My Everett News

Fire District 1 serves people living in unincorporated Snohomish County south of the Everett City Limits. You’ll often see their rigs in Everett providing mutual aid. There are also many areas in south Everett that are served by both FD1 and the Everett Fire Department depending on which side of the road you are on. […]

Fire District 1 which serves the areas south of the Everett city limits is expanding its public outreach and education programs. Just got this in from Leslie Hynes at Fire District 1. Snohomish County Fire District 1 has hired Kristen Thorstenson as a community resource specialist, focusing on emergency medical services prevention and education programs. […]

People living in the unincorporated areas of south Everett may be asked to change the way they pay for fire services. Currently property owners within Snohomish County Fire District 1 are asked to approve levies to fund fire protection and each is assessed the same percentage of their property’s value. Under the fire benefit charge, […]

Crews from Fire District 1 were called to the 12200 Block of Nels Peters Road shortly before 7am Saturday to a report of a mobile home on fire. Leslie Hynes, spokesperson for Fire District 1, said that when crews arrived they found heavy smoke coming from the home. A couple live in the home and […]

Leslie Hynes of Fire District 1 has the details on a New Year’s Fire that displaced more than a dozen people early this morning… Two residents were evaluated for smoke inhalation at an early-morning apartment fire south of Everett that caused more than $200,000 damage and displaced 14 people. Residents of the Hampton Court apartments […]

A three-year old girl was transported to Harborview hospital Saturday morning after falling more than 10 feet out of an apartment window. Leslie Hynes from Fire District 1 provides the details… Firefighters were called at 10:24 a.m. to the 1200 block of 113th St. SW where the girl fell more than 10 feet from the […]

The Solid Waste Management Facility at Paine Field in South Everett was closed today following a spill of unknown material. According to Leslie Hynes, Spokesperson for Fire District 1, around 12:25pm three 55 gallon drums were dropped from the upper loading area to the lower area. One of the drums opened and an unknown liquid […]

Fire District 1, which serves the unincorporated area of south Everett as well as south Snohomish County, Brier, Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace and Woodway has announced 4 Firefighters have been issued notice of possible layoffs next month. Here’s the press release sent out by Fire District 1…   FOUR FIREFIGHTERS FACE POTENTIAL LAYOFFS AT FIRE DISTRICT […]

Fire District 1, which serves the unincorporated area south of Everett and down to the King-Snohomish County line, has announced a series of staffing cuts to offset a $3 million dollar funding gap in their 2012 budget. Nine administrative positions have been eliminated through a combination of retirements and layoffs that take effect this month, […]