Fire reports

Gateway news services

Key Peninsula

Oct. 19-30

Total calls: 57

EMS: 47

Fire/service: 9

Other: 1

Man ill

Oct. 19 — Key Peninsula firefighters responded to a 74-year-old KP resident whose family member said he was acting normally. The patient had to receive pre-hospital medications by intravenous therapy before he was transported to a hospital emergency room.

School bus into ditch

Oct. 20 — A school bus that was pulling to the side of the road near the Pierce-Kitsap County line got too far onto the soft shoulder, which gave way and caused the bus to slide into the ditch. There were no injuries reported. A passerby called 9-1-1 and fire crews responded to investigate.

Lost woman

Oct. 21 — A Vaughn man was surprised to find a disoriented 75-year-old woman sleeping in her car in his driveway. The woman was examined by medics and identified by deputies as a missing person. The woman’s apparent attempt to drive to her son’s home in Washougal made a detour into Vaughn.

Brake fire

Oct. 24 — While driving his Chevy Suburban SUV along state Route 302 toward his Carney Lake-area home, a 36-year-old man noticed his brakes were “sticking.” At Creviston Drve NW, the rear brake caught fire. Fortunately, the man was just a few blocks from a nearby fire station. Firefighters saved the man’s vehicle.

Woman, dog rescued

Oct. 29 — While Key Peninsula firefighters were transporting two separate medical patients to area hospitals, Gig Harbor firefighters assisted district personnel by extricating a woman and her dog from the side of an embankment. The woman and her dog were uninjured.