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Colfax: Fire Incidents in 2006, Washington (WA)

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2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 19
  • Hazardous Condition: 10
  • Service Call: 1

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents per 100,000 population

Incident types - Colfax

Incident types - Washington

Location: Mill Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Benton #4, West Richland, West Richland, WA ,  Phone: (509) 967-2945,  Fax: (509) 967-5222,  ID: 03D04,  Incident #: 403,  Station: 420
Incident Type: Brush or brush-and-grass mixture fire. Includes ground fuels lying on or immediately above the ground such as duff, roots, dead leaves, fine dead wood, and downed logs.
Alarm Time: 08/24/2006 11:00,  Arrival Time: 08/24/2006 14:00,  Controlled Time: 08/25/2006 08:00,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 08/26/2006 08:00
Action taken: Actions taken, other.
Area Type: Urban -wildland interface area,  Wildland Fire Cause: Equipment,  Ignition Factors: Operational deficiency, other,  Weather Type: Broken clouds, 6/10 to 9/10 cloud cover,  Wind Direction: Shifting winds,  Wind Speed: 10 mph,  Air Temperature: 90 F,  Relative Humidity: 34 %,  Fire Danger Rating: High fire danger,  Buildings Involved: 1,  Buildings Threatened: 4,  Person Responsible for Fire: Unknown person caused fire,  Activity of Person: Other permitted harvest
Crops burned: Wheat,  Total Acres Burned: 2500
Location: Unspecified, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: San Juan #3, San Juan Island, 1011 Mullis, Friday Harbor, WA 98250,  Phone: (360) 378-5334,  Fax: (360) 378-2591,  ID: 28D03,  Incident #: 161,  Station: 31
Incident Type: Forest, woods, or wildland fire. Includes fires involving vegetative fuels, other than prescribed fire, that occur in an area in which development is essentially nonexistent, except for roads, railroads, power lines, and the like.
Alarm Time: 08/24/2006 08:30,  Arrival Time: 08/24/2006 08:30,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 08/27/2006 06:53
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Confine fire (wildland).
Location: Unspecified, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Airway Heights Fire Dept, Unknown, WA ,  ID: 32M01,  Incident #: 515,  Station: AH1,  Shift/Platoon: A
Incident Type: Forest, woods, or wildland fire. Includes fires involving vegetative fuels, other than prescribed fire, that occur in an area in which development is essentially nonexistent, except for roads, railroads, power lines, and the like.
Alarm Time: 08/26/2006 12:00,  Arrival Time: 08/26/2006 12:00,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 08/26/2006 12:00
Action taken: Control fire (wildland).
Location: Unspecified, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Cheney Fire Dept, 611 Fourth, Cheney, WA 99004,  Phone: (509) 235-7291,  ID: 32M02,  Incident #: 702,  Station: 1,  Shift/Platoon: A
Incident Type: Forest, woods, or wildland fire. Includes fires involving vegetative fuels, other than prescribed fire, that occur in an area in which development is essentially nonexistent, except for roads, railroads, power lines, and the like.
Alarm Time: 08/24/2006 04:30,  Arrival Time: 08/24/2006 06:00,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 08/26/2006 20:00
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Contain fire (wildland).
Location: South Palouse River Road, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Whitman #4, Palouse, WA ,  ID: 38D04,  Incident #: 13,  Shift/Platoon: A
Incident Type: Forest, woods, or wildland fire. Includes fires involving vegetative fuels, other than prescribed fire, that occur in an area in which development is essentially nonexistent, except for roads, railroads, power lines, and the like.
Alarm Time: 08/23/2006 08:00,  Arrival Time: 08/23/2006 08:00,  Controlled Time: 08/23/2006 08:00,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 08/23/2006 08:00
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Contain fire (wildland).
Location: 195 Highway, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Whitman #7, Rosalia, WA ,  ID: 38D07,  Incident #: 6053,  Station: Sta
Incident Type: Forest, woods, or wildland fire. Includes fires involving vegetative fuels, other than prescribed fire, that occur in an area in which development is essentially nonexistent, except for roads, railroads, power lines, and the like.
