Firefighters who face a disturbing number of physical and verbal assaults while on the job are now getting help from a coalition of city leaders. The Seattle Fire Department is working with the Seattle City Attorney’s Office and the Seattle Police Department to track the incidents and come up with safer ways to respond to calls. “We're looking at situations,” said Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins. “We're trying to understand what's going a little bit sideways and modifying the actions that we take.” Threats and attacks were becoming so frequent the department developed a new system to track the incidents. It launched in April and is called the assault and threatening behavior incident report. Crews have been encouraged to file them every time they run into a serious conflict while on a call.