SPOFR District Map with Stations
Battalion 3 Boundary Map
South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue
Battalion 6 Boundary Map
South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue – Battalion 6
Battalion 8 Boundary Map
South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue – Battalion 8

District Summary

South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue was established through voter-approved mergers of Pend Oreille Fire Districts No. 3, No. 1, and No. 7 in 2010, followed by the merger with Fire District No. 6 in 2019 and the merger with Pend Oreille Fire District No. 8 in 2022. The service area now includes the Diamond and Sacheen Lake areas, the Camden, Fertile Valley, and Deer Valley areas; the Furport, Bead Lake, and Skookum areas; and the Spring Valley area. In 2024, we began serving the City of Newport under contract. These mergers, along with the addition of Newport, has significantly enhanced our service to the community, allowing us to provide a higher level of care than in previous years.

The 255-square-mile area is now served by nine fire stations and a team consisting of nearly 85 volunteers, along with a career Fire Chief/Paramedic, a 20-year veteran Operations Chief, a Lieutenant Firefighter/Paramedic, three full-time Firefighter/EMTs, three full-time single-role Paramedics, three full-time Firefighter/Paramedics, and two full-time Maintenance Technicians.

South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue remains committed to protecting and serving our community with professionalism, dedication, and continuous improvement. Through ongoing training, strategic growth, and collaboration with local agencies, we strive to enhance emergency response capabilities and ensure the safety of residents and visitors alike. As we move forward, we will continue adapting to the evolving needs of our service area while upholding our mission to provide reliable fire protection, emergency medical services, and disaster response. We proudly serve and stand ready to answer the call whenever our community needs us.

Mission

To proudly serve our community by executing the duties charged to us by our profession. We will continually educate ourselves and use our skills to serve and protect our community, county and country.

Values

  • Professionalism: We strive to be the best at what we do. We perform our jobs to the highest degree of skill and competency. Our appearance and conduct promotes confidence and trust from the public, other Departments, and Honor, Integrity, and Truthfulness) Do the right thing and always encourage others to do the right, honest and ethical things.
  • Honor, Integrity, and Truthfulness: Do the right thing and always encourage others to do the right, honest and ethical things.
  • Respectful: (Attitude, Communication, and Cooperation) Treat others with the same personal and professional consideration we expect for ourselves, promote a can do attitude in everything we do. We are the Best; and success happens through TEAMWORK
  • Balanced: Manage our time for the three most important things; Family, Job and the Fire Department.
  • Educator and Student: Learn from each other, teach, coach and listen. Create an environment where everyone can excel!
  • Initiators and Change Agent: Seek opportunities, use good judgment, accept change, embrace it, initiate it, and do everything better and safer for our partners.
  • Accountable: Know your responsibilities, live up to your commitments!

More About SPOFR

Our members are trained in structural and wildland firefighting, EMS with BLS and ALS transport, hazardous materials response, and vehicle extrication. Our roster includes over 30 certified EMS personnel who provide basic life support (BLS) and advanced life support (ALS) response. Additionally, all our firefighters are trained in advanced first aid and CPR.

Our area consists primarily of a rural-urban interface, which presents occasional challenges in access and response times. In 2024, we responded to approximately 1,163 service calls, 72% of which were EMS-related. We also average about 24 working structure fires per year. To ensure our members maintain their skills, we conduct four to five monthly training drills and countless hours of in-station training.

SPOFR is part of the countywide fire and medical mutual aid agreement.

We participate jointly with other county fire districts in fire safety education offered through the local schools. We participate with Newport High School’s Fire Science course and with DNR by offering a host district for our junior firefighters while they complete their training. Students may become firefighters in both structure and wildland fire fighting. Our District continues to have and encourages its volunteers to participate in fire training programs as well as providing education to the public we serve.

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Calls to Date This Year

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Updated 3/31/25

Emergency Response Log

313 Emergency Calls To-date in 2025

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1163 Emergency Calls To-date in 2024

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825 Emergency Calls in 2023

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