Grays Harbor Fire District #2

Thursday 11th of March 2010

Grays Harbor Fire District #2’s mission is to be a leader in providing fire protection, fire prevention, and emergency medical care to the residents of the fire district in order to save lives and property in a socially and ethically responsible manner.

Formed in 1949 the Grays Harbor Fire District #2 provides fire prevention and suppression services, ALS emergency medical aid service, and protection of life and property to residents living within its service boundaries and beyond. It is governed by an elected three-member Board of Commissioners. The District's Fire Chief, 6 full-time firefighter/paramedics, 35 volunteers and 3 Senior Reserves provide fire and emergency medical services to approximately 304 square miles which incumbents Brady, Wynoochee, Central Park and outlying Montesano areas.

No we didnt burn the station down

Written by GHFD2
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 15:06
You may have driven by the Central Park Fire Station sometime during the night on Wednesday, January 27th and saw all of the fire trucks out in the parking lot with hoses laying on the ground, firefighters with gear and packs on running around with smoke coming out of the station doors. You were probably thinking oh my, the fire station is on fire. Well, that was not the case. This was a live training exercise used to test the skills of department fire fighters using realism to prepare us for the real thing. In this particular drill, we used the smoke fog machine to create an environment that is similar to what we might find at an actual working fire; in order to help teach the importance of accountability, keeping track of team members and organization on the fire grounds. One of the most important things a department must have to ensure the safest fire scene is accountability of all personnel there. This drill helped our responders to remember how to do this. Fire District 2 conducts drills at multiple times each month in conjunction with Montesano Fire and each of the firefighter associations. Sometimes these trainings are fire and EMS based classroom classes, realism drills, driving drills or traveling to other agencies for ongoing training. Grays Harbor Fire District #2 adopted the State Firefighter 1 Standard as the minimum standard for all training for the District a few years ago and it takes a lot of dedication for department volunteers to reach the high standard we have set, but all our people are worth it. Photos from this Training Videos from this training
Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 February 2010 20:10

8 Volunteers start EMT Training in January

Written by GHFD2
Monday, 04 January 2010 20:01
The winter EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Class in Grays Harbor County starts this month on the 9th with an all day Saturday class. GH Fire District 2 has 8 volunteers attending the class this year. This is up from 2 that attended last years class. 1 of the volunteers had taken First Responder class last year, One had been an EMT in prior years, with the other 6 new to the EMS service. The district has a few new members that have joined in the last several months, with most having been with the department 6 or more months. This is a great opportunity for volunteers to gain more training, and to be able to better help the community. The EMT class runs 3 days a week for 4 months with members having to put in 8 hours of station time a week, lab time at the hospital and normal department drills and calls. This will be a tremendous task for these volunteers and we wish them all of the best luck.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 January 2010 18:31

Name the RFA

Written by GHFD2
Friday, 18 December 2009 21:27
The planning committee for the RFA effort between Montesano FD and GH Fire Dist 2 had went with a temporary working name in the beginning of the Grays Harbor Regional Fire Authority. Now at last night’s RFA meeting of the Planning Committee it was decided to open the naming of the RFA up to all who have some ideas, none are bad ideas. You have the opportunity to put your idea into the hat by going to www.ghrfa.com and clicking on RFA Name Nominations on the right side of the page under main menu. Fill out the form and hit submit. It will then be given to all the volunteer associations and they each will pick three of their top picks if they wish to do so and those three will be given to the Planning Committee at its January 21st meeting to decide on a formal name. Remember all are welcome to put names into the hat, volunteer’s, career, public, commissioners etc. The more the better.

District Comissioner News

Written by GHFD2
Monday, 04 January 2010 19:53
December 2009 marked many things for the fire district commissioners of District 2. Commissioner Dale Hensley was given a Life Time Award for being a Fire Commissioner for 12 years from the Washington State Fire Commissioners Association. Commissioner Nick Dunjic was presented with an Appreciation Award for all the hard dedicated work for the citizens of Grays Harbor Fire District #2 as a Fire Commissioner for the last 6 plus years from Commissioner Dean and Commissioner Hensley. This was Commissioner Dunjic’s last meeting as a Fire Commissioner. Commissioner Dunjic decided to not re run for his position on the Fire Commissioner for the District this year. So December 2009 was Nick's last month as a Commissioner but will remain on as a district Volunteer. Department Volunteer Mike Hubbard was elected to fill Nick Dunjic's shoes as the new Commissioner as of January 1st 2010.
Last Updated on Thursday, 07 January 2010 02:15

District responds to head on traffic collision

Written by GHFD2
Thursday, 10 December 2009 21:40
On 12/4/09 at approximately 5PM GHFD 2 was dispatched to a 2 car traffic accident that was possibly a head on collision. Deputy Chief Larry Willis arrived on scene and assumed Incident Command with 17 other district volunteers responding in 6 different apparatus's. Montesano Fire Department was on stand by for additional assistance. There was a total of 4 patients with 1 being transported by Airlift from the scene, one transported to Community Hospital and the others released at the scene. To view photos of from this incident Click Here
Last Updated on Thursday, 10 December 2009 21:45