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Camas-Washougal Fire Department

Voters still say “No” to Battle Ground and Hockinson school levies, Camas-Washougal fire authority

April 24, 2025, 3:52pm Clark County News

Tallies for three measures on Tuesday’s special election ballot didn’t change much in updated results released by Clark County’s elections office Thursday. Read story

Camas, Washougal voters reject proposed regional fire authority

April 22, 2025, 9:25pm Clark County News

A proposal to create a regional fire district in Camas and Washougal was failing in early election returns Tuesday. Read story

Drivers pass an “Ax the Tax” sign Thursday on Northwest Sixth Avenue, near the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in Camas.

Opponents of Proposition 1 don’t believe Camas-Washougal officials will dissolve the joint fire department

Drivers pass an “Ax the Tax” sign Thursday on Northwest Sixth Avenue, near the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in Camas.

April 19, 2025, 6:05am Clark County News

A group of Camas-Washougal residents are urging voters in both cities to “ax the tax” by voting against Proposition 1 on April 22. Read story

Fire trucks stay dry inside Friday at Camas-Washougal Fire Department’s Station 42. Camas and Washougal voters on April 22 will decide the fate of the proposed Camas-Washougal Regional Fire Authority.

If Camas-Washougal Regional Fire Authority vote fails, joint fire department will separate

Fire trucks stay dry inside Friday at Camas-Washougal Fire Department’s Station 42. Camas and Washougal voters on April 22 will decide the fate of the proposed Camas-Washougal Regional Fire Authority.

March 26, 2025, 10:57am Clark County News

Camas-Washougal Fire Chief Cliff Free has spent the past several months trying to help east Clark County residents understand what is at stake if Proposition 1, a measure asking voters to approve a new regional fire authority, fails to win voters’ approval in the April 22 special election. Read story

Learn more about proposed Regional Fire Authority in Camas and Washougal

February 26, 2025, 4:44pm Clark County News

Camas and Washougal will hold a series of information sessions about a proposed Regional Fire Authority, which will be on the April 22 special election ballot. Read story

A rendering shows a design concept for the new Camas-Washougal Fire Department headquarters station slated to replace Station 41 on Northeast Fourth Avenue in downtown Camas.

Camas OKs consultant contract for new Camas-Washougal fire station headquarters

A rendering shows a design concept for the new Camas-Washougal Fire Department headquarters station slated to replace Station 41 on Northeast Fourth Avenue in downtown Camas.

February 6, 2025, 1:08pm Clark County News

Camas officials this week approved a $2.3 million consultant contract that will jumpstart work on replacement of the Camas-Washougal Fire Department fire station headquarters. Read story

A fire engine is pictured at the Camas-Washougal Fire Department Station 42.

Camas will put regional fire authority issue to voters

A fire engine is pictured at the Camas-Washougal Fire Department Station 42.

December 7, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

The Camas City Council voted unanimously Monday to place a regional fire authority proposal on the April 22 ballot. Read story

A two-alarm fire in Washougal injured one person.

One person injured in two-alarm fire in Washougal

A two-alarm fire in Washougal injured one person.

April 25, 2024, 12:48pm Clark County News

One person was injured early Thursday morning while trying to rescue pets from a two-alarm fire in a Washougal apartment building. Read story

Kevin West, 49, of Washougal appears Monday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree murder in the Jan. 8 strangulation death of his wife, Marcelle “Marcy” West.

Camas-Washougal Fire battalion chief accused of killing wife had yearslong affair, according to court documents

Kevin West, 49, of Washougal appears Monday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree murder in the Jan. 8 strangulation death of his wife, Marcelle “Marcy” West.

March 25, 2024, 6:15pm Clark County News

A Camas-Washougal Fire Department battalion chief suspected of strangling his wife in January was apparently having an on-and-off affair for 20 years, and he planned to leave his wife on the day of her slaying, court documents show. Read story

A rendering shows a design concept for the future Camas-Washougal Fire Department headquarters station in downtown Camas. Camas officials hope to build the new $26 million Fire Station 41 on city-owned land along Northeast Fourth Avenue, on a site currently housing City Hall Annex offices and a city staff parking lot.

New Camas fire station headquarters will cost $26M

A rendering shows a design concept for the future Camas-Washougal Fire Department headquarters station in downtown Camas. Camas officials hope to build the new $26 million Fire Station 41 on city-owned land along Northeast Fourth Avenue, on a site currently housing City Hall Annex offices and a city staff parking lot.

March 23, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

The city council is getting closer to asking voters in August to approve $26.3 million in bonds for a new headquarters fire station to be built at 528 N.E. Fourth Ave., the former site of a Bank of America branch. Read story