At 1:15 am on Jan 4, our smoke detectors started schreeching. Boy what a way to wake up. My wife…read moregrabbed a blanket and wrapped it around herself while she started calling our dog, Lucy. She came to my wife and was put into the back yard. I turned on the light on my nightstand and started looking for smoke and fire. My first thought was the christmas tree but that was ok. No smoke-no fire. I grabbed a blanket and started fanning the smoke alarm while my wife did the same in the bed room. They shut off after about 45 seconds. We searched the house and unplugged everything. The alarms started again. Back to the blanket thing. On the third time, I called 911 and the operator said help is on the way. Less than 5 minutes and the fire truck and crew were at our home. They searched inside,outside, and under the house with a heat imagining device. No hot spots, thankfully. We discussed new batteries for the alarms when I heard one of the firemen asking my wife if she was alright because she was having an asthma flare up and needed a shot of albuteral. Two of them stayed by her side to make sure she was ok. What nice people the firemen are. We are sooo lucky to have them in our community and ready to assist in any way they can. WELL DONE!

Good response time. That's about all I have to write, based on a few experiences not dealing with…read morefire, and not dealing with me (folks I know).

I wanted to update on this because I had gotten my adt system back up and running a while back and…read morewas having a discussion with them about legality when it came to cancellation. When in discussion about cancellation, RED Safety tried to tell me it was illegal to call and cancel over the phone. No. It's not. So.. they also lie about that to try and keep with their whole predatory fake contract practice of charging people beyond contract date. Just avoid them at all costs. Go with ADT. better customer service, better equipment, they actually monitor your system and call you when it goes off AND they can cancel when you call.

I've sent them cancellation paperwork 3 times now and have been continuously charged since I moved…read morein SEPTEMBER. This is after being a loyal customer for almost 5 years.

I'm sorry to say this but this town seems like a super big trailer park. I was surprised by the…read morerandom dogs (big and small) just trouncing around town. I drove to the post office and what looked like a St.Bernard and a German Shepard came from no where and just started fighting. Almost every house was a trailer as far as I can see. Nothing wrong with trailers or trailer parks if they're somewhat well kept, but ugh no. There is nothing in this town, of course, and it doesn't look like it get's much action. Glad this was my first and last stop in Bucoda.

Bucoda WA has a long and interesting history and is worthy of a trip for history buffs for a…read moreglimpse back into the history of our state. At a first cursory glance, there is not much to it as there are only limited businesses to see. On my last trip there I was given a tour of the old Town Hall by one of the town officials and learned some fascinating facts about the two-story concrete building. Joe's Place serves excellent burgers and fries and has been a family owned and operated business for 113 years. They must be doing something right. The town once was the largest town in Thurston County and was around when Washington was still a territory. It was the location of the first territorial prison and had a huge lumber operation at one time. Definitely not ready for the bulldozers as one reviewer has said.