Northshore Fire Department serves over 1,000 at Pancake Breakfast

Commissioners Ron Gehrke, Dave Maehrern and Jim Harvey, Firefighters Local #2459 President
flip pancakes at the Northshore Fire Department Open House. Photo by Terri Jones.

The Northshore Fire Department hosted an Open House and Pancake Breakfast on October 15, 2011 to celebrate the new headquarters fire station located at 7220 NE 181st Street. 

A thousand people toured the station and ate pancakes.
Photo by Terri Jones.

The Fire Chief, Fire Commissioners, Fire Marshal and firefighters flipped pancakes for over 1,000 people. The long awaited Open House included self-guided tours of the new station.

The new station.  Photo by Jerry Pickard.

Northshore Fire training tower. Photo by Jerry Pickard.

“This is a beautiful building. I live across the street and have watched the station being built from the ground up,” said Tim Crabtree. “We enjoy watching the firefighters train at the drill tower,” said Tim’s wife, Lynne.

City of Lake Forest Park table.  Photo by Jerry Pickard.

The crowd took advantage of information available at booths from the Cities of Kenmore and Lake Forest Park, the Emergency Services Coordinating Agency (ESCA), and Evergreen Health Care. 

A child listens to a 911 simulation.  Photo by Jerry Pickard.

State Farm Insurance brought their interactive 911 simulator so kids could practice calling 911.

Towne Centre Hardware sold fire related goods.  Photo by Jerry Pickard.

Lake Forest Park Towne Centre Ace Hardware sold carbon monoxide detectors, smoke alarms and fire extinguishers.

Kitchen fire training area.  Photo by Jerry Pickard.

The event wouldn’t have been possible without volunteers from the Firefighters Local #2459, the Inglemoor High School Key Club and the Northshore Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).