Deputy Fire Marshal’s Office The Deputy Fire Marshal’s Office is dedicated to protecting lives, property, and the environment through fire prevention, code enforcement, and fire investigation. Our mission is to reduce the risk of fire and other hazards by promoting safety, ensuring compliance with fire codes, and fostering community awareness. The Cowlitz County Fire Marshal … Read more
Planning Section The Planning Section is supervised by Battalion Chief Cothren, under the direction of Deputy Chief Huff. The Planning Section at Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue is an administrative support team whose members primarily work traditional business hours to provide assistance to smooth department operation. The Deputy Fire Marshal fills a sworn position in … Read more
Health & Safety Emergency response is inherently an unsafe profession, the health and safety section’s goal is to make the responders as safe as possible while still fulfilling the mission. There is more to just the emergency response aspect to health and safety, facilities, maintenance, training, policies and procedures all apply to making the crews … Read more
Hazardous Materials Response Team A Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) Response Team is an important part of the fire service for the members and the citizens they serve, and infrastructure for those departments who serve industry and interstate commerce by water, rail and surface transportation where a high risk/low frequency to a major hazmat incident is probable. … Read more
Finance Our Finance Section is overseen by Finance Director Brandi Ballinger. She has many duties that include budgeting, expenditure oversight, financial reports, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, financing needs for the district and auditing. Our district has continued to grow and operate efficiently, even within an economic environment that has not always been favorable. We … Read more
Emergency Medical Services We are a fully licensed ALS Transport Agency (advanced life support- trauma verified with WA Dept of Health). Our career personnel use three full time ALS ambulances staffed with paramedics and EMTs. There are two back up ambulances available to be used by additional career and volunteer staff. Our ambulances are equipped … Read more
