A Vancouver man who allegedly threatened firefighters with a firearm barricaded himself in his house for 9 1/2 hours on Friday before surrendering to SWAT officers shortly before 10 p.m.

Peter Benson, 65, was taken into custody on suspicion of first-degree assault, according to a bulletin from the Vancouver Police Department. No one was injured in the standoff.

The incident occurred at 5330 N.W. Esther St., a single-family house in the Northwest neighborhood. Vancouver police and the interagency SWAT team went to the house after a man reportedly pointed a firearm at firefighters, said Vancouver police spokeswoman Kim Kapp.

Vancouver firefighters were called to the scene at 12:33 p.m. after someone set a small fire in a yard. That person went back into the house and pointed a firearm out of a window at the firefighters, Kapp said.

Adjacent neighbors were evacuated from their homes, she said.

At one point, 911 dispatchers apparently got hold of the man, who told them there were people outside trying to set his house on fire, according to emergency radio traffic. He hung up before dispatchers could get more information or transfer the call to police.