived on the scene he assessed the situation and communicated to Fire Dispatch that the fire was approaching timber on the bottom 1/3 of the slope and that the incident was in the City of Spokane. Subsequently, multiple SFD resources were dispatched to the incident under the direction of Battalion Chiefs Moline and Brown. A unified command post coordinated an aggressive attack on the wildland fire which was traveling quickly upslope posing a tactical challenge for the firefighters.
The low humidity, moderate winds, high temperature and past experience on Beacon Hill fires indicated to the command team to request additional resources including additional SFD Type 6 brush engines, a CL215 aircraft and two 11-person hand crews. The well-coordinated efforts of the Spokane, District 9 and DNR Firefighters resulted in the fire being contained and trailed with hand-line within 2-hours. There were no injuries to civilians or firefighters and companies are expected to remain on-scene until midnight.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The incident is under investigation by SFD's Special Investigation Unit. Preliminary information suggests the fire was intentionally set
.DAMAGE EXTENT: Wildland only
DOLLAR LOSS:
FIREFIGHTER RESPONSE: 31
MUTUAL AID: DNR, Fire District 9
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