One way you can support local firefighters is to understand how your department is staffed and how that may impact you, your family, and property. It's a bad day for everyone if you have to call 911 for an emergency and crews are already on calls and unavailable or delayed.
Our newest fire station was built in 2008 by the Jamestown S'klallam tribe when the call volume was 5050 calls per year. 17 years later Fire District 3 still has the same number of staffed full time response units even though the number of calls has nearly doubled.
FD3 will hit 10,000 calls per year in the very near future. That workload is handled by a minimum staffing of 10 responders which is considered a high call volume to staffing ratio in the fire service, something that may surprise a few folks living in our rural district.
The increasing demand from the community is handled by some of the hardest working problem solvers and multitaskers in the business, working 48 hour long shifts with often little sleep and high stress impacts on their minds and bodies.
A lingering and daunting question facing everyone that lives and works in the Sequim area is this: How long can the current staffing model be sustained along with increasing demands on responders? How will the department grow in order to better serve Sequim and the 142 square mile fire protection district?
🫵YOUR perspective matters! To get more involved with FD3 and the direction of the department, visit ccfd3.org/board-meetings to learn more about attending or streaming our public fire commissioner meetings.🗓
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Like and follow Santa's Toy and Food Fire Brigade for Sequim's annual Firefighter//Santa event!The Santa Fire Brigade Kicks off their annual event on Dec. 8th in downtown Sequim. Here is Santa's First night route map! Come on out, we can't wait to see you!
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🚒FD3 residents in the greater Sequim area will see new fire engines responding to calls starting this winter. These new engines replace aging and battle worn older units in order to better protect life and property in our community, something that must be planned for every 15 years to meet industry standards and increasing demands for service....🚒
THANK YOU to our supportive community members that voted to fund Fire District 3 during the August levy, and to our fire commissioners and chiefs for the forward thinking purchase of these impressive new 2025 custom designed Spartan Gladiators.
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🫵YOUR perspective matters! To get more involved with FD3 and the direction of the department, visit ccfd3.org/board-meetings to learn more about attending or streaming our public fire commissioner meetings.🗓
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Residents living on the Sequim area have received ballots this week. Our Union supports the incumbent, Bill Miano for Commissioner for re-election.
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