Salute to Our Local Firefighters 2019

October is National Fire Prevention Month

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• Lynden • Glacier • District 1 • District 7 • District 11 • District 14 • District 16 • District 17 • District 21

Wednesday, October 2, 2019 Presented by the Lynden Tribune & Ferndale Record

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Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, October 2, 2019 | Ferndale Record

Local Firefighters

Marine 56 gets Fire District 17 on the water

Whatcom County Fire District 17 can now tackle fires from the water thanks to Marine 56, a fire boat donated by Phillips 66 and now fully outfitted for use. (Courtesy photo/Whatcom County Fire District 17)

Boat donated in 2017 by Phillips 66 is now retrofitted for water rescue, firefighting

By Brent Lindquist brent@lyndentribune.com

SANDY POINT — In August 2016 Whatcom County Fire District 17 was dispatched to a boat that had caught fire and exploded off Sandy Point.

“The boat was fully involved, there were victims in the water, and the only thing we could do was respond to the beach and kind of helplessly watch these

people in the water and hope that somebody rescued these folks,” fire chief Jim Petrie said.

Eventually, the operators of some pleasure boats that had been crabbing in the area responded and rescued two injured people from the water.

Petrie said Phillips 66 keeps a couple of spill response boats in the marina at Sandy Point, and employees with the petroleum company routinely come out to Sandy Point to take care of the boats.

“One of them stopped by the fire station, I happened to mention that it would sure be nice to have the keys to your boat,” Petrie said. “And he said, ‘You know, I think we might be able to do one better than that.’”

That person was Bill Rinesmith, emergency response lead at the Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery. Rinesmith began working with refinery manager Jolie Rhinehart on getting one of their older boats donated to Whatcom County Fire District 17, and in the summer of 2017 the refinery donated the boat for fire rescue operations.

A presentation was held at which Rhinehart presented Petrie with the keys to the boat, and she and Phillips 66 threw in something extra: $10,000 to retrofit the boat for fire rescue use.

“We are so appreciative of the work that you do to help the community, and it’s our main goal to be an excellent partner with you,” Rhinehart said at the

ceremony.

The fire district used the surprise cash to outfit the Boston Whaler boat with a highpressure firefighting pump and a water deck gun. The apparatus also includes a hose connection for land-based firefighting and a powerful floodlight system for operations at night.

“We can actually run a hose from the boat right up onto land and use that water capability, Petrie said. “It has water rescue floats and pumps, and it carries a full set of emergency medical gear, including a defibrillator.”

Over the past year, the boat was called into service six times during summer. These calls included a sinking vessel off Lummi Island, a stranded kayaker off Ma-

tia Island, an overturned canoe off Gooseberry Point, a stranded paddleboarder off Sandy Point and a brushfire at a remote area of Lummi only accessible by boat.

Six firefighters of Fire District 17 are certified to operate the boat, which is named Marine 56. The district responds to waterrelated fire rescue calls anywhere between Gooseberry Point and the Canadian border, Petrie said.

The Bellingham Fire Department also has a boat and responds to everything south of Gooseberry Point.

Petrie said Marine 56 is a valuable addition to District 17’s arsenal.

“It was an expansion to what we have already,” Petrie said. “It’s another tool in the toolbox.”

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Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, October 2, 2019| Ferndale Record

Fire District 1 keeps chugging toward a new Everson station Site bought; annexation and cost estimating are next steps

By Calvin Bratt editor@lyndentribune.com

EVERSON ­ — It will be a slow steady process now toward getting a new station built for Whatcom County Fire District 1, although hopefully it doesn’t take as long as getting to this point.

A .86-acre site has been purchased at 7248 Everson-Goshen Rd. and is envisioned to replace the corner station that has served in downtown Everson for about 40 years.

For about the past dozen years, district leaders have wrangled with which way to go for the future of facilities. They have looked at floodplain maps and soil studies and what seismic reinforcements would be needed if they chose to build anew in downtown Everson. Site issues would add at least $1 million more to construction costs.

“All those things were working against us,” said district chief Mel Blankers about the years of consideration he and fire commissioners gave to it all.

In the end, the higher-elevation property just beyond Everson’s west city limits proved to be the right answer, says Blankers.

Purchase happened last November for $675,000.

“That whole area, I think, in the next few years is going to be really developed,” he said. “I think it’s going to grow up around us.”

