Welcome to our new website
Pride, Courage, Honor, Dedication
I am Chief Jay Foster and it has been my honor to lead this district and it’s awesome group of volunteers for the last 14 years . When I took over in 2007 we had three volunteers and very limited resources. Some of the problems we faced were manpower, equipment, funding and a bigger station.
We have met several goals one being a lower insurance rating from a 9 to a 8A. The lower the number the better the rating. Our next insurance rating goal is the tender credit which would reduce us to a 8. FD5’s next goal we have met is much newer airpacks. We got a donation of newer units from Newman Lake Fire / Rescue. We are working on a light to medium duty rescue vehicle donated to us from Pend Oreille Fire District 4. POCFD-5 will be running two full class A pumpers to structure fires for the first time in the history of our district. We can only do this for the summer do to limited space at Station 51. POCFD-5 will continue to strive to be the best it can be within our budget limitations.
Currently we are looking possibly opening a Station 53 in the Blueslide / Ruby Creek area next Summer. This would be a rapid attack summer station. We are already training new members to help man this station.
Chief Foster is recruiting volunteers You learn a new skill set and save lives and property. You must be a life long learner and there are always new things to learn and practice the old ones. If you live in Fire District 5 or within 5 miles of our boundary and would like to join a great team of people then call or e-mail me Chief Jay Foster at 509-671-2286 or chief@pofd5.org Thank you for viewing our website.