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Cowlitz County
fire department information:
The following fire departments are located in Cowlitz County.
Castle Rock Fire & EMS
146 A Street SW
Castle Rock, WA 98611
Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue
701 Vine St.
Kelso, WA 98626
Business Phone: 360-578-5218
Work Phone: 360-578-5220
Cowlitz County Fire District #3
5055 Spirit Lake Highway
Toutle, WA 98649-0063
Cowlitz Co Fire District #4
101 W First Street
Ryderwood, WA 98581-0321
Cowlitz County Fire District #5
382 Frontage Road
Kalama, WA 98625
Cowlitz County Fire Protection District #6
146 A St SW
Castle Rock, WA 98611
Cowlitz - Skamania County Fire District #7
11670 Lewis River Road
Ariel, WA 98603
Woodland Fire Department
100 Davidson Ave.
Woodland, WA 98674-0100
Cowlitz County Fire District #5 Mission Statement:
Our mission is to improve the quality of life of our citizens by progressively providing a highly trained, customer-oriented emergency response system to safeguard the effects of disaster and all hazards to life and property.
Cowlitz County Fire District #5 is a combination fire and emergency medical services department operating from three stations located in the Kalama area. We respond to mitigate over 700 emergency incidents annually in a 36 square mile area of South Central Cowlitz County and serve a population of just over 5,000 residents with a large industrial community.
Our department provides the following services: fire control and prevention services, public education, advanced life support emergency medical services, vehicular rescue, marine fire control and rescue, and technical rescue to include confined space and rope rescue.
Our fire and EMS operations are entirely self sufficient through tax revenues and user fees and operate without special levies or bond issues. The department has approximately 26 volunteers, 7 part-time FF/paramedics, 3 staff FF/EMT's, 3 staff FF/paramedics, 1 staff Administrative Secretary, 1 staff Deputy Chief, and 1 staff Chief. We currently operate three class 1 fire engines, one medium rescue, two tenders, two advanced life support ambulances, two brush engines, one fire boat, one support vehicle, and two command units. Fire personnel are trained at either the Washington State Firefighter Basic or Firefighter I level. We are licensed by the State of Washington as an advanced life support trauma verified service.
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