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Chipper Days have been cancelled for Fall 2012. AVISTA is no longer accepting the ground up yard waste. The company that hauls the material away is looking for an alternative source, but has not been able to find an acceptable, cost-effective...

Chipper Days have been cancelled for Fall 2012. AVISTA is no longer accepting the ground up yard waste. The company that hauls the material away is looking for an alternative source, but has not been able to find an acceptable, cost-effective...

OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire today announced that an emergency proclamation declaring a State of Emergency and banning all outdoor burning has been extended through midnight Monday, Oct. 15th, and now includes all counties in Washington state....

Stevens Fire District #1 continues to offer free CPR classes to District 1 residents. The classes are designed to help family and neighbors assist each other until fire personnel arrive on scene. The next class is scheduled for Wednesday, October...

Gov. Chris Gregoire has extended the burn ban east of the Cascade crest for another week to help with fire containment efforts. This includes all of Spokane and Stevens County. Outdoor burning is prohibited in all counties east of the mountains...

Fire District 1 is looking for volunteer firefighters. While the Fire District has nearly 50 dedicated volunteers, several areas of the District are critically short. The only station that is...

Fire District #1 personnel continue to respond to calls at a record pace. While a lull just before the Labor Day weekend gave responders a bit of a reprieve, the calls once again picked up as the holiday approached, several of them critical....

Wild fires in central Washington State are continuing to burn, with containment at only 30-40%. Firefighters from the less-dry portions of western Washington were starting to relieve those from...

Fire District 1 firefighters responded to a critical trauma across from the Dirty Shame along 291 in Tum Tum. Fire personnel arrived to find a 32 year-old-male unconscious and unresponsive with shallow respirations. The male had been pulled out of...

Stevens Fire District #1 has recently dispatched two of its members to wildland fires in other states as part of an agreement with the National Forest Service. Last week, Fire District Captain Jason Gallagher was one of 400 firefighters requested to...

The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has raised the fire danger level to high as of July 13th. This comes after only a week of the level being “Moderate.” The “High” level means that dead fuels can ignite quickly and from any...

Fire District 1 personnel continue to respond to a record number of calls. The most recent wave can be attributed to the recent wave of thunderstorms. Responses are up in most other categories as well. The recent wave of thunderstorms brought a high...

Stevens Fire District 1 responded to a garage fire Thursday evening, July 5th caused by fireworks. The attached garage, located on Moriah Drive, sustained minor damage, however, several items in the garage were destroyed and the entire house...

Stevens Fire District #1 recently was denied a $905,000.00 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). The CDBG was going to be used to help pay for 1/3 of the cost to replace the fire station in Suncrest. Only $11 million dollars of CDBG funds were...

Stevens County Fire District 1 is sad to announce the passing of its iconic bear that has stood watch over the District Office in Clayton for the past 15 years. The 6 foot carved wooden bear, that...

Stevens Fire District #1 continues to offer free CPR classes to District 1 residents. The classes are designed to help family and neighbors assist each other until fire personnel arrive on scene. The next class is scheduled for Wednesday, July 11th,...

A recent set of unusual circumstances led to Stevens Fire District #1 firefighters retrieving two bodies from Long Lake. On Sunday, May 6th, Stevens County Dispatch alerted District 1 firefighters from Station 4 in Tum Tum and Station 8 in Suncrest...

The Williams Valley Grange honored members of the local emergency services community on February 11th with a spaghetti dinner. Members of Fire District 1 and Deer Park Ambulance were on hand. The Grange had a small band playing while Grange members...

Stevens County Fire District #1 is inviting the public to a formal presentation from architects Group Mackenzie. They will present their final plans for the fire stations in Suncrest and Loon Lake. District #1 citizens are invited to the District...