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Spokane County Fire District 9

Location: Spokane, WA

Spokane County Fire District #9 (Fire 9) is an all-hazards agency providing fire suppression, technical rescue, BLS and ALS EMS response, hazardous material response, and fire investigation services. Patient transport services are provided by a private contractor via a countywide ground ambulance transport agreement. Fire 9 services an area of approximately 122 square miles with a population of about 51,000, and responded to 7,800 incidents in 2023. The areas served by Fire 9 include urban, suburban, rural, and wildland environments. Fire 9 is a combination department that operates on a 2024 budget of $18,630,000 with 81 career personnel and 38 volunteers. The District is governed by three Fire Commissioners. Service is provided from 5 fire stations staffed by career personnel 24 hours a day, as well as four community-based volunteer fire stations. The department is organized into several divisions, which include Emergency Medical Services, Operations, Administration/Human Resources, Prevention/Code Management, Fleet and Facilities, and Wildfire/Fuels. Fire 9 shares boundaries and responds via automatic aid agreements with the City of Spokane Fire Department, Spokane Valley Fire Department, and Spokane County Fire Districts 4 and 10.

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