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<br />Marian Meadows Rezone and Subdivision Final Environmental Impact Statement 3-140 <br />3.4.2 Public Services - Fire Protection <br />1 What fire protection facilities and services are currently provided in the area? <br />Kittitas Fire District No. 3 serves the proposal area, which is part of a 12-square-mile service area shown <br />on the map in Figure 3-21. It has mutual response agreements with nearby fire districts. The district is <br />entirely manned by volunteers and has a part-time chief. The district has 14 active volunteers at present, <br />four of which live and work near the community. The total fire district budget is $89,500 of which about <br />37 percent is an assessment to repay bonds for purchase of equipment. <br />The district has a single fire station west of the BNSF Railroad near I-90, Exit 71. The station was <br />constructed in 1992. Equipment includes a 2004 pumper with a pumping capacity of 3,200 gallons per <br />minute (gpm), a 1994 2,650-gallon pumper with a 750-gpm pump, a 1990 4,000-gallon tender with a 750- <br />gpm pump, and a 1991 one-ton brush truck. The district also has a 2000 aid car used for emergency <br />medical response. <br />Annual fire responses between 2004 and 2007 ranged between 10 and 29 with property loss between <br />$34,000 and $500,000 (State Fire Marshall 2008). <br />Training and experience of the volunteers varies greatly. Two of the volunteers are certified Emergency <br />Medical Technicians (EMTs). <br />Wildland fire protection and suppression on all state-owned and private forest and range lands in <br />unincorporated Kittitas County is the responsibility of the DNR. These responsibilities include: <br /> Suppressing wildfires; <br /> Regulating outdoor burning and industrial operations on forest lands; and <br /> Providing landowner assistance by inspecting and offering advice on fire-prone rural property. <br />DNR cooperates with other agencies in mutual aid, prevention, and education. However, county rural fire <br />districts’ obligations are limited to protecting improved property and structures, whereas federal agencies’ <br />responsibilities are limited to federally managed land under their jurisdiction.