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July 6, 2008 - Sunday
"We Are You"
Cowlitz County Fire District #5 is a combination fire and emergency medical services department operating out of three
stations and covering the Kalama area including Industrial and rural areas surrounding Kalama. A three member Board
of Commissioners oversees the District. Currently, the District has eight full time employees: Fire Chief, 3 Paramedics,
3 Firefighter-EMT's, 1 District Secretary and 1 part time Administrative Assistant. At this time 24 volunteers complete
our ranks.
The District shares a boundary with Cowlitz 2 Fire and Rescue on the North, Cowlitz District #1 on the South and East
and the West boundary is the Columbia River.
We respond to mitigate over 800 emergency incidents annually in a 62.5 square mile area and serve a population of just
over 5,357 residents with a large industrial community.
Our department provides fire control and prevention services, public education, emergency medical services, vehicular
rescue, marine fire control and rescue, technical low to high angle rope rescue and confined space rescue.
Our fire and EMS operations are entirely self sufficient through tax revenues and user fees and operate without special
levies or bond issues.
We currently operate three class 1 fire engines, one medium rescue, two tenders, two advanced life support ambulances,
two brush engines, one technical rescue trailer, a foam trailer, one fire boat, one support vehicle, and two command units.
Fire personnel are trained at either the Washington State Firefighter I or equivalent level.
We are licensed by the State of Washington as an advanced life support trauma verified service.
Mission Statement
The mission of CCFD5 is to improve the quality of life of our citizens by progressively providing a highly trained, customer
oriented emergency response service and to respond effectively to disasters and hazards to life and property.
Has been rejuvenated and is back better than ever. The Executive Board of Northwest Fire Training Group,
understand and realize the need for emergency services to have a one stop location for finding emergency
services training around the state and across the nation. Having to view multiple web sites to stay attuned
to available training can be a daunting task.
So Cowlitz County Fire District No 5 has joined efforts with Northwest Fire Training Group in making it easier to locate
valuable training, by cross connecting our website directly to the central training database managed by
Northwest Fire Training Group. This effort truly supports and moves towards establishing a one stop location
for locating the valuable training needed to accomplish our jobs.
To view the ClassWatch Training Event Calendar, click on the logo above.
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