Tag Archives: Kodiak Fire Department

A fire broke out on Sargent Dr. on Sunday morning, close to Mission Rd. where it passes under Near Island Bridge. According to fire chief Mike Milligan, the fire decimated an outbuilding on private property, just ten feet away from the main house. City firefighters reached the residence four minutes after being dispatched to find a 20 foot by 30 …

Fire broke out about 11 a.m. Sunday and destroyed a small structure located in the Tegura Road – Marine Way area. The awkward location and lack of wide roadways hampered attempts to extinguish the blaze.   Fire burns below Near Island Bridge on Sunday morning.      

At its work session on Tuesday the Kodiak City Council will review proposed sites for the new fire hall. The current fire station is below the tsunami inundation area. In fact, there used to be a plaque marking the high water line from the 1964 tsunami outside the old police station which was located next door. Several of the spots …

A brush fire broke out near Kodiak College on Monday afternoon, according to a Nixle alert sent out by the Kodiak Police Department. A police dispatcher confirmed that the fire is contained, and should be extinguished by the end of the day, though the cause of the fire remains unknown. Both the City of Kodiak Fire Department and police are …

Ambulance at Trident Basin after a man was rescued by emergency responders on Near Island. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT Recently on a rainy day in Kodiak, a man biking around Near Island wrecked while going through the forest on the South End Trail. He fell about 20 to 30 feet down an embankment. After landing on a beach, …

Kodiak’s fire station sits at 70 feet above sea level, which is in the city’s tsunami inundation zone. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT Last month’s earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska left the city of Kodiak’s fire station shaken and cracked. It’s also stimulated the efforts to replace the building. KMXT’s Mitch Borden took a tour with Kodiak’s Fire Department …

View from the top of Pillar. (Photo by Naql/Flickr) Mitch Borden/KMXT The city of Kodiak recently closed the road leading up to Pillar Mountain to motor-vehicles for the winter. It installed a gate to make sure only authorized vehicles can access it. The land is still open to the public, just not cars or trucks. The gate may be new, …

Oil in the storm drain. (Photo courtesy of Matt Van Daele/ Deputy City Manager) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak Fire Department was dispatched to the Kodiak Island Borough building to respond to an oil spill. What Kodiak Fire Chief Jim Mullican found when he arrived was two vehicles with broken windows and used motor oil poured in, on, and around them. …

A Kodiak home was declared a total loss after an early morning fire Sunday. According to an announcement from Chief Jim Mullican, the Kodiak Fire Department responded to a 911 call just before 1:30 a.m. from the occupant of 1521 Baranof Street reporting that the home was on fire and everyone had gotten out. Four fire units were dispatched from …

Jay Barrett/KMXT No injuries were reported by the Kodiak Fire Department after the second kitchen fire in a week. The latest occurred Saturday in an apartment building on Selief Lane. Deputy Fire Chief Jim Mullican says the grease fire in an upstairs unit had been put out by the building’s automatic sprinkler system by the time responders arrived. The blaze …