Fire and EMS
Voters in Medical Lake approved a proposal to annex into Spokane
County Fire District No. 3. Medical Lake has relied on its
all-volunteer fire department since 1904, but the department has
struggled with dwindling volunteerism and missed calls.
Voters in Lake Stevens approved the merger of Lake Stevens Fire into
Snohomish County Fire District No. 7 near Monroe. The merger will
create a large district with about 162,000 residents. The two merging
districts are located about 15 minutes apart from each other, with
another fire protection district in between. However, the merger is
permitted under recent legislation that took effect in 2017-2018.
Previously, fire district mergers and annexations, as well as the
formation of a regional fire authority, were only authorized for
"adjacent" fire protection jurisdictions, but now such actions are
allowed as long as the jurisdictions are within "reasonable
proximity."
And voters in East Jefferson Fire Rescue and Snohomish County Fire
District No. 17 approved proposals to increase the number of fire
commissioners from three to five.
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