| Can I arrange for a
station tour? |
| Yes. Interested parties can
call 509-754-3276 or e-mail
webmaster@grant13firerescue.org. Please put
"Dist 13 Station Tour" in the subject line of the
e-mail. Please leave a message with the
number of individuals in your party and the time you
wish to come if you can not reach a firefighter.
While we can not guarantee your day and time will be met
we will work with you to set up a tour on a day that
will work. We request that there be at least one
adult for every five juveniles attending. The
tours can be tailored for a specific reason if needed.
Tours very in length but are generally about an hour
depending on your group size. |
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| What should I do when I
see an emergency vehicle with lights and siren
approaching? |
| The Revised Code of Washington
(RCW) requires that you pull to the right and stop.
You may be issued a traffic infraction if you do not.
Do not slam on the brakes and stop in the middle of the
road when you see apparatus approaching. Make no sudden
moves. Simply slow, pull to the right and stop.
Do not tailgate, or follow an emergency vehicle too
closely, or attempt to race ahead of an emergency
apparatus in an attempt to benefit from the traffic
cleared by its lights and siren. It is also a
traffic infraction to follow closer than 500 feet to
responding emergency apparatus.
Most importantly pull to the RIGHT
and stop. Never pull to the left.
Moving your vehicle to the left can create an
unnecessary risk to you and to emergency personnel.
This can also result in a collision with the responding
apparatus and will delay personnel in their response to
the original emergency. |
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| Why do I see fire
apparatus go through an intersection with lights and
siren activated and then see them turn them off? |
| Lights and siren are only used
when responding to an emergency call. Apparatus
responding to calls are often canceled by the first
arriving unit once it is determined that the call is not
actually an emergency. |
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| Why do
firefighters break windows and cut holes in roofs when
the fire is inside the building? |
| Interior fires create a
tremendous amount of smoke and heat. Firefighters break
windows and cut holes in roofs to ventilate or remove
these fire products to reduce the heat and improve
visibility for firefighters attempting to rescue trapped
victims and to facilitate extinguishing the fire.
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| Do you get cats or other
pets out of trees or off of telephone poles? |
| No it is best to put
the pets food at the bottom of the pole or tree and wait
for the pet to get down on its own. |
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| Why are some fire trucks
red and others safety green? |
| Red fire trucks belong to the
City of Ephrata Fire Department while Grant County Fire
District 13 utilizes safety green fire trucks.
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| Why do I see fire
department vehicles driving after business hours? |
| Command units carry vital
equipment for incident command and safety. The fire
department duty officers are required to respond quickly
to emergencies 24 hours a day. That means they must be
with their command unit at all times, allowing immediate
response. Response would be delayed if the duty officer
would have to leave his home in his personal vehicle to
go and get the command vehicle parked at the fire
station. |
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| Where can I find burning
information and restrictions? |
| Pleas see the "Burning
Information" section of our website. |
