Title 52 — Title 52 FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS
14 chapters · 183 sections in this title.
RCW 52.02.001 Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
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Actions taken under chapter 52.02 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.[ 1989 c 84 s 41.]
RCW 52.02.020 Districts authorized—Health clinic services.
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(1) Fire protection districts for the provision of fire prevention services, fire suppression services, emergency medical services, and for the protection of life and property are authorized to be established as provided in this title.(2) In addition to other services authorized …
RCW 52.02.030 Petition—Certification.
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(1) For the purpose of the formation of a fire protection district, a petition designating the boundaries of the proposed district, by metes and bounds, or by describing the lands to be included in the proposed district by United States townships, ranges and legal subdivisions, s…
RCW 52.02.035 Petition—Notice of sufficiency.
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The county auditor who certifies the sufficiency of the petition shall notify the person or persons who submitted the petition of its sufficiency or insufficiency within five days of when the determination of sufficiency or insufficiency is made. Notice shall be by certified mail…
RCW 52.02.040 Petition—Public hearing.
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(1) A public hearing on the petition shall be held by the county legislative authority of the county in which the proposed fire protection district is located if: (a) No boundary review board exists in the county; (b) jurisdiction by the boundary review board over the proposal ha…
RCW 52.02.050 Public hearing—Notice—Publication and posting.
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Notice of the public hearing by the county legislative authority on such a proposal shall be published for three consecutive weeks in the official paper of the county prior to the date set for the hearing and shall be posted for not less than fifteen days prior to the date of the…
RCW 52.02.060 Hearing—Inclusion and exclusion of land.
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At the time and place of the hearing on the petition or at any adjournment thereof, the county legislative authority shall consider the petition and shall receive evidence as it deems material in favor of or opposed to the formation of the district or to the inclusion or exclusio…
RCW 52.02.070 Action on petition—Resolution—Election—District name when located in more than one county.
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The county legislative authority has the authority to consider the petition and, if it finds that the lands or any portion of the lands described in the petition, and any lands added thereto by petition of those interested, will be benefited and that the formation of the district…
RCW 52.02.080 Election.
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The election on the formation of the district and to elect the initial fire commissioners shall be conducted by the election officials of the county or counties in which the proposed district is located in accordance with the general election laws of the state. This election shal…
RCW 52.02.110 Declaration of election results—Resolution.
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If three-fifths of all the votes cast at the election were cast in favor of the ballot proposition to create the proposed fire protection district, the county legislative authority of the county in which all, or the largest portion of, the proposed district is located shall by re…
RCW 52.02.140 Appeal.
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Any person or entity having a substantial interest and feeling aggrieved by any finding, determination, or resolution of the county legislative authority in the proceedings for the organization of a fire protection district under this title, may appeal within five days after the …
RCW 52.02.150 Organization conclusive.
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After the expiration of five days from the approval of the resolution of the county legislative authority declaring the district to be organized, and the filing of the certified copies of the resolution of the county legislative authority with the county auditor and the county as…
RCW 52.02.160 Petition alternative, resolution—Adoption requirements—Public hearing—Voter approval—General fund reduction.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2442-S.SL) ***(1) As an alternative to the petition method of formation for fire protection districts provided in this chapter, the legislative authority of a city or town may by resolution, subject to the approval of the voters, establish a fire prote…
RCW 52.02.170 Ambulance service as public utility—Limitations—Definition.
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(1) A fire protection district may establish an ambulance service to be operated as a public utility. However, the fire protection district may not provide for the establishment of an ambulance service utility that would compete with any existing private ambulance service unless …
RCW 52.02.180 Transfer of fire protection and emergency services from fire department to fire protection district—Procedure.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2442-S.SL) ***(1) Except as provided otherwise in the resolution adopted by the legislative authority of a city or town establishing a fire protection district under RCW 52.02.160, all powers, duties, and functions of the city or town fire department p…