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Thursday, December 1st City of Lacey Tree Lighting LACEY FIRE DISTRICT THREE WISHES YOU
Half-time of this year’s event will feature the Seattle Seahawks SeaGals, who will also be available to sign their calendars. Local cheer squads and dance teams will be entertaining the crowd throughout the game. Attendees can also bid on fabulous items, donated by local businesses, available at the Silent Auction. The Firefighters and Police Officers invite you to come support this excellent charity event that directly benefits families in our community through the Adopt-A-Family and Make My Day programs. Over the 13 year history of this charity event, approximately 450 local families have received assistance during the holiday season and throughout the year with the proceeds of the game.
October 6, 2011 –Click here to view a presentation about Proposition 1, the Levy Lid Lift request before the voters on the November 8th ballot.
September 7, 2011 — On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the United States; nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in the attacks including 343 firefighters. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the tragedy. The community is invited to join Lacey Fire at the main headquarters station We will assemble near the flag at the front of Station 31 about 6:50 AM. A brief ceremony will take place, with county–wide dispatch tones sounding at 6:59 AM and 7:28 AM, the times the towers collapsed. Please join us in remembering the fallen on this date. Click here for press release.
Ninety minutes later at 5:30 pm Lacey Firefighters responded to rollover entrapment accident at the intersection of Britton Parkway and Gateway Boulevard in Lacey. They found a single vehicle that had rolled onto its top and ended up in the ditch. Three adults were transported to Providence Saint Peters Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The Lacey Police Department is conducting the investigation.
Firefighters utilized rope rescue systems to rappel down to the man and tend to his injuries. He was placed in a rescue litter and lowered by rope to the bea
The public is invited to attend. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please call Chief Gary Pearson at 528-2333, visit the department’s website at www.laceyfire.com or find us on Facebook at Lacey Fire District Three.
Firefighters were called and used a ladder truck to get the boy down, where he had a happy reunion with his family.
The boy wasn’t hurt, and firefighters said the boy promised he would never climb his neighbor’s tree again. This notice is posted to inform all members of the public and the District that the Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a Board Workshop to discuss the upcoming ballot measure “Levy Lid Lift”. The public is welcome to attend. The next regular meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners will be held on Thursday, August 4th, at Station 35, 3701 Willamette Drive, at 5:30 p.m.
The rescue team lowered a rescuer to the patient via a rope system. Th
June 13, 2011 — Lacey Fire District 3 will be honoring retiring Fire Chief Jim Broman, after 22 years of dedicated service to the District. The District has planned a retirement event for June 17, 2011, at Indian Summer Golf and Country Club. The event will take place from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m., and is open to the public. Members of the public who wish to attend are asked to R.S.V.P. the Fire District. The cost of admittance for the public is $20 per person. Fire Chief Broman announced his retirement earlier this year after 22 years serving in the top leadership position for the District. The Chief came to the department in 1989 after serving as the Fire Chief for Englewood, Colorado. Over his tenure with the District, Mr. Broman has seen it grow from a small, rural agency to the busiest fire agency in Thurston County. Notable accomplishments in recent years include presiding over the annexation of the City of Lacey into the Fire District, the expansion of the Board of Fire Commissioners from three to five, and improving advanced life support services in the District through the addition of a halftime medic unit. Members of the public interested in attending the Fire Chief’s retirement event are asked to contact the Fire District’s headquarters station in person, 1231 Franz St SE, or by calling 360-491-2410 to R.S.V.P. June 2011
May 12, 2011
During the week of May 15th – 21st, Firefighters from Lacey Fire District 3 are celebrating National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week by providing citizen training in the new CPR techniques at several locations throughout the District. You only need 2 minutes! Thurston County has one of the highest survival rates in the nation for individuals whose hearts stop beating normally and require CPR and the use of a defibrillator. “EMS responders with Lacey and other county agencies undergo extensive training to improve the ways in which these cases are managed by emergency responders, but another real key to survival is immediate CPR performed by citizens,” says Steve Brooks, Division Chief with Lacey Fire. “And,” Brooks reports, “recent updates have made the process of learning and doing CPR easier than ever before.” Please join us and take the opportunity to learn and practice this life-saving skill. The schedule below lists the locations, times and shifts that will be providing the training. If you have a favorite location or shift, you can join LFD there; if you have a date or time that works best, we look forward to seeing you!
May 5, 2011 On a recent fire station tour, Firefighter Steve Montgomery slowly transforms from uniformed firefighter to fully outfitted firefighter with protective clothing, breathing air, helmet and mask (think Darth Vader, but in yellow). Seeing the transformation helps children to learn to not be afraid of a fully outfitted firefighter.
April 04, 2011  Chief Broman Retiring Lacey Fire District Fire Chief Jim Broman has announced his plans to retire from the District. The bittersweet move will allow the Chief the time and opportunity to pursue projects and interests developed from more than 45 years in the fire service. Chief Broman has been with Lacey Fire District for 22 years, and has seen the District grow from a small, rural agency to the busiest fire service agency in Thurston County. Services have moved from mobile homes surrounding fire engine garages to modern stations with multiple apparatus bays, living quarters with emergency alerting from dispatch, and equipment maintenance and repair spaces. In recent years, the Chief has presided over the annexation of the City of Lacey into the Fire District, the expansion of the Board of Fire Commissioners from three to five, leveraging of federal grant money to hire firefighters, recruit volunteers, and procure equipment, and improving advanced life support services in the District through the addition of a halftime medic unit. March 09, 2011 Even though Spring is just around the corner, we aren’t out of the woods yet. In times of severe weather, the risk of home fires increases. Late-winter storms and power outages may also create health and safety hazards. Lacey Fire District 3 offers the following suggestions to help you and your family this season:
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ch below. Pierce County Fire District 27 (Anderson Island) responded with their Fire/Rescue Boat at the request of Lacey Fire and transported the man to the Luhr Beach boat ramp and a waiting District Three Medic Unit. The man was then taken to Saint Peter Hospital for further treatment.
A 6-year-old boy got a little overzealous climbing a neighbor’s tree Sunday evening in Lacey and had to be rescued by firefighters. A homeowner on Apollo Street heard a call for help at 7:18 p.m. and ran outside to find a young boy stuck on a small limb atop a 40-foot tall cherry tree.
OnFriday, July 1, at 2:30pm the Thurston County Special Operations Rescue Team (S.O.R.T.) responded with Thurston County Fire District 7 (North Olympia) for a 12 year old boy that was trapped on a 40’ cliff. The child’s mother stated that her son was playing with friends on a trail above the cliff and ventured too close. He was reaching out on a limb to look down the cliff when a branch snapped off causing the boy to slide down the slope. Luckily for him he was caught approximately 15’ down the slope by a root outcropping stopping his fall. The First Responders from the North Olympia Fire Department recognized the situation as a high-angle rope rescue and dispatched the Thurston County SORT.
LFD3 congratulates Firefighter Ethan Kruse (Second from the left) on his recent graduation from the Tacoma Fire Department’s Paramedic Training Program. Ethan completed the rigorous year-long training program alongside fellow firefighters from the City of Tacoma and West Pierce Fire/Rescue. The training involves well over 1,000 hours of combined classroom and clinical work and candidates must then complete a final national standard written and practical evaluation. Ethan completed all of these requirements in stellar fashion and has now returned to the department where he is working to complete the final requirements to become certified as a paramedic in Thurston County. We are proud of Ethan’s accomplishments and glad to have him back serving our citizens!
