Creative BIFD Staff Keeps Inadequate Station 22 Operational
Bainbridge Island Fire Department Station 22, which sits on Bucklin Hill Road across the street from Hyla Middle School, is a charming little relic from the past, charming and relic being words one...
View ArticleLikely Explosion Averted at Eagle Harbor Marina
Black smoke billowed from a boat moored at the Eagle Harbor Marina around 1:30 this afternoon. The quick actions of a boater likely prevented a fire and explosion. When he saw the smoke, Matt Small...
View ArticleTransport Fees: The BI Fire Department Considers Breaking Tradition
To deal with the $1.6 million difference between expected and actual revenues in the period from 2010 to 2012, the Bainbridge Island Fire Department has implemented a range of cost-containment...
View ArticleDisaster Preparedness Part 5: Bainbridge ‘Hoods Organizing
At last night’s Map Your Neighborhood celebration held at Fire Station 23, about 30 people gathered to eat dessert, learn more about the Map Your Neighborhood program, and share what their...
View ArticleCause of Country Club Fire Determined
Assistant Fire Chief Luke Carpenter reports that the investigation of the early Sunday morning fire at a residential structure on Country Club Road has concluded that the fire began in a wall behind...
View ArticleThe 122 Fire Update
6:26 p.m. Parts of the fire that destroyed The 122 Bar and Restaurant on Bainbridge early this morning are still smoldering, so Assistant Fire Chief Luke Carpenter said that firefighters will be...
View ArticleWhy Was a Crowd Camped out at the Fire Station Overnight?
The forty-seven chilly, physically fit, mostly young people lined up outside the fire station on Madison at 305 early this morning, November 4, were hoping for one thing: to get on the Bainbridge...
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