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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 9.D.
For Meeting of: July 14, 2026
ITEM TITLE: Public Safety Quarterly Update - Fire Department
SUBMITTED BY: *Tom Huntington, Interim Fire Chief
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Interim Fire Chief Huntington will present the Yakima Fire Department's second quarter update.
ITEM BUDGETED: N/A
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 24-25: A Safe and Healthy Yakima
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ATTACHMENTS:
Power Point.pptx
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PU BLIC SAFETY U PDATE
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# of % of
Service
Type of Call Calls Calls 16%
Medical 1857 71%
Service 424 16%
No Emergency 124 5%
Fire 121 5%
Hazardous Situation 58 2%
Rescue 20 1%
.Medical
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Total Calls 2604 100%
•Medical •Service •No Emergency Fire •Hazardous Situation •Rescue
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SECOND QUARTER
. __ _ SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
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. Yakima City Fire assisted Selah, Yakima
Training Center, East Valley, West Valley,
Naches, and Gleed with brush or structure
fires in a mutual aid capacity.
• The Technical Rescue Team assisted Granger
with a confined space rescue and Naches
with a water rescue after a vehicle went into
the river.
��- . Overnight Brush truck deployment to Benton
a$' 4-.r Countyto assist with a wildland fire.
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SECOND QUARTER
SIGNIFICANT ■ Collaborated with Walla Walla
and Pendleton for annual
TRAINING training and IFSAC ARFF
Certification.
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PERSONNEL CHANGES Promotions
• Mike Wagner was promoted to Shift Commander.
Retirements
• Chief Markham retired after 34 years and 9 months of service
between City of Sunnyside and City of Yakima Fire Departments.
• Deputy Chief Hutsell retired after 2 years of service to the Yakima Fire
Department.
• Lt. Brent Bauer retired with 30 years and 5 months of service.
• Lt. Larry Bird retired with 30 years of service between City of Union
Gap and City of Yakima Fire Departments.
• FF Joanna Albrecht retired with 34 years of service.
• FF Kory Simmons retired with 32 years and 7 months of service.
• FF Dan Jenson retired with 32 years and 1 month of service.
Resignations
• Erica McNamara, Suncomm's Division Manager of almost five years,
went to work for City of Spokane.
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COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION EVENTS
7 School Fire Prevention Visits
8 Rides to School in a Fire Engine
8 End of the Year Water Shows
7 Special Events
6 Station Tours
5 Presentations
7 Smoke Detector Installs
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INSPECTIONS
Commercial Business Inspections/
248 Compliance Re-Inspections
28 Site Visits
717 Third Party reports
4 Rehab Calls
1 Special Event Inspections
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4TH OF JULY UPDATE
• Suncomm's call volume doubled.
• Fire upstaffed one crew of three and one Shift Commander (Total of 6
Engine companies, 1 Ladder Truck company, 2 Shift Commanders and 1
DC during afternoon-evening peak hours).
• Sent mutual or automatic aid three separate times (we were only able to
send one crew and one Shift Commander at a time in order to maintain
coverage adequate for calls within the city's response area.
1. West Valley for a large brush and structure fire.
2. Later West Valley had an additional structure fire (this was technically automatic aid).
3. Early the morning of the 5th, mutual aid to Toppenish for a commercial structure fire.
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QUESTIONS
509.575.6060 I www.yakimafire.com
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