Thank you for your interest in Grant County Fire District 13.  We are a completely volunteer staffed emergency services organization which provides fire suppression, rescue and medical aid response to approximately 130 square miles surrounding the city of Ephrata.

Grant County Fire District 13 has been working very hard to modernize the district's equipment and training.  In the past several years we have undergone some amazing changes.  In 2003 we consolidated two of our outlying stations into a "headquarters" facility.  This allowed us to establish a more centralized meeting point for our firefighters thus reducing our response times.  We were also able to add resident living quarters for up to three firefighters.  In addition we are still in the process of upgrading our entire fleet of apparatus and fire equipment to complete District 13's total upgrade.

Safety and customer service is our mission.  Our firefighters undergo hundreds of hours of training to meet our training requirements.  In addition our call volume and district is continually increasing in population and fire response.  We meet often to train the firefighters to the above recommended standards.  We work to constantly improve our efficiency, interoperability and response.

Grant County Fire District 13 is always seeking the talents of hard working, customer service minded men and women from our community to provide a wide range of fire suppression, rescue, minor hazardous materials assistance and public education to the greater-Grant County Fire District 13 area.  If you are interested in serving your community with GCFD 13 please click on the "Join GCFD13" link.

Grant County Fire District 13 is:

Meeting Tomorrow's Challenges... Today!

Sincerely,

Shane P. Heston                                                                                                                                                                   Fire Chief