Clark County Fire Protection District 6

8800 NE Hazel Dell Avenue

Vancouver, WA 98665

360-576-1195

www.ccfd6.org

General Information

Incorporation: Fire District 6 was established in 1954 by a vote of the citizens of the community.

Voting District: Felida, Salmon Creek, Hazel Dell and the Clark County Fairgrounds area.

Mission: Dedicated to excellence in protecting and serving our community through innovation in leadership, education, and training.

Form of Government

Elected commission.

Elected Officials

Clark County Fire Protection District 6 is governed by three elected Fire Commissioners who serve staggered six year terms. Commissioners must live within the boundaries of Fire District 6.

Board members of Clark County Fire District 6 carry a great deal of responsibility.

The Board manages the affairs of the fire protection district and obtains facilities, equipment and personnel to perform the services provided by the district.The Board establishes the level of services provided.The Board establishes policies under which the district operates.The Board insures the district operates within statutory requirements.
The Board selects the Fire Chief and delegates authority to manage day-to-day operations of the Fire District.

Position 1

Dick Spring

Term expires 12/31/2011

Position 2

Dean Bloemke

Term expires 12/31/2013

Position 3

Casey M. Collins

Term expires 12/31/2015

Board Secretary

Richard T. Streissguth

Engagement Opportunities

Fire Commissioners meet on the first and third Tuesday of every month at the main fire station located at 8800 NE Hazel Dell Avenue. Meetings begin at 7:30 p.m. in the northwest corner of the fire station. These meetings are open to the public.
Clark County Fire Protection District 6 offers public education workshops and seminars for residents of the district. For more information, visit the Fire District’s website.

Staff

Jerry Green, fire chief
Bill Cline, assistant chief of administration

Notes of Special Interest

Fire District 6 strives to provide it's citizens with around-the-clock fire protection in the form of one immediately available three-person engine crew at each of its three stations. An additional crew of at least 2 persons responds on rescue apparatus. Augmented by a strong volunteer force, and led by at least one chief officer, we can field a total of nine engines, one aerial-ladder apparatus, one air-supply unit, one rescue/brush fire unit, one brush fire unit, command vehicles, and a boat. Coupled with long-standing mutual-aid agreements with all other Clark County Fire agencies, we know we can successfully accomplish our mission.
Our career firefighters and officers are trained to a minimum of Washington State Emergency Medical Technician. Twenty-two of those career personnel are state certified Advanced Life Support (ALS) Paramedics. We provide ALS services on each of our three career-staffed engines, as well as our rescue vehicle, at all times. Volunteer personnel are medically trained to a minimum First-Responder level, and many are EMTs as well. Through the highest training standards, state-of-the-art equipment, the skills and dedication of our personnel, and a modern emergency care delivery system, the department provides the best service available.
"Technical rescue" is a special skills area of the fire service that focuses on the application of specific knowledge, skills, and equipment to safely resolve unique and/or complex rescue situations. Examples include: rescues from confined spaces, trench collapse, water emergencies, structural collapse, and rescuing people trapped above or below grade or in other challenging situations.
The formation of a functional, multi-disciplined, technical rescue team requires careful planning, a large time commitment from the team members, equipment research and acquisition, risk analysis, training, and funding. The training demands of such personnel are particularly challenging due to the time commitment that is necessary to develop and maintain the necessary special skills.
The Southwest Washington, Region 4 Technical Rescue Team is a group of personnel having the advanced training and special equipment to safely and efficiently conduct technical rescue operations. The Regional team consists of firefighters from Fire District 6 and Vancouver Fire Department.
The regional team is available to respond to incidents in Washington state Region 4 including Clark, Skamania, Cowlitz, and Wahkiakum Counties. The Southwest Washington team may also respond to the Urban Area Security Initiative area including Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas Counties in Oregon as well as Clark County. The Department of Homeland Security has assisted in funding the specialized equipment seen here. Their expertise has contributed to several recent safe rescues.
There are several levels of hazardous materials emergency response training available within the state of Washington. Fire District 6 personnel are trained to the "First Responder Operations" level, which is defined as follows: "First responders at the operations level are members who respond to releases or potential releases of hazardous substances as part of the initial response to the site for the purpose of protecting nearby persons, property, or the environment from the effects of the release. They are trained to respond in a defensive fashion without actually trying to stop the release." Additionally, All of our Battalion Chiefs are trained to the "Hazardous Materials On Scene Incident Commander" level which is defined as: "The person in overall command of an emergency incident. This person is responsible for the direction and coordination of the response effort. If a hazardous materials response team is on site, tactics will be implemented by the Incident Commander after consultation with the Hazardous Materials Response Team." Hazardous Materials Response Teams are available through mutual aid agreements from Vancouver Fire Services or Portland Fire Bureau.
Fire District 6 has a strong commitment to our fire prevention program, and we employ a wide variety of tools and techniques to deliver our message. Fire prevention education is available to all age groups.
Fire District 6 is an original member of the Maritime Fire Safety Association (MFSA), which was formed in 1982 after the grain ship Protector Alpha caught fire at the Port of Kalama, Washington and was declared a total loss.