East County Fire & Rescue
formed on May 16, 2006 when Clark County Fire
District # 1 merged into Clark County Fire District
# 9. Fire District # 9 then petitioned the
Board of County Commissioners to officially change
our name to better reflect our Service Area:
Eastern Clark County Washington, aka “East County”.
East County Fire & Rescue
(ECF&R) is a primarily Volunteer Fire District which
provides Fire Protection, Emergency Medical Response, Rope
Rescue, Water Rescue, and Public Service Assistance to the
unincorporated areas north of— and east of— the cities of
Camas and Washougal. Approximately 53 Volunteer Fire
Fighters, EMS Responders and Emergency Response Team Members
respond to 600+ calls per year from our five fire stations:
Fern Prairie, Livingston Mountain, Mt. Norway, Orchard Hills
and Sunnyside. A small number of Chief Officers,
Administrative/Clerical Personnel, College Interns and
Part-Time Fire Fighters staff the Fern Prairie and Orchard
Hills stations during the day—when Volunteers are at their
‘real’ jobs.
“Respond from Home”
Volunteers do just that—leaving their homes on a moments
notice to respond to our Community’s emergency needs.
“Resident” Fire Fighters live in the Orchard Hills and
Sunnyside fire stations at night. “Shift” Volunteers
spend a minimum of one duty night per week in one of these
same stations. A special EMS-Only Program allows First
Responders and EMTs, who are not Fire Fighters, to assist in
the delivery of Emergency Medical care—which comprises
about 75% of this Agency’s call volume. Paramedic
Ambulance Service is provided, by contract, by Camas Fire &
Rescue.
A new ECF&R fire station
is being built next to the Grove Field airport—in Fern
Prairie. Slated to open in May 2008, this facility
will provide living quarters for “Shift” Fire Fighters.
This station is the busiest station we have—and most of its
calls are in/around the Fern Prairie area. This new
site will improve service to our Customers—reducing response
times to fire and medical emergencies that occur in/around
that area. This facility is being constructed without
any increase in taxes. The old Fern Prairie station
has been sold to help offset the cost of the new facility.
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