WA DNR to Donate Surplus Fire Engines to Rural Fire Districts

Using a surplus equipment program authorized by the legislature 8 years ago, The Department of Natural Resources will be donating engines to rural fire districts.

  DNR donates them through the Fire District Assistant Program

The program allows transfer of ownership to rural fire districts at no cost to them. The specific districts where they will go was not yet listed.

According to DNR, there's also a Federal program, the Federal Excess Property Program which allows districts to access Forest Service engines as well.

Last year, DNR distributed 14 engines. Some of the criteria they use to determine where they go include:

• "Wildfire Prone Area
• Mutual aid response agreements with DNR
• Volunteer firefighter membership
• District Budget
• Average Annual Wildfire Responses
• Districts that have not received an engine in the last five years are first priority. *Decks are excluded*
• Additional criteria may also be utilized"

The distribution will be done shortly.