But first there are plenty of hoops to jump through, a process Blankers expects to take from three to five years.

Steps include: • eventually clearing the site of a small house, a large pole barn, and other out-buildings.

• pursuing annexation along with the surrounding larger area, “that whole corner” including the Everson Auction Market on Van

An older unused fire engine sits at a corner of the site planned for a new Fire District 1 station on Everson-Goshen Road.

(Calvin Bratt/Lynden Tribune)

Dyk Road, all of which is designated an Urban Growth Area for Everson.

• doing another more indepth feasibility study of building a new fire station on the site and working with an architect, leading to a cost estimate of the whole package.

• presenting the idea as a bond proposal to the voters of Fire District 1, to raise the money to build the station.

Within the past few weeks, additional property that the district owned adjacent to 101 Main St. downtown, that has been op-

erated as a car wash and a coffee shop, was sold off. It had been acquired to create enough room for rebuilding, if that was the route forward. But now that it isn’t, the land is expendable.

Blankers said the sale can replenish capital funds drawn down by buying on Everson-Goshen Road.

Meanwhile, offices of the district return to the crowded Station 81, and for now ongoing firefighter training will happen at the district’s Station 82 at Nugents Corner.

While the downtown sta-

tion may be structurally okay, it is insufficient for future city and district growth, in particular for creating 24-7 personnel coverage at all times by means of a sleeper program — as is possible at Nugents Corner, Blankers pointed out. A new station will allow such round-the-clock coverage to be integrated between the two locations.

Moreover, the selection of a location in the Strandell area of town put stations on either side of the Nooksack River when that can become a factor in response sometimes, he said.

The downtown station will be made to function well in the years until a replacement is built.

“It’s exciting,” Blankers said of the overall planning for Fire District 1. “It’s been a long process, with a lot of obstacles. The need (for a new station) has not gone away. In fact, it’s probably gotten worse.”

For about three-quarters of calls, the Everson station is the closest and should lead response.

That’s why planning for its future needs to be well thought out, he said. “We’re plugging away at it,” he said.

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Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, October 2, 2019 | Ferndale Record

LYNDEN FIRE DEPT.

MARK BILLMIRE

GARY BAAR

SANDI DALESSANDRO

CHAD BAAR

BRANDEN BRINK

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KEVIN DEBOER

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CALEB MONROE

TJ FAULK

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LYNDEN FIRE DEPT.

JESSE HANSON

Volunteer Firefighter / EMT 5 Years

TAYLOR TOP

ANTHONY TAYLOR Volunteer Firefighter/EMT 4 Years

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ANDY TJOELKER

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FIRE DISTRICT 1 TIM WELLS Commissioner 33 Years

GARY ALMY

RANDY VANDER HEIDEN

Commissioner 13 Years

Commissioner / Firefighter / Paramedic 33 Years

GREG MACY

NICK GASSMAN

MARK COPPINGER

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Fire Chief / EMT 29 Years

Local Firefighters

JODI DEBEELD

Assistant Fire Chief / EMT 5 Months

Administrative Secretary 13 Years

ALEX TYSKA

GARY DeJAGER

JOE LaCHAUSSEE

TONY KELLEY

BERNIE HILGART

TRESA VALUM

Lieutenant / EMT 5 Years

Lieutenant / EMT 4 Years

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Thank you to Tony and his fellow volunteers for keeping us safe!

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Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, October 2, 2019 | Ferndale Record

GLACIER FIRE DEPT.

BEN THOMPSON

JIM MILLSON

CHUCK SOLES

SAM LLOBET

BRIAN KENNEDY

ANDY SAHLFELD

KRISTIN MATHERS

ANDY HATFIELD

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Fire Chief / Firefighter / EMT 40 Years

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MEGAN MCCARTHY EMT 1 Year

KRISTY TORRES EMT 1 Year

MAGENTA WIDNER EMT 1 Year

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FIRE DISTRICT 7 Ferndale

MIKE MURPHY

ERIC GRANT

KENDRA CRISTELLI

JUSTIN IVERSON

BEN BOYKO

PATRICIA MARKEL

Commissioner 34 Years

Commissioner 2 Years

Division Chief 23 Years

Division Chief 19 Years

LARRY HOFFMAN

Commissioner 1.5 Years

Finance Administrator 21 Years

Chief 33 Years

HOLLY LINVILLE

Operations Division Assistant 12 Years

HOT TIP:

