# 10     14 New Firefighters graduate from the SVFD Recruit Academy and join the SVFD as Probationary Firefighters

#9        4 SVFD Firefighters graduate from Paramedic School

#8        SVFD is called to 3 interesting fires where jobs, property values, and lives are all saved by SVFD firefighting practices:

1   – Lime Scooter warehouse

2  – Rodda Paint facility

3  – Cannabis Grow Facility in the old Costco Building

#7        SVFD installs hundreds of Smoke Alarms, saving 11 lives!

#6        SVFD maintains a WSRB insurance rating of 2, yielding lower insurance premiums in the community and being a national leader in the Fire Industry

#5        SVFD is nationally known for their ability to Save Lives with their PIT Crew CPR practices yielding above national average success rates

#4        SVFD adds Alternative Response Units (ARU’s) to their fleet for non-life threatening medical emergencies

#3        SVFD continues to be the only Accredited Fire Department east of the cascades and only one of a few in the nation, maintaining consistent quality improvement practices as a standard

#2        SREC is launched for a streamlined dispatch system countywide

#1        THE CITIZENS OF SPOKANE VALLEY, LIBERTY LAKE, MILLWOOD, OTIS ORCHARDS, AND THE UNICORPORATED AREAS SVFD SERVES – VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY TO PASS THE FOUR YEAR LEVY – KEEPING PUBLIC TRUST AND HONORING SAFETY IN THESE COMMUNITIES. 

THANK YOU ALL FOR A VERY SAFE AND HEALTHY 2019

AND, a toast for an even SAFER 2020