The Enumclaw Fire Department and King County Fire District #28 currently fall under the direction of The City of Enumclaw and the elected board of fire commissioners.
Annexation is really a common sense measure reducing the number of people involved in the administration of The Fire Department, resulting in streamlining The Fire Department and improving it’s effectiveness within the community. Annexation would allow The Fire District to focus on it’s main responsibility, which is to provide a cost effective level of service to all citizens in the city and the fire district. Another advantage for annexation is that state laws provide distinct taxing advantages for fire districts. These resources continue to generate funding mechanisms which will stabilize and secure a level of service. The cities of Maple Valley, Sumner, Puyallup, and Orting have already annexed to their local fire districts to take advantage of more simplistic forms of government.
Through this annexation process The City of Enumclaw would become a part of Fire District #28, which will help in developing one cost effective department which would be responsible for fire protection, emergency services and rescue operations.
Statement submitted by: Larry Jensen (360-825-5332), Rick Cardoza (360-825-0169) and Lane Weathers