As your newly appointed South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue Chief/Paramedic, I am honored to be here with you this Labor Day Weekend. Our Team depends on our dedicated Staff and Volunteers working over this Holiday weekend as they serve with pride. "In 2023, Washington fire departments responded to 10,418 incidents over Labor Day weekend, resulting [...]
The Commissioners of SPOFR have made a formal job offer to Shane Stocking and he has accepted the position of the next Fire Chief of SPOFR. Shane comes to us with more than 15 years of Fire Service experience. Shane spent time with career Fire Departments in both California and Florida during that time. Shane is [...]
Burning Controls in Pend Oreille County, effective July 10, 2024, from the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office: Effective Wednesday, July 10th, campfires & recreational fires and prescribed burns are prohibited in Pend Oreille County. PEND OREILLE COUNTY BURNING CONTROLS IN EFFECT The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced a ban on campfires, outdoor burning, [...]
South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue wishes to thank Newport Hospital and Health Services for providing a building for us to perform valuable controlled live burn training exercises. This training consisted of search and rescue exercises led by Lieutenant Corey Toombs prior to the controlled burn and the defensive controlled live burn training on June 15th. [...]
NEWPORT, WA – On Saturday June 15th at approximately 10:00 a.m. South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue will conduct a controlled live fire burn training exercise at 200 N. Scott Avenue in cooperation with Newport Hospital and Health Services (NHHS). Scott Avenue between Spruce Street and 1st Street will be closed to through traffic. Additionally, Pine [...]
Notable Events As we look back at the first quarter of 2024, a series of notable events was highlighted at SPOFR. These events are listed below: SPOFR entered into an agreement with Spokane County FD 4 to provide an Interim Chief. Dan Williams, a former Life Flight Paramedic and current Deputy Chief of EMS [...]
South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue wishes to thank the community for their support of our recent SPOFR breakfast. In addition, we wish to thank our donors: Sharp Shooting Indoor Range Darlene Farm for the dairy products US Food Chef store (cash n carry) Healthy Family Insurance Rocking Ranch Quilt makers Pacific Golf and Turf for [...]
Chief Dan Williams said" We are pleased to announce that we have just hired three qualified Firefighter/EMTs to enhance our staffing levels and continue to serve Pend Oreille County with pride. (Pictured left to right: SPOFR Chief Dan Williams, Jake, Titus, and Don in front of a new SPOFR ambulance.) Jake started with the fire service [...]
Breakfast with SPOFR Auxiliary Saturday, April 13, 7-11 a.m. Station 34 at Jermain and Fertile Valley Join us for Pancakes, Breakfast Burritos, Biscuits & Gravy, Eggs, Hashbrowns, Bacon, Sausage, Coffee, Tea, Juice and Milk. $7.00 per person Proceeds benefit South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue Volunteers. A shuttle is available between the fire hall and parking [...]
The Board of Commissions for South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue wishes to thank Pat McCarthy, State Auditor, for completing our recent Washington State audit for the period from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2022. This report indicates SPOFR complied 100%. The results from this current audit state, as described in Page 4, “This report [...]
