Snohomish County Fire District 7 responded to 121 calls the week of June 29 to July 5.

Automatic Fire Alarms: 5

Brush Fires: 21

Fires: 3

Medical Aid: 67

Motor Vehicle Collisions: 4

Mutual Aid: 16

Odor Investigations: 1

Service Calls: 4

July 5: At 10:06 p.m., Fire District 7 responded to the 16100 block of 35^th Drive SE for a report of a neighbors smoke alarm sounding with no one answering the door. When crews arrived, they searched the home to confirm no one was home. Food had been left on the stove. Crews secured the stove and found no damage.

July 4: At 1:49 p.m., Fire District 7 responded to the 19100 block of 20^th Drive SE for a report of a neighbors smoke alarm sounding. When crews arrived, they discovered no one was home and food had been left on the stove. Crews secured the stove and found no damage.

July 1: At 5:11 p.m., Fire District 7 responded to a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of 182^nd Place SE and 35^th Ave SE. One patient was transported to a local hospital; one other was uninjured.

June 30: At 5:35 p.m. Snohomish County Fire District 7 responded to a report of a roof fire in the 5100 block of 176^th St. SE (unincorporated Bothell). Upon arrival, crews found flames coming from nearly 50 percent of the roof. The fire is believed to have started from fireworks. The preliminary damage assessment values the loss of the structure at 1.2 million and the contents at $800,000.

Overall, 30 fire personnel responded including two units from Snohomish County Fire District 26. Crews from Monroe Fire District 3 and Snohomish County Fire District 1 moved into Fire District 7 to help cover other calls during the fire.

Fire District 7 would like to remind citizens to never leave cooking unattended! The National Fire Protection Association offers the following cooking safety tips:

• Be on alert! If you are sleepy or have consumed alcohol dont use the stove or stovetop.
• Stay in the kitchen while you are frying, grilling, or broiling food. If you leave the kitchen for even a short period of time, turn off the stove.
• If you are simmering, baking, roasting, or boiling food, check it regularly, remain in the home while food is cooking, and use a timer to remind you that you are cooking.
• Keep anything that can catch fire  oven mitts, wooden utensils, food packaging, towels or curtains  away from your stovetop.

Snohomish County Fire District 7 is a state-of-the-art emergency service provider serving more than 60,000 citizens in a 50 square mile area of unincorporated Snohomish County. Fire District 7 also provides contracted service to the City of Mill Creek. Operating out of seven strategically located fire stations, Fire District 7 delivers fire and emergency medical services 24 hours a day.