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Yeah, they are doing that every where now do to NIMS they want every one to be alike in case of mutal aid they've also changed the apperatis numbers ours used to be for example ( 345 was 3 = District 4 = Station 5 = Tender) they've kept the district numbers and station numbers and drop'd apperatis numbers but now they just say what type of apperatis like Aid 32 3 = district 2 = station, Engine 33 3 = District 3 = Station Ect Ect, give them a few months and they all will probably change again..

Is apperatis numbering going to happen in King County

I, don't know renton, all i heard in my fire training is they were talking about this going on all over the place, it might just be out here in clallam county but i heard on the scanner jefferson county useing the two number system. but it wouldn't surprise me to see them doing this all over the U.S, it sounds like a pretty good idea..

Snohomish County got rid of the three digit numbering system about 10 years ago. The County numbered every fire station in the county from 1 to 99 . Some Depts. were able to keep there origional numbers like Everett and Fire District 7.

right, we've been using the station numbers and district numbers for years they just finaly did away with the apperatis numbers that they were using for years, so yes we are down to the two number system, i think it's going to continue through out the U.S from what i hear. any one else using the two number system that you know of firedawg?? other then Snohomish

Whatcom County will be switching to the two digit numbers very soon. Most apparatus already have them, however on the radio they are still using the old numbers.

It will be like Sno Co. each station in the county numbered with corresponding apparatus.

I'm sorry I did not make myself clear, Snohomish County startinging with Everett Fire Stations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, with apparatus numbered the same. The first Dept. with 2 digits is Edmonds Station 10, Apparatus assigned, same number. Snohomish County Fire District 7 boarders the following and does Automatic Aid & Mutual Aid with the following Depts. and they all have differant numbers. Snohomish County Fire District 1, Everett Fire, Snohomish County Fire District 10, Bothell Fire, Woodinville Fire, Snohomish County Fire District 3, Snohomish County Fire District 4, and DNR.

The County just picked a Dept to start, and Everett being one of the bigest in the county. District 7 kept there numbers, a Dept like District 3 & 4 30's and 40's made sence. So lake Stevens Fire District 8 would have Stations and Apparatus numbered in the 80's.

King County uses the two digit numbering system with the exception of Seattle and Bellevue.

Snohomish County
Everett Fire Department
Stations 1-7

Fire District #1
Station 11 Mariner (Headquarters and Administation)
Station 12 Hilton Lake
Station 13 Silver Firs
Station 18 Mountake Terrace/Brier
Station 19 Mountlake Terrace
Station 21 Martha Lake
Station 22 Hilltop
Station 23 Serene Lake

Lynwood Fire Department
Stations 14, 15

Edmonds Fire Department
Stations 16, 17 and 20

Mukilteo Fire Department
Stations 24, 25

Snohomish County Airport
Station 26

Hat Island Fire Department
Station 27

Naval Station Everett
Station 29

Boeing Everett
Station 30

Monroe Fire Department
Stations 31, 32

Oso Fire Department
Station 37

Darrington Fire Department
Stations 38, 39

Snohomish Fire Department
Stations 40-43

Arlington Fire Department
Stations 46, 47

Arlington Heights Fire Department
Station 49

Sultan Fire Department
Station 51

Gold Bar Fire Department
Stations 53, 54

Index Fire Department
Station 55

Tulalip Bay Fire Department
Station 60

Marysville Fire District
Station 61 Headquarters
Station 62 Shoultes
Station 63 Midway
Station 65 Lake Goodwin
Station 6? Sunnyside future station

Getchell Fire Department
68, 69

Clearview Fire Department
Station 71 Clearview
Station 72 Fernwood
Station 73 Bear Creek
Station 74 Maltby
Station 75 Lost Lake
Station 76 Mill Creek
Station 77 Gold Creek

Lake Stevens Fire Department
Station 81 Downtown Lake Stevens
Station 82 Frontier Village
Station 83 Machias

Lake Roesiger Fire Department
Station 85

Granite Falls Fire Department
Station 86 Burn Road
Station 87 Granite Avenue

Robe Valley Fire Department
Station 89

Bryant Fire Department
Stations 90-92

Silvana Fire Department
Stations 94, 95

Freeborn Warm Beach Fire Department
Stations 96, 97

Stanwood Fire Department
Station 99

Very Good eriksdaddy! on your last post. Also keep in mind that some of these Depts. have future Station numbers reserved that have yet been assigned for future grwth.

The only reason Bellevue is not a two digit numbering system is because they are the same example as Everett, they start at Number 1, and the numbering system goes in numerical order North and arround Lake Washington to the South to Shoreline.

