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Operations
Residential Fire: September 14 Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue, along with Snohomish County Fire District 4 (SCFD4), were dispatched to the 11700 block of Woods Creek Road in Monroe for a fully engulfed mobile home fire involving surrounding trees, a pickup truck, and a CONEX box. Neighbors and passersby noticed thick, black smoke and quickly reported it to Sno911. Engine 32 arrived first and deployed attack hoses, with Battalion 31 and Engine 31 close behind. With no fire hydrants in the area, Engine 31 and Engine 32 relied on their onboard water supplies until SCFD4 arrived with a water tender to establish a reliable water source. Within 20 minutes, firefighters had the fire under control and prevented it from spreading to nearby vegetation. Unfortunately, the mobile home, pickup truck, and belongings inside the CONEX box were destroyed.
brush fire: September 19
Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue was dispatched to a brush fire south of Highway 2 off Sofie Road, east of Monroe. Battalion 31 quickly upgraded the call to a two- alarm fire, bringing in multiple brush trucks and water tenders to attack the flames. Crews from Snohomish County Fire District 4 and Sky Valley Fire responded to assist with tenders, brush trucks, and additional manpower. About half an acre of light brush, grass, and vegetation was burning, with light winds pushing the fire. Firefighters worked to contain the flames by wetting down the fire and surrounding area and creating fire breaks with shovels. Within an hour, crews established a wet line around the fire to prevent spread. Firefighters then walked the charred land, soaking hotspots until Department of Natural Resources crews arrived.
Performance Measures
PROPANE TANK EXPLOSION: SEPTEMBER 3
Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue crews were dispatched to a “Fire Type Unknown” just south of the 65th Street gate after reports of multiple explosions and heavy black smoke. Station 77 crews reported that they both heard and felt the explosions from their station. Engine 77 arrived first to find a fully involved outbuilding approximately 50 feet from the nearest home, with surrounding trees torching and nearby brush on fire. Engine 77 stretched an attack line for fire control. Engine 13 (South County Fire) arrived shortly after, supplied tank water, and deployed a second attack line. Engine 71 reversed 750 feet to a hydrant to establish a reliable water supply, while Battalion 71 arrived and assumed command. Crews encountered a large debris field about 300 feet in diameter, with pieces scattered onto a nearby house and igniting several small spot fires. The fire was determined to have originated in a landscaping shed. Two 20-pound propane tanks inside the shed exploded during the fire—though only one was recovered in the debris. The Fire Marshal (FM28J) was contacted as crews completed extensive overhaul in the surrounding area. A special mention goes to retired Deputy Chief Clinton , who heard the explosion from his nearby home and responded on foot to assist crews with the water supply.
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