Alarm Time: 08/23/2006 18:00,  Arrival Time: 08/23/2006 18:30,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 08/24/2006 20:28
Action taken: Establish fire lines around wildfire perimeter.
Location: Sr 271, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Whitman #8, LaCrosse/Hooper, WA ,  ID: 38D08,  Incident #: 8-23-06
Incident Type: Cultivated grain or crop fire. Includes fires involving corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, and other plants before harvest.
Alarm Time: 08/23/2006 15:30,  Arrival Time: 08/23/2006 16:00,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 08/24/2006 03:00
Actions taken:
  • Fire control or extinguishment, other.
  • Confine fire (wildland).
Location: Sr 195 Highway, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Whitman #14, Colton/Uniontown, 803 Depot, Colton, WA 99113,  ID: 38D14,  Incident #: 6FX1686
Incident Type: Brush or brush-and-grass mixture fire. Includes ground fuels lying on or immediately above the ground such as duff, roots, dead leaves, fine dead wood, and downed logs.
Alarm Time: 08/23/2006 16:55,  Arrival Time: 08/23/2006 17:36,  Controlled Time: 08/23/2006 23:03,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 08/23/2006 23:03
Actions taken:
  • Contain fire (wildland).
  • Provide manpower. Includes providing manpower to assist rescue/ambulance units lift patients or providing manpower to assist police.
  • Provide apparatus.
Location: Long Hollow Road, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Whitman #14, Colton/Uniontown, 803 Depot, Colton, WA 99113,  ID: 38D14,  Incident #: 6FX2082
Incident Type: Grass fire. Includes fire confined to area characterized by grass ground cover, with little or no involvement of other ground fuels.
Alarm Time: 10/03/2006 11:43,  Arrival Time: 10/03/2006 12:45,  Controlled Time: 10/03/2006 15:36,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 10/03/2006 17:02
Actions taken:
  • Provide equipment, where equipment is used by another agency.
  • Provide water. Includes tanker shuttle operations and pumping in a relay or from a water source. Excludes normal fire suppression operations.
  • Provide apparatus.
Acres Burned #: 3000
Area of Origin: Railroad right of way: on or near,  Item First Ignited: Light vegetation - not crop, including grass
Cause of Ignition: Cause under investigation
  • Fire spread or control, other
  • Arc, spark from operating equipment
Location: Wall Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 5,  Shift/Platoon: A
Incident Type: Outside rubbish, trash, or waste fire. Excludes outside rubbish fires in a container or receptacle.
Alarm Time: 01/03/2006 08:08,  Arrival Time: 01/03/2006 08:10,  Controlled Time: 01/03/2006 08:22,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 01/03/2006 08:25
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Actions taken:
  • Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
  • Investigate. Includes investigations done on arrival to determine the situation and postincident investigations; and collecting incident information for incident reporting purposes.
Location: Main Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 120,  Shift/Platoon: A
Incident Type: Passenger vehicle fire. Includes any motorized passenger vehicle, other than a motor home (e.g., pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, buses).
Alarm Time: 02/17/2006 09:35,  Arrival Time: 02/17/2006 09:37,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 02/17/2006 09:44
Property Loss: $3000,  Contents Loss: $200
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Investigate. Includes investigations done on arrival to determine the situation and postincident investigations; and collecting incident information for incident reporting purposes.
Acres Burned #: < 1
Area of Origin: Engine area, running gear, wheel area,  Heat Source: Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment
Cause of Ignition: Failure of equipment or heat source
Mobile Property Involved: Involved in ignition, but did not itself burn,  Type: Passenger car.,  Make: Volkswagen,  Model: Jetta Trek,  License Plate: 549-UFX WA
Location: Main Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 124,  Shift/Platoon: A
Incident Type: Gas leak (natural gas or LPG). Excludes gas odors with no source found.
Alarm Time: 02/18/2006 08:16,  Arrival Time: 02/18/2006 08:19,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 02/18/2006 08:27
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Identification, analysis of hazardous materials.
Location: Middle, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 139
Incident Type: Outside rubbish, trash, or waste fire. Excludes outside rubbish fires in a container or receptacle.
