The Yakima Fire Department (YFD) is up for a $477,000 federal grant after getting the green light from city council to apply for it last week. It's funding the department severely needs, with service calls up in 2016 and a staffing shortage that's continued this year. The SAFER grant from the Department of Homeland Security covers portions of a firefighter's salary for three years and would help YFD fill its ranks. It's a moment's notice for fire crews at Station 91, hitting the road to a scene they can never quite anticipate. Alarm calls peak from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and Action News followed them to a medical emergency. The victim had difficulty breathing. She was placed on a stretcher with oxygen as an ambulance raced to Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital.