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Preparedness training pays dividends
When Vasundhara Jain decided to enroll in emergency response training last year, she figured the skills she learned would come in handy. She had no idea.
On the evening of Jan. 9, when Jain briefly…
Fire station open houses Oct. 13
In support of National Fire Prevention Week, the Bellevue Fire Department will host its annual open house on Saturday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. All nine fire stations will serve free cookies and other…
Phone alerts test Wednesday
Cell phones across the nation will start buzzing simultaneously on Wednesday, Oct. 3, around 11:20 a.m. Pacific time, as FEMA tests its national emergency alert and notification systems.
The test…
Where to view public fireworks displays
In the June edition of It’s Your City, an insert about local fireworks displays included information about permitted fireworks events scheduled for Wednesday, July 4. However, some of those events…
Stay safe this Independence Day: Don’t use fireworks
The Bellevue Police and Fire departments are asking for residents and visitors to stay safe this Fourth of July. Community members are encouraged to attend one of the many free public fireworks…
Jerome 'Jay' Hagen appointed as Bellevue’s new fire chief
Today, City Manager Brad Miyake announced the appointment of Jerome “Jay” Hagen as chief of the Bellevue Fire Department. Hagen, who has more than 33 years of fire service experience, joins the City…
Two-alarm blaze at Factoria business
A two-alarm fire damaged a stand-alone commercial building at the Marketplace at Factoria around 11 p.m. Saturday, April 14. The preliminary damage estimate is $500,000 for the building occupied by…
State’s first career female firefighter dies of cancer
Today the Bellevue Fire Department family announced the passing of one of its beloved members and a fire service pioneer, retired Captain Jeanette Woldseth. Woldseth, the first career female…
Body found in Eastgate condominium fire
Bellevue firefighters were able to extinguish a fire Wednesday evening in an Eastgate condominium complex before it spread from the kithen where it had started. However, a body was was found in the…
UPDATE: Discarded smoking materials cause fire death
Last Friday’s early morning apartment fire on the city’s south side has now turned fatal. The adult victim who was treated and transported by Bellevue Fire’s Medic 2 paramedics ultimately succumbed…