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SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. - Spokane County Fire District 8 is currently accepting applications for Temporary Hourly Firefighters, Resident Firefighters, and Volunteer and Volunteer on Duty Firefighters. Recruitment is open until Friday, March 8, 2013, at 4:00 pm. An applicant orientation will be held Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 7:00 pm at Station 82, 12100 E Palouse Hwy, Valleyford.

Spokane County Fire District 8 provides a full range of services including fire suppression, emergency medical services, fire prevention and investigation, and associated support and maintenance services to 20,206 citizens in a 110 square mile area in south Spokane County. SCFD8 responded to 1,352 incidents in 2011 from four strategically located stations. Each station is staffed twenty-four hours a day with a combination of career, temporary hourly, resident, and volunteer personnel.

Spokane County Fire District 8 operates under the State of Washington laws and codes that govern fire departments and is under the direction of a three person Board of Fire Commissioners.

For additional information and to download an application packet please CLICK HERE

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