Formed on August 29, 1947, Spokane County Fire District 8 serves a community of 19,500 residents in approximately 110 square miles of commercial, residential and agricultural areas south of the cities of Spokane and Spokane Valley.
A combination of career, temporary-hourly, resident and volunteer personnel respond to calls from four strategically located stations in the Moran, Valleyford, Ponderosa and Saltese areas. The District averages over 1,300 requests for services annually with Emergency Medical responses accounting for 80% of those incidents.
Fire District 8 operates on an annual budget of nearly 4.5 million dollars under the State of Washington laws and codes that govern fire departments.