Fire calls in Bellevue over the course of the past decade have skyrocketed by about 187%, according to information provided by Bellevue Fire Department Chief Perry Guido.
Much of that spike, Guido said, can be attributed to the City of Bellevue’s continued growth and expansion. City officials annexing new plots of land over the course of the last 10 years in conjunction with new housing units being erected naturally led to the influx in fire calls.
“Most of that, I would say, is because of the growth in apartment complexes — we’ve seen three or four big ones over the last 10 years,” said Guido, who took over as fire chief in 2009. “There’s one off of 25th (Street) and Capehart (Road), (Highway) 370 and Golden (Boulevard) and then, there are a few big ones in the Twin Creek area that were built.”