Mercer Island Police Department’s Marine Patrol divers successfully raised a derelict boat, which had been abandoned and submerged, on March 18. The Mercer Island Fire Department and King County Sheriff’s Office assisted in removing the vessel from Lake Washington. Photos courtesy of the Mercer Island Police Department
The Mercer Island Fire Department has five new automated external defibrillators in service at no cost to the city because of a partnership that Deputy Fire Chief Doug McDonald formed with King County Emergency Medical Service. The total value of the contribution was $15,000.