Alarm Time: 02/25/2006 13:11,  Arrival Time: 02/25/2006 13:16,  Controlled Time: 02/25/2006 13:23,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 02/25/2006 13:35
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
Location: Main Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 299,  Shift/Platoon: C
Incident Type: Building fire
Alarm Time: 05/11/2006 09:11,  Arrival Time: 05/11/2006 09:13,  Controlled Time: 05/11/2006 09:30,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 05/11/2006 09:49
Property Loss: $5000,  Contents Loss: $2500
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Extinguishment by fire service personnel.
Buildings Involved #: 1,  Acres Burned #: < 1,  On Site Materials: Flammables, chemicals, plastics, other
Area of Origin: Equipment or service area, other
Cause of Ignition: Cause under investigation
Structure Type: Enclosed building,  Status: In normal use,  Stories: 1 Above,  Square Feet: 900,  Stories with Damage: 1 Minor
Location: Mill Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 340,  Shift/Platoon: A
Incident Type: Arcing, shorted electrical equipment.
Alarm Time: 05/30/2006 14:17,  Arrival Time: 05/30/2006 14:19,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 05/30/2006 14:33
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Investigate. Includes investigations done on arrival to determine the situation and postincident investigations; and collecting incident information for incident reporting purposes.
Location: James Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 346,  Shift/Platoon: C
Incident Type: Power line down. Excludes people trapped by downed power lines.
Alarm Time: 06/02/2006 13:00,  Arrival Time: 06/02/2006 13:03,  Controlled Time: 06/02/2006 14:25,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 06/02/2006 14:45
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Actions taken:
  • Incident command. Includes providing support to incident command activities.
  • Establish safe area. Includes isolating the area affected by denying entry to unprotected persons and establishing hazard control zones (hot, warm, cold).
Location: Valleyview Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 403,  Shift/Platoon: C
Incident Type: Gas leak (natural gas or LPG). Excludes gas odors with no source found.
Alarm Time: 07/04/2006 16:10,  Arrival Time: 07/04/2006 16:15,  Controlled Time: 07/04/2006 17:15,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 07/04/2006 17:20
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1,  Hazardous Material Released: Natural gas, slow leak, no evacuation or HazMat actions taken.
Action taken: Establish safe area. Includes isolating the area affected by denying entry to unprotected persons and establishing hazard control zones (hot, warm, cold).
Location: Valleyview Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 404,  Shift/Platoon: C
Incident Type: Grass fire. Includes fire confined to area characterized by grass ground cover, with little or no involvement of other ground fuels.
Alarm Time: 07/04/2006 21:02,  Arrival Time: 07/04/2006 21:05,  Controlled Time: 07/04/2006 21:08,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 07/04/2006 21:21
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Control fire (wildland).
Acres Burned #: < 1
Area of Origin: Open area - outside,  Heat Source: Fireworks,  Item First Ignited: Organic materials, other
Cause of Ignition: Unintentional
Location: Wawawai Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 449
Incident Type: Biological hazard, confirmed or suspected.
Alarm Time: 07/25/2006 13:05,  Arrival Time: 07/25/2006 13:18,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 07/25/2006 13:42
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Information, investigation, and enforcement, other.
Location: Sixth, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 489,  Shift/Platoon: A
Incident Type: Outside rubbish fire, other.
Alarm Time: 08/11/2006 19:33,  Arrival Time: 08/11/2006 19:39,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 08/11/2006 20:05
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Investigate. Includes investigations done on arrival to determine the situation and postincident investigations; and collecting incident information for incident reporting purposes.
Location: Sr 26, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 500,  Shift/Platoon: A
Incident Type: Outside equipment fire. Includes outside trash compactors, outside HVAC units, and irrigation pumps.
Alarm Time: 08/17/2006 03:40,  Arrival Time: 08/17/2006 03:44,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 08/17/2006 06:04
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Establish safe area. Includes isolating the area affected by denying entry to unprotected persons and establishing hazard control zones (hot, warm, cold).
Acres Burned #: < 1
Area of Origin: Outside area, other,  Heat Source: Lightning
Cause of Ignition: Unintentional (Storm)
Equipment Involved: Electrical power (utility) line,  Power: Electrical line voltage (>= 50 volts),  Portability: Stationary
Location: Wawawai Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 521,  Shift/Platoon: B
Incident Type: Cooking fire involving the contents of a cooking vessel without fire extension beyond the vessel.
