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A press release from the Everett Fire Department today regarding promotion of a long-time member of the department to the rank of assistant chief. Everett Fire Department Chief Dave DeMarco has named Mike Calvert as the new assistant chief of operations following the retirement of Jeff Edmonds. Calvert started his assistant chief role on Sept. […]

To mark the start of Fire Prevention Week the Everett Fire Department held an open house at Fire Station 5. Hundreds turned out of the course of four and a half hours to check out displays, practice an escape plan, see demonstrations of high performance CPR and tools used to free people trapped in vehicles. […]

Does your family have an escape plan for household emergencies? Want to learn how to develop one? You’ll have an opportunity Sunday to do just that and more as the Everett Fire Department is holding an open house at Fire Station 5 on the corner of Madison and Beverly Boulevard. Here’s more from a reminder […]

Back in June we featured Congressman Rick Larsen’s visit to Everett Fire Station 6 in south Everett to learn firsthand about the various calls that make that station the busiest in the city by annual call volume. Tuesday the City of Everett, Washington announced the Everett Fire Department had successfully won the grant which will […]

Editor’s note: For those who don’t have Facebook we wanted to pass along this announcement from Everett Fire regarding the department’s newest Paramedics. That’s a lot of hard work. Look at those smiles! Those smiles represent accomplishment, dedication, and determination! Congratulations to Taylor Cannon, Mark Farrar, and Jakob Lundy, who all graduated from the Medic […]

A reminder that the Everett Fire Department is having an open house and the “rolling-in” of their new ladder truck. Here are all the details. The Everett Fire Department invites the public to join fire personnel at the rolling-in ceremony for its new ladder truck on Monday, July 29 at 6:30 p.m. at Fire Station […]

The City of Everett, Washington has been chosen as one of the first cities in the nation to participate in a study of life-safety and fire risks down to the block-level in the city. Here’s more in a message received today from the Everett Fire Department. The Everett Fire Department is among the first 25 […]

June is widely recognized as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. The Everett Fire Department has placed PRIDE decals on many of their rigs. Yesterday Everett Firefighter Ryan Randall Coffey posted the following on his Facebook Page. It has been widely shared and I asked him if we could post it here for those […]

The Everett Fire Department has put special decals on their rigs to mark Pride month. We asked Everett Fire Chief Dave DeMarco about the decals. The display of the pride decal for the month of June is a statement of inclusion. It falls in line with our chosen values statements, one of which is respect. […]

The busiest fire station in the city of Everett, Washington in terms of annual call volume is Station 6 which is located on Evergreen Way in south Everett. Last Saturday Congressman Rick Larsen toured the station and talked with crew members about what additional staffing would mean. Everett Fire has applied for a SAFER (Staffing […]