Services

The Richland Fire & Emergency Services Department (RF&ES) provides the citizens of Richland and surrounding areas with a range of emergency services, including fire suppression, hazardous materials response, emergency medical response and technical rescue, but also provides other critical services such as fire inspections, fire investigation, fire prevention and public education. Everything we do has a focus on teamwork, integrity, and excellence.

In 2022 the department responded to 9,936 calls for service, hired and on-boarded four firefighter/EMT’s, began the early stages of the planning process for construction of Station 76, and navigated yet another year of increased call volume - bringing the total increase since 2020 to a total of 32.2%.  We continued to invest significant time and resources into planning for community growth and the challenges that our city’s geography presents to providing consistent emergency services response time standards. Future station site planning, developing interventions to address our community’s risk profile, as well as providing EMS care throughout year-two of the Covid-19 pandemic are some of the ways that Richland Fire and Emergency Services contributes to the quality of life and community-building in our amazing city.

Facilities

The department consists of five fire stations, which are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our administrative office is located at Station 71, at the corner of George Washington Way and Swift Blvd, and is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Our Mission

The department's mission is To Protect and Enhance the Quality of Life. Our 79-member department is dedicated to carrying out our mission each day with our vision, "Service above all," always at the forefront. We do this through our highly trained firefighting personnel, nationally recognized emergency medical responders and with a heightened focus on prevention and public education.

Safety Talks & Station Tours

RF&ES has resumed Station Tours, please visit the Online Requests & Forms page to fill out your request. Please understand tours may need to be cut short or rescheduled in order to maintain emergency response capabilities. 

Apparatus

RF&ES maintains a fleet of 7 type-1 engines, 1 platform truck, 7 ambulances, 1 wildfire truck, 1 brush truck, and several administrative vehicles.