Alarm Time: 08/21/2006 17:48,  Arrival Time: 08/21/2006 17:50,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 08/21/2006 18:05
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1,  Detector Alerted Occupants: Yes
Actions taken:
  • Incident command. Includes providing support to incident command activities.
  • Ventilate. Includes nonhazardous odor removal and removal of smoke from nonhazardous materials-related fires.
Buildings Involved #: 1,  Acres Burned #: < 1
On Site Materials:
  • Baked goods
  • Produce, fruit or vegetables
Area of Origin: Cooking area, kitchen,  Heat Source: Molten, hot material,  Item First Ignited: Appliance housing or casing
Cause of Ignition: Unintentional
  • Equipment unattended
  • Unattended or unsupervised person
Equipment Involved: Stove, heating,  Power: Electrical, other,  Portability: Stationary
Location: Cedar Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 551,  Shift/Platoon: B
Incident Type: Trash or rubbish fire in a structure, with no flame damage to structure or its contents.
Alarm Time: 08/31/2006 19:58,  Arrival Time: 08/31/2006 20:04,  Controlled Time: 08/31/2006 20:10,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 08/31/2006 20:12
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Information, investigation, and enforcement, other.
Location: Canyon Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 621,  Shift/Platoon: B
Incident Type: Chemical spill or leak. Includes unstable, reactive, explosive material.
Alarm Time: 10/06/2006 05:20,  Arrival Time: 10/06/2006 05:21,  Controlled Time: 10/06/2006 05:28,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 10/06/2006 05:50
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Investigate. Includes investigations done on arrival to determine the situation and postincident investigations; and collecting incident information for incident reporting purposes.
Location: highway 26, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 696
Incident Type: Outside rubbish, trash, or waste fire. Excludes outside rubbish fires in a container or receptacle.
Alarm Time: 11/02/2006 11:03,  Arrival Time: 11/02/2006 11:07,  Controlled Time: 11/02/2006 11:07,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 11/02/2006 11:22
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Information, investigation, and enforcement, other.
Location: Perkins Avenue, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 700
Incident Type: Hazardous condition (no fire), other.
Alarm Time: 11/03/2006 00:43,  Arrival Time: 11/03/2006 00:46,  Controlled Time: 11/03/2006 00:50,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 11/03/2006 00:56
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Information, investigation, and enforcement, other.
Location: Meadow Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 703
Incident Type: Gas leak (natural gas or LPG). Excludes gas odors with no source found.
Alarm Time: 11/03/2006 10:24,  Arrival Time: 11/03/2006 10:24,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 11/03/2006 10:39
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Refer to proper authority. Includes turnover of incidents to other authorities or agencies such as the police.
Location: Main Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 709,  Shift/Platoon: B
Incident Type: Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other.
Alarm Time: 11/06/2006 10:53,  Arrival Time: 11/06/2006 10:55,  Controlled Time: 11/06/2006 11:15,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 11/06/2006 11:17
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Actions taken:
  • Investigate. Includes investigations done on arrival to determine the situation and postincident investigations; and collecting incident information for incident reporting purposes.
  • Incident command. Includes providing support to incident command activities.
Location: Mill Street, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 737
Incident Type: Unauthorized burning. Includes fires that are under control and not endangering property.
Alarm Time: 11/12/2006 15:00,  Arrival Time: 11/12/2006 15:09,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 11/12/2006 15:21
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Actions taken, other.
Location: Sr 272, Colfax, WA 99111
Fire Department: Colfax Fire Department, 400 N Mill, Colfax, WA 99111,  Phone: (509) 397-3416,  Fax: (509) 397-6970,  ID: 38M02,  Incident #: 738
Incident Type: Power line down. Excludes people trapped by downed power lines.
Alarm Time: 11/13/2006 05:46,  Arrival Time: 11/13/2006 05:50,  Last Unit Cleared Time: 11/13/2006 06:47
Alarms transmitted for the incident: 1
Action taken: Control traffic. Includes setting up barricades and directing traffic.

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