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County | King County |
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Established | January 1, 1999 |
Annual calls | 9,819 (2015) |
Employees | 226 (2013) |
Staffing | Combination |
Fire chief | Jeff Clark |
IAFF | 2878 |
Facilities and equipment | |
Battalions | 5 |
Stations | 14 |
Engines | 9 |
Trucks | 1 |
Rescues | 1 |
Ambulances | 17 |
Tenders | 4 |
Wildland | 1 |
Light and air | 1 |
Website | |
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IAFF website |
The Eastside Fire and Rescue is a fire department providing fire protection and emergency medical services in the eastern portion of King County, Washington. The department is responsible for services in the communities of Carnation, Issaquah, North Bend, Preston, Sammamish, Tiger Mountain and Wilderness Rim. [1] In total, Eastside Fire & Rescue's service area is 190 square miles (490 km2) with a population of over 120,000. [2]
Eastside Fire and Rescue was formed in 1999 as a joint fire department by three cities and two Fire Protection Districts. These municipalities use an Interlocal Agreement to establish how Eastside Fire & Rescue operates. Participating cities are Carnation, Issaquah, North Bend, Preston, Sammamish, Tiger Mountain, Woodinville, and Wilderness Rim. [1] King County Fire District 10 and King County Fire District 38 are also participating agencies. The consolidation was prompted by the municipalities' desire to provide better fire protection and emergency medical services to the general public in a cost-effective manner. [1]
As of July 2017 [update] , the department has 14 stations spread across 5 battalions. [3]
Fire Station Number | Neighborhood | Engine Company | Ladder Company | Aid or Medic unit | Special Unit | Chief Unit | Battalion |
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71 | Sunset Way | Ladder 171 | Aid 171 | Tender 171 | 1 | ||
72 | Maple Street | Engine 172 | Tender 172 | Battalion 171 | 1 | ||
73 | Issaquah Highlands | Engine 173 | Medic 104 | Rescue 173 Tender 173 | 1 | ||
74 | Preston | Engine 74 | Aid 74 | 1 | |||
76 | Tiger Mountain | Aid 276 | 1 | ||||
78 | May Valley | Engine 178 | Aid 178 | Brush 178 | 3 | ||
79 | Maple Hills | Aid 79 | 3 | ||||
81 | Pine Lake | Engine 181 | Air 81 | 2 | |||
82 | Sahalee | Engine 182 | 2 | ||||
83 | Klahanie | Engine 183 | Aid 183 | 2 | |||
85 | Carnation | Engine 185 | Aid 185 | Tender 185 | 4 | ||
86 | Lake Joy | Aid 86 | 4 | ||||
87 | North Bend | Engine 187 | Aid 187 Medic 103 | Tender 187 Brush 187 | 5 | ||
88 | Wilderness Rim | Aid 288 | 5 |
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