Small & Rural Fire District Facility Assessment
In 2007, the Washington State Legislature directed the Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED), in consultation with the Washington Fire Commissioners Association, the Washington Fire Chiefs, and the fiscal committees of the Legislature, to conduct a study of small and rural fire districts that have limited fiscal capacity to finance fire district facilities (ESHB 1092.PL sec. 1046).
Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development
December 1, 2007
Amy Tsai, Project Manager/Editor
Darleen Muhly, Lead Researcher/Writer
Steve Salmi, Project Consultant/Editor
Special thanks is given to the 228 fire protection districts who responded to the study survey, and to Roger Ferris, Executive Secretary, Washington Fire Commissioners Association, and Mike Brown, Executive Director, Washington Fire Chiefs, for their participation in and assistance with this study.