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ROB LOVELACE

Assistant Chief 25 Years

Operations Captain 30 Years

LINSEY MCAFEE

GARY RUSSELL

Administrative Assistant 3.5 Years

Fire Plan Technical Review Official • 47 Years

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Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, October 2, 2019 | Ferndale Record

FIRE DISTRICT 7 Ferndale

JEFF HENDRICKS

MATT CAGLE

JOHN DEVENERE

CHARLIE DRURY

MICHAEL GUSTAFSON

MATHEW ERICKSON

RYAN PAVITT

WESLEY SEGAR

Lieutenant 27 Years

Lieutenant 19 Years

TIFFENE HANSON Firefighter / Paramedic 15 Years

DREW DAVISON Firefighter / Paramedic 6 Years

Lieutenant 24 Years

Lieutenant 15 Years

Firefighter / Paramedic 13 Years

JOSH SERFACE

Firefighter / Paramedic 6 Years

Lieutenant 24 Years

Lieutenant 8 Years

DAVE FORBES Lieutenant 23 Years

BEN RUSSELL

Lieutenant 23 Years

SHON SMITH

ROD BUSS Lieutenant 21 Years

JEFF SLUYS

Community Paramedic 17 Years

Firefighter/ Paramedic 28 Years

Firefighter / Paramedic 20 Years

JODY ENGELS

CHRISTOPHER CARLETON

JONATHAN OLIVEIRA

TYLER BRADY

PETE HOLEMAN

Firefighter / Paramedic 12 Years

Firefighter / Paramedic 11 Years

DANIEL WELK

SCOTT PAINTER

Firefighter / Paramedic 4.5 Years

GARY QUINTRALL

Firefighter / Paramedic 4.5 Years

Firefighter / Paramedic 9 Years

Firefighter / Paramedic 3.5 Years

Firefighter / Paramedic 9 Years

Firefighter / EMT 26 Years

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Local Firefighters

FIRE DISTRICT 7 Ferndale

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BRAD HARRIS

SCOTT RUBRIGHT

JARED SPOELSTRA

SCOTT LUNDE

JEFF WATSON

JAKE HOFFMAN

JOSH MARTIN

SHEENA RADDER

AARON BASSETT

LARRY NELSON

PETER SMITH

MATTHEW SWEET

ANTHONY ZANIN

TROY PATRICK

JOSH ZANDSTRA

NICK KARSTETTER

Firefighter / EMT 22 Years

Firefighter / EMT 13 Years

Firefighter/EMT 7 Years

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FIRE DISTRICT 7 Ferndale

BRAD ROTHAUSEN

BRIAN MOYES

ERICH ROTHAUSEN

GARY SCHULZ

BRANDON TAYLOR

SHANE ROAT

RYAN CHRISTIE

JACOB ANDERSON

MARCUS PETRIE

JARED GARCIA

TIFFANY MOYES

GALINA DATSKAYA

TAYLOR WALTON

ANDREW WILEY

STEVE QUINSEY

JOSH STEVENS

COLE ISAACSON

JANICE LAPSANSKY

Volunteer FF/EMT 34 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 9 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 5 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 33 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 8 Years

Volunteer FF / EMT 4 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 22 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 8 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 4.5 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 19 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 6 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 4 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 15 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 6 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 3.5 Years

HOT TIP:

DONOVAN CAMPEAU Volunteer FF / EMT 3 Years

JAZ GILL

Volunteer FF/EMT 3 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 14 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 5 Years

