Major Accomplishments & Purchases

Live Fire Training Tower

Hands-on training for operating in fire emergencies.

There is simply no substitute for live fire training. To meet the need to prepare first responders, KCFD7 has been working with Fire Facilities to determine the best fit for our responders in training.

• Hands-on training is the foundation for operating efficiently and effectively during a fire emergency.
• It takes preparation, training, and implementation to ensure that fireground functions are prioritized and performed safely.
• A live-fire training structure provides conditions similar to actual fire calls: searing heat, Smoke-filled halls and rooms, and multiple floors where victims may need rescue.
• The “Division Chief’ model of the training tower is the best fit.
• The maze room, comprised of 12 movable, slideable, and lockable partitions, allows training officers to challenge trainees time after time by redesigning the room into any configuration.
• The tower’s inset corner balcony provides a secure, realistic space to practice rappelling and laddering.
• Having integrated rappelling anchor points will also make it easier for our Technical Rope Rescue team during their training evolutions.
• The central location, KCFD7 Station 76, Firehouse Road, offers full-time staff and volunteers easy access to training without leaving the district.
• Additionally, this central location will offer neighboring jurisdictions opportunities to use the facility under the oversight of KCFD7 training personnel.

Two Rescue Trucks

Each rescue truck provides rapid response and is equipped with one complete set of electrical equipment. Holmatro Combi Tools to extricate people from crashes.

Aerial Ladder Truck

There was an urgent need for an aerial apparatus in the Upper County, where numerous structures are multi-story.

Can you imagine how long it would take for a ladder truck from King County or Ellensburg to respond? Unacceptable.”
Ground ladders cannot reach many of the upper stories and/or roofs.

“Without this new resource, firefighters would have had to engage in low-frequency, high-risk activities, placing themselves at greater risk in trying to save lives and properties.”

Two Lucas Chest Compression Units

Purchased: Two Lucas Chest Compression Units. Shown to improve CPR quality on the move and over long durations. The LUCAS device extends the reach of care by maintaining chest compressions during transport.

LIFEPAK 15 Monitors/Defibrillator

Purchased: Two LIFEPAK® 15 monitor/defibrillators providing the standard in emergency care, the most clinically innovative and operationally effective.

Pulse Point App

County-wide Pulse Point App program. Be alerted to sudden cardiac arrest in your surrounding area.

Two Polaris UTVs

Purchased: Two Polaris UTVs to improve the response time and reach remote areas where trucks or helicopters cannot operate. Both UTVs are fully equipped with rescue equipment for patient care.

Ice Rescue – Water Training And Equipment

Training and operational techniques, proper winter rescue gear, and cold-weather clothing.

Rope and Water Rescue Training

Countless rescues each year throughout the vast recreational lands, lakes, and rivers.

Thermal Imaging Cameras

Purchased: Four Thermal Imaging cameras were purchased and are used during emergency incident operations. A game changer in outcomes.

Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance Workshops

Helping our First Responders. “An Internal Size-Up Training” – An in-depth FF/EMT behavioral health workshop dedicated to educating attendees on the awareness of stress, anxiety, PTSD, addictions, depression, and anger, and addressing suicide and retirement.

LION V-Force Turnout Gear

The best result is an optimum balance of mobility and protection for first responders, and the most flexible and comfortable outer-shell fabric the fire service has ever seen.

30 Complete Sets Wildfire Gear Plus

Saving a community from a catastrophic wildfire is priceless.

Unimac Extractor Washer Dryer

To thoroughly clean after contamination, first responders’ gear. It’s important for the health of every firefighter. This is the first washer/extractor unit installed at Station 73 (along I-90 at Golf Course Rd.).

Mini Unicus®

It is an integrated breathing air cylinder recharging system.
The system design combines a BAUER high-pressure compressor, a BAUER breathing air purification system, an air storage system, an air management panel, and a containment fill station.