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June 6, 2009 in Washington Voices
Firefighters make 460 responses
A river rescue was the most dramatic of 460 Spokane Valley Fire Department responses in a two-week period that ended Wednesday night.
Nearby residents called firefighters at 3:35 p.m. Sunday when they heard a 23-year-old Post Falls woman cry for help as she clung to the pilings of a temporary Barker Road bridge. The woman had been attempting to reach a channel along the north bank of the Spokane River when her vinyl raft lodged against the bridge.
Deputy Fire Marshal Bill Clifford said firefighters lowered a two-way radio, a life jacket and a safety helmet to the woman on …
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