Volunteer FF / EMT 3.5 Years

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Local Firefighters

FIRE DISTRICT 7 Ferndale

VIC PANKRATZ

JIM LAVEILLE

Support Division 44 Years

JAMES WASCISIN

Support Division 24 Years

TIM RYBKA

Support Division 22 Years

DONALD LUDWIGSEN

Support Division 17 Years

PETER RULE

Support Division 16 Years

Volunteer FF/EMT 8 Years

NOT PICTURED SUPPORT DIVISION NOT PICTURED CAREER

DAVID FOSS

STEVE JOHNSON

FRANK LAPSANSKY

KELLY CARROLL

Support Division 4.5 Years

RYAN MUNDAY Firefighter / EMT 6 Years

Support Division 3 Years

Support Division 3.5 Years

PAUL KLINEMAN Support Division 1.5 Years

Support Division 2.5 Years

NOT PICTURED VOLUNTEERS SERGEY BASANTSEV

BEN JOHNSON

LOGAN LOCKER

NICK COATS

HANNAH YATES

OLEG BOYKO

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FENTON RYBKA

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Volunteer FF / EMT 7 Years

Volunteer FF / EMT 6 Years

Student Resident FF 4.5 Years

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Volunteer FF / EMT 3 Years

Volunteer FF / EMT 3 Years

Student Resident 3 Years

Resident FF 1 Year

Volunteer FF / EMT 1 Year

Volunteer FF 1 Year

Volunteer FF / EMT 1 Year

Student Resident FF 0.5 Years

Volunteer EMT 0.5 Years

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TIMOTHY ELIZAVETSKY

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TAYLOR SYMONE

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Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, October 2, 2019 | Ferndale Record

OCTOBER IS

MONTH When every seco nd co unts

DIAL 911

When yo u should

use 911

All fire emergencies.

When you need any type of law enforcement assistance.

When you or someone else needs immediate medical aid.

When you should

not use 911

For routine business calls or inquiries about Fire, Medical or Law Enforcement matters.

When you have non-emergency business such as: Billing information for ambulance service that you have received.

How to obtain burning permits For general inquiries or follow-up information regarding law enforcement matters that have already been reported.

Ho w do I use 911?

Remain calm.

Dial 9-1-1.

Give the dispatcher the following information: What is the emergency?

Where is the emergency? Also, if possible, the closest street intersection.

The Fire District you are located in, if it is a fire or medical emergency.

Your Name and Address!

The Phone Number from which you are calling.

Phillips 66 salutes all Whatcom County Districts and thanks all volunteer firefighters for their years of professional and dedicated service.

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Local Firefighters

FIRE DISTRICT 11 Lummi Island WENDELL TERRY

ED SCOTT Commissioner 9 Years

Commissioner 5 Years

JOHN MULHERN

GARY POOLE

CHRIS IMMER Firefighter/EMT 11 Years

Firefighter/EMT 11 Years

Commissioner 12 Years

Captain 27 Years

SAM BOWMAN

Captain 15 Years

BILL LEE

JOHN GRANGER

DUNCAN MCLANE

MICHAEL LISH

LISA LISH

JETTE BAKER

ROBERT AULD

EMS Div. Chief 42 Years

Firefighter/EMT 10 Years

Firefighter/Paramedic 6 Years

DAN OHMS

DOUG CASH

CARA BLAKE

BRITTANY SWAEN

ALISSA DASCHBACH

BRIAN THOMPSON

GABEL BREDY

Firefighter/EMT 5 Years

Firefighter/EMT 4 Years

Firefighter/EMT 6 Years

Firefighter/EMT 4 Years

Firefighter/EMT 6 Years

Firefighter 2 Years

Fire Chief 30 Years

Firefighter/EMT 11 Years

Assistant Chief 15 Years

Firefighter/EMT 10 Years

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Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, October 2, 2019 | Ferndale Record

FIRE DISTRICT 14 Welcome

DENISE CHRISTENSEN Battalion Chief Firefighter / EMT 36 Years

ALLEN KORANDA

Captain / Firefighter / EMT 25 Years

SARAH SILVAS Firefighter / EMT 6 Years

JAMES HENTERLY Captain / Firefighter / EMT 17 Years

BRETTON SILVAS

Lieutinent Firefighter / 1st Resp.

5 Years

KURT SCHMIDT

ROBROY GRAHAM Commissioner 31 Years

Lieutinent Firefighter / EMT 15 Years

JACOB KORANDA Firefighter / 1st Resp.

5 Years

BRIAN BLACK Firefighter / EMT 2 Years

A huge thank you to all of the men and women who keep us safe each and every day.

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FIRE DISTRICT 14 Kendall

FRANK CAIN JR.

DAN WILLIAMSON

ANNAMARIE MAXWELL

Battalion Chief / Firefighter / EMT 26 Years

Captain / Firefighter / 1st Resp.

36 Years

BILL HOLLIBAUGH

ANDREY PAVLOVICH VETKOV

MONICA LUNA RAMOS

Firefighter / EMT • 10 Years

Firefighter / 1st Resp.

8 Years

ROMAN VETKOV

VADIM KOTSYUBA

BRADY MANZ

GARRETT WEEKLY

LEONARD BJORNSTAD

Firefighter/1st Resp.

