PHOTOS: The West Thurston Regional Fire Authority welcomed one of Littlerock Fire Rescue’s earliest fire chiefs, Marion Smith, for a tour of its Littlerock station on Friday, Oct. 6.
Littlerock Fire Rescue, also known as Thurston County Fire District 1, was formed in 1947 and covered 55 square miles in Thurston County until it consolidated with the Grand Mound fire district, Thurston County Fire District 11, in the 2010s to become the West Thurston Regional Fire Authority.
Smith, now 94, served as chief for Littlerock Fire Rescue from 1961 to 1974, when he retired at the age of 49. He continued to serve as a volunteer and as chair of the fire commissioner board until the mid 1980s.
One of Smith’s daughter’s, Dwee Baker, went into the fire station earlier this month to ask about touring the station with her father, according to West Thurston Regional Fire Chief Rob Smith.