South Whatcom Fire Authority

06/20/2026

❤️ A big THANK YOU to our community for supporting our annual Pancake Breakfast, hosted by your South Whatcom Firefighters Association!

We hope you enjoyed the 🥞 and the new activities.

06/20/2026

Our Brush 28 crew has been demobilized from the Tucannon Fire in Columbia County. They are headed home.

Here are a few photos of their deployment. We will post more of their photos.

06/20/2026

🥞🎉 Pancakes, Face painting, and kid crafts!

Come see us until 12 PM today!

06/20/2026

WE ARE READY FOR YOU!

🥞🥞Pancake Breakfast happening now with South Whatcom Firefighters Association!

8 PM - 12 PM
GENEVA FIRE STATION

06/19/2026

🥞🥞🥞 TOMORROW IS THE DAY! (6/20/26) 🥞🥞🥞
PANCAKE BREAKFAST AT GENEVA (FIRE STATION 21) FROM 8 AM - 12 PM.

06/19/2026

Our Administrative Office is closed to the public today in observance and celebration of Juneteenth.

06/17/2026

Our Brush 28 crew headed out on their first wildland fire mobilization for the season. They can be gone as long as 14 days. Wish them luck!

06/17/2026

🚒 STATE MOBILIZATION

Last night, we sent Lt. Jen Squire, Lt. Joe Oester, and FF Annie Leete on a state mobilization request for a wildland fire burning in Columbia County, WA. Our crew is deploying on Brush 28 and will be working with a strike team of crews from Island, San Juan, and Snohomish Counties as a part of NW Strike Team #2 for this deployment to the Tucannon Fire.

We wish our crews safe travels as they will drive through the night and get some rest before going to the fire line tomorrow morning.

We will post updates when we get them from our crew.

06/16/2026

⚠️911 Service Restored to Normal

06/16/2026

🚨911 OUTAGE 🚨

These instructions apply to Whatcom County as a whole until further notice. You can try 911 first, but if nothing happens, use this number for service.

UPDATE at 5:56 p.m. June 15 - Bellingham and Whatcom County 911 services have been restored.

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Bellingham and Whatcom County 911 services are down. If you are unable to get through when dialing 911, hang up and dial the 10-digit business line at 360-676-6911 to reach the dispatch center.

We will inform you when our 911 services are working normally again.

If you do not have a phone available, go to the police station or a fire station to make an emergency report.