Shoreline is in the 60's but has nothing to do with what Dept. they are. They are King County Fire District # 4

SOUTH KING COUNTY

Renton Fire Department
Stations 11-14, 16

North Highline Fire Department
Stations 18, 19

Fire District 20 (Skyway, Lakeridge)
Stations 21, 22

Burien Fire Department
Stations 28, 29

Valley Regional Fire Authority
Stations 31-33, 38

Fire District 40 (Fairwood, Spring Glen)
Stations 41, 42

Seatac Fire Department
Station 45 Angle Lake Headquarters
Station 46 McMicken Heights
Station 47 Riverton Heights

Tukwila Fire Deparment
Stations 51-54

Vashon/Maury Island Fire Department
Stations 55-59

South King Fire and Rescue
Stations 26, 61-66, 68

Kent Fire Department
Stations 71-77

Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety
Station 80 Maple Valley Headquarters
Station 81 Maple Valley
Station 82 Ravensdale
Station 83 Play-Mor
Station 84 Maple Valley Heights
Station 85 Hobart
Station 86 Storage Facility Future Station

Fire District 47 (Palmer, Selleck)
Stations 88, 89

Mountain View Fire and Rescue
Stations 91-99

Seattle Fire Department
Stations 2, 3, 5, 6, 8-11, 13, 14, 16-18, 20-22, 24-41, HMC

EAST KING COUNTY

Bellevue Fire Department
Station 1 Downtown/West Bellevue
Station 2 Eastgate/Lake Hills/ West Lake Sammamish
Station 3 Crossroads/Northeast Bellevue
Station 4 Factoria/Somerset
Station 5 Northwest Bellevue
Station 6 Bridle Trails/Wilburton
Station 7 Wilburton/Woodridge
Station 8 Eastgate/Cougar Mountain
Station 9 Newport

Redmond Fire Department
Stations 11-13, 15, 16, 18

Kirkand Fire Department
Stations 21, 22, 24-27

Woodinville Fire and Life Safety
Station 31 Headquarters
Station 33 Bear Creek
Station 34 Kingsgate
Station 35 Cottage Lake

Bothell Fire and EMS
Station 42 Downtown
Station 44 Queensborough
Station 45 Canyon Park

Northshore Fire Department
Station 51 Headquarters Kenmore
Station 57 Lake Forest Park

Duvall Fire Department
Station 66 Headquarters Downtown Duvall
Station 67 Big Rock Road
Station 68 Mountain View Road
Station 69 Lake Marcel

Eastside Fire and Rescue
Headquarters Newport/Issaquah (not assigned a station number)
Station 71 Issaquah
Station 72 Issaquah
Station 73 Issaquah
Station 74 Preston
Station 75 Sunset
Station 76 Mirrormont
Station 78 Coalfield
Station 79 May Valley
Station 81 Sammamish
Station 82 Sammamish
Station 83 Sammamish
Station 85 Carnation
Station 86 Lake Joy
Station 87 North Bend
Station 88 Wilderness Rim

Mercer Island Fire Division
Stations 91 and 92

Note: Kitsap County also uses the 2 digit numbering system.

Oops forgot Shoreline Fire Stations 61-65

GREAT post from ericsdaddy. Very informative to someone new to the area! Say... will you take it one step further and post which talkgroups each station is dispatched on. I'm concerned mostly w/ Everett and south to include Lynnwood, Mukilteo, Edmonds, MLT etc.

I know I've found all the TG's but the channel assignments are confusing to me as some are dispatched on TAC channels... dispatch five, West response... East Response. I haven't quite "got it" yet.

Am I the only one who thinks the county fire districts/dispatch assignments could have been aranged much better than they currently are? Must make mutual aid a pain in the back end.

Thanks in advance!

Not quite correct. City of Snoqualmie is Station 281. Fall City is Station 271. Snoqualmie Pass is Station 291. Skykomish is Stations 295 and 296. Some of these numbers are from back when Control 10 existed. Fall City was originally Station 171, Snoqualmie Station 181, etc. Then when Zone 2 was created, they went up to 271, 281. Originally they used four digit numbers, so Engine 271 was "2711" and Aid 271 was "2713." No unit identifiers (i.e. engine, aid, tender) were used on the air; they only used numbers. They dumped that in the mid 90's and went back to calling them Engine, Aid, etc. Then Control 10 consolidated with Bellevue, and some of them kept the Station numbers. EF&R took the 70's (which had been vacated by Dist. 25 when they contracted with Renton) and the 80's.

Enumclaw uses 4 digit identifiers with the first two digits being 28, since they are King County District 28. And Port of Seattle still uses the old three digit numbering scheme that everybody else in the former Zone 4 started using in the early 90's and has since dropped when they went to Valley Com.

It's actually kind of amazing to think about how many times some Stations have changed numbers in the last 20 or so years. That information could easily take up a huge post of its own.