Crime & Safety

Fire Service Consolidation Meeting Wednesday Open to Public

Edmonds would be affected by the Regional Fire Authority Planning Committee's plans.

The Regional Fire Authority Planning Committee will meet 6 p.m. Wednesday at Lynnwood City Hall, 19100 44th Ave. W.

Brier, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mill Creek, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo, Woodway and Snohomish County Fire Districts 1 and 7 formed the exploratory RFA Planning Committee a year ago.

Since then, the group made up of three elected officials from each jurisdiction has been gathering, analyzing and combining information from each agency on fire-service finances, budgets and operations.

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The planning process is expected to take another year, and if feasible, could culminate in a public vote to create an RFA.

Wednesday's meeting will include a presentation and discussion on how to align finance and service level models for regionalizing fire and emergency medical service.

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The RFA Planning Committee meets the first Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. All meetings are open to the public. The meeting location rotates among participating jurisdictions and is posted on the RFA Planning Committee website: www.rfa-planning.org. Agendas, minutes and planning documents are also available online.


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