Your fire department works with LifeFlight to get patient to needed care as quickly as possible.

395 North and Water View Rd near Boyd’s Wa. The main engine left the tracks this morning, no injuries and spills reported.

Update: The spill has been recorded as 650,000 gallons.

Incident Time: 26 Feb/0200 hours

Advised there is currently an ongoing release of acidic solution at the Teck Trail fertilizer operations (25 Aldridge Ave, Trail, BC, Canada).   The material was entering the C4 outfall which goes into the Columbia River but now is being diverted into a holding reservoir on site. The spilled material was initially flowing at 14 m3 per minute. The plant is in the process of being shut down and investigations on why the spill happened will occur.   Advised the amount of material that was discharged into the Columbia River was 2168.6 m3 with a PH of less than 4.

Earl Dickey

State Emergency Operations Officer

Washington State Emergency Management Division

Washington Military Department

Building 20, MS: TA-20

Camp Murray, WA 98430-5122

1-800-258-5990

Joint Fire Protection District Ferry Co #3 and Stevens Co #8 purchased 12 new chains saws.

Thanks to the men and women who participated in state Mob and DNR Fire last year.

The revenue you help bring into the district made it possible to update our chain saws; some of them were 20 years old. We will be adding more equipment to our structure trucks here soon.

I will post the new equipment as it comes in. Please take the time to thank our volunteers who help protect our community.

Chief: Herb Hippler

Thank you home owners of Ferry County for your support in our First Responder program.

We will continue updating our equipment, training and medical supplies.

With your help, where able to update one of our older ambulances, please see the video we have posted below in our web page

We have a new ambulance! Well, new for us. It will help to replace aging and out of service vehicles so we can get the equipment we need to the patients that need it.

UPDATE: The class has been rescheduled for Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 1800

JFPD 3&8 will be having a CPR class December 20 and 1800 hours for district personnel.

If your CPR card is expiring, or if you do not have one and would like one, come to this class.

This class is recommended for all District personnel.

Pension payments are due in December for those department personnel who are contributing.

It is $30.00.  You can bring your cheques to the Annual Dinner.

Remember, in order to be credited for a year’s service, you must have put in the requisite number of call/training attendance, so make sure you are up on those.

The burn ban for Ferry and Stevens County has been lifted.

Despite the recent rain, fuels are still burning, and the fire danger is categorized as Moderate.

Be careful when you burn.  You must monitor your burn at all times, and have the ability to put the fire out if necessary.  (An available water hose, a fire extinguisher, etc.)

If your burn becomes a problem, do not hesitate to call 911.  It is better to call and then call us off than not call and call too late.