An Update from District 2 Council Member Sarah Rumbaugh on the Kodiak Enterprise Vessel Fire
City of Tacoma Washington sent this bulletin at 04/19/2023 10:15 AM PDT
Dear District 2 residents,
I know the Kodiak Enterprise vessel fire last week caused a great deal of concern for those of us in Northeast Tacoma, Browns Point and Dash Point neighborhoods, as we endured smoke and reduced air quality over the course of the fire, and I want to assure you that I share your concerns and am taking this matter very seriously.
I have heard that not every resident received mobile text emergency system alerts, and I encourage everyone to sign up for Tacoma Alert and Pierce County Alert emergency notifications.
Through Tacoma Alert, a free service powered by CodeRED and available through the Tacoma Fire Department and City of Tacoma Emergency Management, you can sign up to get emergency as well as general notifications delivered right to your phone and/or email inbox. No matter where you are, you’ll know if there is an issue near your Tacoma home, business, school, etc. Although Tacoma Alert complements Pierce County Alert, it does not replace it, and I encourage you to sign up for both.
Trident Seafoods, the owner of the vessel that leases the vessel’s dock space from the Port, is the responsible party for this incident, including incident response costs. A claims process has been established for those who may have been financially impacted by the incident. The claims administrator’s contact number is (206) 378-6090.
We are waiting, along with our community partners, to hear the results of the fire investigation and how Trident Seafoods intends to prevent similar fires from occurring in the future.
