That’s firefighter Daniel Hess with Engine 37 at its home base, Station 37 in Sunrise Heights. This afternoon, Seattle Fire spokesperson Kyle Moore invited the media to come meet Hess because of something the firefighter did in his off-hours late last night. The rooftop deck of the 24-unit North Seattle condo complex where he lives caught fire around 11:15 pm; a fire alarm woke Hess up, according to the SFD Fire Line site, and he sprang to action, going to his car to get his gear, rushing up to the deck, where:
He tried using a garden hose which didn’t pump out enough water so he grabbed the building’s one-inch standpipe hose and began dousing the 20 foot high flames. Engine 16 and Engine 39 arrived minutes later with hose lines which helped extinguish the blaze.
Hess was pretty low-key about his fast action during this afternoon’s interviews – here’s what he told WSB co-publisher Patrick Sand:
Investigators say the fire at Hess’s building “was caused by discarded smoking materials.” Nobody was hurt – though Hess said he might be out a few dollars, because it’s tradition that if you get media attention, you owe the station either ice cream or apple fritters.
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