21 Years

Firefighter / EMT 5 Years

Firefighter / EMT 1 Year

Firefighter / 1st Resp.

2 Years

Commissioner 6 Years

Captain / Firefighter / EMT 26 Years

Firefighter / EMT 2 Years

JO OLSON

District Administrator 7 Years

BRIAN SCOTT GILLIS

JONATHAN OLSON

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HEATHER OLSON

Captain / Firefighter / EMT 9 Years

Captain / Firefighter / EMT 6 Years

LINDSAY GATES

YELENA SAVCHUK

KENDRA HOLLIBAUGH

AARON PILAT

TED SELLARS

Captain / Firefighter / EMT 14 Years

Firefighter / EMT 6 Years

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1 Year

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Firefighter / EMT 1 Year

Firefighter / EMT 6 Years

JASON SMITH

Firefighter / 1st Resp.

1 Year

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FIRE DISTRICT 14 Sumas

JERRY DEBRUIN

District Chief / Firefighter / EMT • 33 Years

ROGER DEBRUIN

JAY VAN MIDDENDORP

Battalion Chief / Firefighter / EMT • 16 Years

CHARLIE PATTERSON Captain / Firefighter / 1st Resp.

48 Years

DOUG HOLT

DAVE WALSER

Captain / Firefighter / EMT 37 Years

Captain / Firefighter / EMT 23 Years

Firefighter / EMT 33 Years

Firefighter / 1st Resp.

32 Years

Commissioner / Firefighter / EMT 30 Years

CHRIS MOE

LISA DEKOSTER Firefighter / EMT 21 Years

Captain / Firefighter / EMT 17 Years

DANIEL DEBRUIN

NATHAN DEBRUIN

JON MOE

DMITRIY VETKOV

ADRIAN VREUGDENHIL

Firefighter / EMT 12 Years

RUSSELL VREUGDENHIL Firefighter / EMT 7 Years

BILL DEBRUIN

DAVID MOE

District Training Lieutenant/ Firefighter/ EMT • 14 Years

Firefighter / 1st Resp.

11 Years

JESSE HOFMAN Firefighter / EMT / RN 6 Years

Firefighter / 1st Resp.

16 Years

Firefighter / EMT 10 Years

JACOB SCOTT WILLIAMS

WILL MORGAN

MARINA VREUGDENHIL

Firefighter / EMT • 10 Years

Firefighter / EMT 7 Years

AMANDA DEBRUIN

KYLE CHRISTENSEN

TYLER VAN MIDDENDORP

ELISSA VREUGDENHIL

Firefighter / EMT 6 Years

Firefighter / 1st Responder 5 Years

Firefighter / EMT 5 Years

Firefighter/EMT 7 Years

Firefighter / EMT 4 Years

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Local Firefighters

FIRE DISTRICT 14 Sumas

SEBASTIAN DEBONT Firefighter / EMT 4 Years

ZACH DANIELS

Firefighter / 1st Responder 2 Years

DWIGHT WORDEN

LEAH VANMIDDENDORP

LISA HOFMAN

ROBYN VANWINGERDEN

Firefighter / EMT 3 Years

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AARON LEYENHORST Firefighter / EMT 2 Years

CRAIG VREUGDENHIL

GARY DEBONT

Firefighter / 1st Responder 1 Year

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FIRE DISTRICT 16

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ELVIN KALSBEEK

BRIAN KNUTZEN

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CANDY ROBERTS

HANK MALENG EMT / Fire Chief 27 Years

EMT / Div. Chief 23 Years

MATT COOK

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FRANK HATHAWAY

JAMIE KALSBEEK

LAURA SMITH

ADAM ANDERSON

AARON MIESUK

JUSTINA BASS

SETH BASS

LYNNE WHEELER

GENE ROBERTS

DOUG SALKELD

Commissioner 39 Years

EMT / Paramedic / Assistant Chief 19 Years

EMT/ Firefighter 9 Years

Commissioner 22 Years

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Local Firefighters

FIRE DISTRICT 16

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ROBERT FOX

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FIRE DISTRICT 17 Sandy Point JIM PETRIE Fire Chief 41 Years

