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2023 Community Risk Reduction (CRR) Week
Each year, starting with the Martin Luther King holiday, fire departments around the nation support a weeklong campaign to educate communities about...
Call for Pro and Con Committee to Review Levy
Pro and Con Committees Spokane Valley Fire Department is placing before the voters on the February 14, 2023 ballot a proposition authorizing a maintenance and operations excess levy.
SVFD ENGAGES IN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT WITH THE LAUNCH OF SREC
Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) keeps current with today’s technology through continuous improvements with the launch of Spokane Regional Emergency Communications (SREC). Citizens want response and they want it faster. SREC has the potential to improve response times from our First Responders. Going to a single point of intake takes away the need for call transfers with its streamlined and efficient integrated approach to emergency services response.
Research of high performance centers throughout Washington State and other areas in the nation, reveal performance with emergency systems nationwide that use SREC like technology, does provide efficiency in service. Response times and service ability greatly improves in areas where integrated emergency services response is utilized.
To understand current practice of emergency response in the metro area and an overview of what changes SREC will incorporate, watch an interview with County Commissioner Mary Kuney, SVFD Chief Bryan Collins, and Liberty Lake Police Chief, Brian Asmus, here.
Did you Know?
- You can sign up for a station tour. Great for small groups.
- You should replace the batteries in your smoke alarms twice a year.
- Creating a defensible space with regards to wildfires could just save your home or property.
- We have Friends & Family CPR classes every month.