Mount Vernon Professional Fire Fighters

12/15/2025

We have another weather system coming in starting tonight.
Prepare supplies and expect for heavy wind and rain.
It is expected that we will see many trees come down. If you don’t have to be out, please stay indoors and safe while crews continue to work.

12/12/2025

Please refrain from flying personal drones.
Crews need clear air space for emergency operations.

🚫 URGENT: Temporary Flight Restriction in Effect

Skagit County is reminding all residents that a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) is currently in place. This means personal drones are NOT allowed to be flown in the affected area.

When personal drones are in the air, official emergency drones cannot operate safely. These aircraft are being used for life safety, damage assessment, and emergency response, and unauthorized drones interfere with critical operations.

If you own a drone:
➡️ Do NOT launch it during this emergency.
➡️ Keep the airspace clear for first responders.

Thank you for helping keep our community — and our emergency crews — safe.

12/11/2025

Level 3 evacuation
Go Now!

12/10/2025

Current projections are very concerning. If they are accurate, many areas in and around the city, and the county, will experience significant flooding, with the peak expected Friday morning at around 4am.

A few, very important reminders.
1. If you encounter water over the road, do not drive through it.
2. Prepare a go bag of medications and important documents.
3. If you’re asked to evacuate, please do. If you choose to stay you’re not only endangering your life, but those you call to save you.

We are closely monitoring the projections and are preparing for the worst case scenario. You can help by following recommendations and not putting yourself in dangerous situations.

11/27/2025

🚒🦃 Happy Thanksgiving from the your Mount Vernon Firefighters and Paramedics 🦃🚒

This season, we’re especially grateful for our incredible community and the honor of serving you every day. While you celebrate with family and friends, our crews remain ready to respond—keeping Mount Vernon safe around the clock.

From our firehouse to your home, we wish you a warm, joyful, and safe Thanksgiving! ❤️🔥

11/20/2025

We want to say a heartfelt thank you to our citizens for supporting us with Prop 1.

If you haven’t heard by now Prop 1 passed! With this support we can ensure that we have an Engine and Ambulance staffed at station 3.

Here is what you can expect to see next:
Interview and offer positions off of our current hiring list.
Send the new hires to Fire Academy which is tentatively scheduled for a January start (Provided all the interviews, offers, background checks and psychological assessments are completed and vetted in time)
After the 3 month academy, provided all the recruits graduate, finish the on boarding process and 3rd rider training.

So there is a lot of work to do, but our goal is to get Station 3 staffed up by summer or fall of 2026.

Again, thank you! Without your support this would not have been possible!!

11/13/2025

After decades of serving his community, our Brother, Evan with Anacortes Professional Firefighters needs our support.

On 11/5/2025, Evan received news no person is prepared to hear - he was diagnosed … Justin Boyle needs your support for Support Evan's Battle Against Leukemia

11/04/2025

Ballots are due today! Make sure to support us by voting yes on Prop 1! Help us better serve you! Prop 1 will increase staffing, allowing us to no longer cross staff the Engine and Ambulance at Station 3. This will reduce response times and increase our ability to get 4 firefighters on scene within 5 minutes to over 80% of the city!

For more information please visit Mountvernonwa.gov and look for the levy lid lift link.

11/03/2025

This sight is increasingly common, all three Medic units for the city assigned on incidents at the same time. This equates to half of the city’s fire department being unavailable. Prop 1 aims to add staffing, allowing us to ensure we have two Engines and one Ladder staffed. This added staffing would decrease response times throughout the city and ensure that the closest unit would be available to respond to your emergency!

Ballots are due tomorrow, if you haven’t voted yet please support us so we can better serve you!

For more information please visit Mountvernonwa.gov and look for the levy lid lift link.

10/31/2025

We want to announce that due to our minimum daily staff of 11, anyone dressed up as a firefighter for Halloween will be required to fill a shift at their closest fire station!

All jokes aside, we hope you all have a safe and happy Halloween!

If you haven’t voted yet, you still have the opportunity to show us your support on Prop 1! Help us better serve you by adding more firefighters per day!

For more information please visit Mountvernonwa.gov and look for the levy lid lift link.

10/29/2025

The 11 firefighters and Paramedics in the photo above shows the minimum daily staffing level for your Mount Vernon Fire. The 11 people staff one dedicated Engine, one dedicated Ladder two dedicated Ambulances, one cross staffed Engine / Ambulance and one Battalion Chief. These units cover the 13 square mile city of 36,000 residents and provide the primary EMS transport service for numerous surrounding communities. These 6 units respond to 8,500 incidents per year as well as completing thousands of businesses inspections and keeping our skills sharp with thousands of hours of continuing training.

A yes vote on Prop 1 would add two more firefighters to this photo. They would staff an Engine and increase the level of fire protection for the city, allowing us to better handle the average 23 incident responses per day.

For more information please visit Mountvernonwa.gov and look for the levy lid lift link.