35.103.010 – Intent.

RCW 35.103.010 Intent. The legislature intends for city fire departments to set standards for addressing the reporting and accountability of substantially career fire departments, and to specify performance measures applicable to response time objectives for certain major services. The legislature acknowledges the efforts of the international city/county management association, the international association of fire chiefs, […]

35.103.020 – Definitions.

RCW 35.103.020 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Advanced life support” means functional provision of advanced airway management, including intubation, advanced cardiac monitoring, manual defibrillation, establishment and maintenance of intravenous access, and drug therapy. (2) “Aircraft rescue and firefighting” means the firefighting actions taken […]

35.103.030 – Policy statement—Service delivery objectives.

RCW 35.103.030 Policy statement—Service delivery objectives. (1) Every city and town shall maintain a written statement or policy that establishes the following: (a) The existence of a fire department; (b) Services that the fire department is required to provide; (c) The basic organizational structure of the fire department; (d) The expected number of fire department […]

35.103.040 – Annual evaluations—Annual report.

RCW 35.103.040 Annual evaluations—Annual report. (1) Every city and town shall evaluate its level of service and deployment delivery and response time objectives on an annual basis. The evaluations shall be based on data relating to level of service, deployment, and the achievement of each response time objective in each geographic area within the jurisdiction […]

35.103.050 – Maintenance of response times in newly annexed areas—Firefighter transfers.

RCW 35.103.050 Maintenance of response times in newly annexed areas—Firefighter transfers. Cities and towns conducting annexations of all or part of fire protection districts shall, at least through the budget cycle, or the following budget cycle if the annexation occurs in the last half of the current budget cycle, in which the annexation occurs, maintain […]

35.103.060 – Hazardous material cleanup or removal—Cost recovery.

RCW 35.103.060 Hazardous material cleanup or removal—Cost recovery. (1) A municipal fire department, or department, is entitled to recover from any liable party the actual costs associated with the cleanup or removal of hazardous waste and other hazardous materials, including debris or vehicle operating fluids, when responding to a vehicle accident on private or public […]