Repping the SEAhawks on the SEA-Doo! Our Rescue Watercraft team is ready for kickoff! Let's go hawks! 🏈🔥 #GoSeahawks #SeattleSeahawks #SuperBowlXL #SeattleFire | Seattle Fire Department

11-year-old girl in serious condition after water rescue in West Seattle

This year, Seattle Fire Department is sending love to the people of Seattle. Every neighborhood, every family, every call. We are proud to serve YOU. Happy Valentine’s Day to our community! | Seattle Fire Department

🚒 Seattle Fire Department rescue swimmers participated in a drill on the Seattle waterfront last week. 🚑🏊 Did you know Seattle has nearly 200 miles of shoreline? SFD trains regularly so we are always ready to respond to water rescues. Our rescue swimmers continuously train for the moment they are dispatched to help someone in the water. Rescue swimmers can enter the water rapidly to conduct surface water rescues in all areas of Seattle on a 24-hour basis. They are trained to swim 300 feet out

It's the ONE WEEK countdown! The Seattle Fire Department is accepting applications for entry-level firefighter/EMT positions through Nov. 29 at 11:59 p.m. Dedicate your career to making a difference in the lives of others by responding to medical emergencies, fires and rescues. Benefits of joining our team: $94,848 annual salary with step increases and overtime opportunities; excellent medical, dental and vision insurance benefits package; LEOFF lifetime retirement pension plan; work eight to ni

Seattle Fire Department rescue swimmers undergo physically and mentally demanding training at various pool, lake and saltwater locations. They first complete a 40-hour Rapid Entry Rescue Swimmer program where they are taught hands-on skills on water safety, rescue and survival techniques as well as scene management. Next, they participate in a Seattle-specific training to learn how to respond on our waterfronts in collaboration with the department's other water rescue resources (rescue watercraf

Seattle firefighters recently utilized a residential structure in south Seattle provided by Blackwood Homes to conduct technical rescue training. The scenario simulated a car vs. building impact with a partial collapse, injuring the vehicle occupants and people inside the home. Firefighters were required to stabilize the structure and extricate the victims from the vehicle and the collapsed home. Setting up problems like these, in a controlled and realistic context, challenges our firefighters'