Assistant Chief/Medical Services 31 Years

DAWN CANNIZZARO

MIKE FAHEY

STEVE STEDMAN

DONALD KINLEY

VAL KLEPAC

DYLAN FAHEY

MARCIA STEDMAN

ALEX STEDMAN

DANIEL HOWARD

ROBERT HOWERY

BILL RINESMITH

GEORGE STEDMAN

TONY TURNER

NILS LANDIS

JONATHAN HENDRICKS

WILLIAM CARROLL

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SUSAN GARLOCK

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FIRE DISTRICT 21 North Whatcom Fire & Rescue

JOE NOONCHESTER

JASON VANDERVEEN

HERSCHEL ROSTOV

RAY DAVIDSON

MIKE SCHMIDT

SHAUN WARD

JON AHRENHOLZ

KRIS JORGENSEN

KEVIN BIERY

JOEL NIELSEN

KEITH ZYLSTRA

LESLEE SMITH

MIKE NELSON

BURR MCPHAIL

ADAM SMITH

TONY ESSER

DJ RIEHL

BLAKE SCOTT

Interim Fire Chief 9 Years

Captain 11 Years

Division Chief 12 Years

Division Chief/Fire Marshal 4 Months

Training Captain 11 Years

Lieutenant 21 Years

Lieutenant 29 Years

Lieutenant 16 Years

JEFF HOFSTAD Lieutenant 9 Years

Captain 28 Years

Lieutenant 29 Years

Lieutenant 13 Years

BENITA WILLIAMS Administrative 15 Years

Captain 28 Years

Lieutenant 27 Years

Lieutenant 12 Years

KERSTIN PARKS Administrative 12 Years

Captain 12 Years

Lieutenant 22 Years

Lieutenant 12 Years

JENNIE SAND Administrative 10 Years

Lieutenant 12 Years

MARCIA DICKINSON Administrative 4 Years

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FIRE DISTRICT 21 North Whatcom Fire & Rescue

Local Firefighters

RICH BOSMAN

LARRY MCPHAIL

DEAN BERKELEY

MARY BETH NEAL

HARRY ANDREWS

JOHN CRAWFORD

BRUCE ANSELL

CHUCK SHIPP

ROBERT MULROONEY

JOHN HOLLSTEIN

WAYNE SANDERS

MIKE LYSHOL

TROY FREEMAN

CHRIS HOLLANDER

DANNY JENSEN

RUSS BRISKIN

SCOTT BROWN

KENNY CUNNINGHAM

JASON DONNELLY

MARK WOHLRAB

KALEB BRUCH

JOHN GELEYNSE

DARREN BRUYA

DAVID COMP

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Firefighter 12 Years

Commissioner 9 Years

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Firefighter 12 Years

Commissioner 5 Years

Firefighter 17 Years

Firefighter 12 Years

Firefighter 11 Years

District 4 Commissioner 11 Years

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District 4 Commissioner 9 Years

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Firefighter 8 Years

Commissioner 4 Years

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Local Firefighters

FIRE DISTRICT 21 North Whatcom Fire & Rescue

ZACHARY SCOTT

HALEY URLING-EHINGER

DAVID HANCOCK

SEAN ROBERTS

AARON EBNER

DELANIE WARNE

DARIOUSH KAZEMI-SHIRKADEH

TYE THOMPSON

Firefighter 5 Years

Firefighter 1 Year

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Firefighter 4 Years

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Firefighter 2 Months

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STEVEN LATHAM Firefighter 2 Years

CODY BOWEN Firefighter 1 Year

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A worn or frayed cord should be disposed of.

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FIRE DISTRICT 21 North Whatcom Fire & Rescue

LANE RENSKERS Volunteer Firefighter 20 Years

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Volunteer Firefighter 17 Years

Volunteer Firefighter 10 Years

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DALTON KING

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Volunteer Firefighter 5 Years

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Volunteer Firefighter 1 Year

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BEN SEGURA

NOAH SILVERMAN

JOSH WHEELER

KELLY FREEMAN Human Resources 12 Years

Rehab Volunteer 11 Years

STEPHANIE HOLLSTEIN

MELISSA VAN CLEVE

DALE RUTGERS

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MEL MULLIGAN

Rehab Volunteer 4 Years

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Volunteer Support 44 Years

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Volunteer Support 28 Years

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FIRE DISTRICT 21 North Whatcom Fire & Rescue

GARY QUINTRALL Volunteer Support 25 Years

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Volunteer Support 16 Years

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JOHN LOVATT Mechanic 11 Years

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