Whatcom County Fire District 14

05/14/2026

Looking for a new rig? Check out our surplus 1999 F-350 4x4 ambulance, being sold on auction!

Whether you're a fire/EMS agency looking for a spare unit, a contractor or farmer looking for your next work truck, or you're looking for a 4x4 to convert to your next RV, this rig is for you!

Auction Site: https://www.govdeals.com/en/asset/24/11370

05/12/2026

Last week, we welcomed our newest ambulance into service, and played a bit of musical ambulances to get all the equipment and supplies moved into the newest unit.

The new ambulance is in service at our Kendall Station, which allows us to surplus one of our three 1998 ambulances still in service.

A huge thank you to Braun Northwest Inc. for the their hard work building the new unit, Communications Northwest for their radio work, TNT Signs & Promotional Products Inc. for the vehicle decals, and all the volunteer firefighters that spent time helping us switch everything around.

We'll have the surplus unit ready for auction later this month!

05/12/2026

There is still room in our FREE community CPR classes this week!

Thursday, May 14, 6pm at the Sumas Fire Station
Saturday, May 16, 4pm, at the East Whatcom Regional Resource Center, following the Health Fair.

Sign up at www.whatcomfire14.gov

03/31/2026

UPDATE: Class is full!

We're excited to announce another FREE babysitter class! Mark your calendars for April 25, from 9am-4pm at the Sumas Fire Station.

Students will learn about basic childcare, the business of babysitting, home safety, fire safety, first aid, and CPR for adults, children and infants, and will earn certificates from the Health and Safety Institute for babysitting and First Aid/CPR/AED for adults, children, and infants.

Pizza lunch will be provided!

We're always proud to partner with Kelley Insurance Agency & Financial Services, Inc. for these community classes, who sponsors the class, and keeps these classes FREE to the public.
Students must be at least 12 years old.

Please sign up at www.whatcomfire14.gov today!

03/30/2026

We'd like to thank the great folks at Williams, for their extraordinary donation of $15,000 towards rebuilding our Sumas station, and purchasing an equipment trailer to store our Aquadam system.

Not just the quiet neighbor to our east, Williams has been a fantastic partner over the many years they've been in our area, providing training for their facility, providing grants like this one, and sponsoring numerous events and organizations in our community!

We're excited to get repairs finished up, and get back to our regular community events in the station!

03/24/2026

Update: Fire Protection Rating Changes (WSRB)

We want to share an important update from the Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau (WSRB) that impact fire protection classes for our state, especially the rural properties in our area.

Protection classes range from 1-10, (With Class 1 being the best (Think Seattle Fire Dept), and 10 being unprotected). Within 5 road miles of our stations, WCFD 14's protection classes are a 5 inside the City of Sumas, and a 6 outside the city limits.

WSRB has added a new "W" protection class type for properties that are between 5 and 7 road miles from a fire station, for departments that receive "Tender Credit" from the WSRB (Like District 14 does), or if there's a hydrant within 1000 ft of the home.

What does this mean?

For an example, a home in the district is 6 miles away from both our Sumas and Kendall stations, putting them beyond the standard 5 mile distance previously used by WSRB. The old protection class for the home is 9. With the new rating system, the home now has a protection class of 6W.

This could mean significant savings for your fire insurance, so please contact your insurance company and see what kind of difference this can make for your property!

03/16/2026

There's still room in our FREE Community CPR Class this Thursday at 6pm!

Successful students will earn an HSI First Aid/CPR/AED card.

Due to ongoing repairs from the flood at our Sumas station, we've moved the class up to the Kendall Fire Station, located at 7528 Kendall Rd in Maple Falls.

You can sign up at www.whatcomfire14.gov

03/16/2026

Things are looking ok for now, but we're monitoring the current flood watch.

Flood Inundation Mapping services are now available for 60% of the U.S. population. Additional NWPS resources are available here.

02/25/2026

Whatcom County Fire District 14 has received a major boost in flood preparedness — thanks to a generous donation from Aqua Dam!

The district was gifted a 6‑foot‑diameter, 420‑foot-long, water filled Aqua Dam flood‑control barrier, valued at $44,665, which can be deployed around the Sumas Fire Station in about 7 hours. This system is engineered to protect the station from up to 54 inches of floodwater.

After repeated flooding from the Nooksack River — including the December 2025 event, the fourth major flood in five years,
“This donation allows us to protect the station and keep our units responding when the people we serve need us most,” said Chief Jerry DeBruin.

While the station may still be inaccessible during a flood, this barrier will help ensure it can return to service quickly once waters recede.

A huge thank‑you to Aqua Dam Inc. for supporting our community’s resilience and helping safeguard essential emergency‑response infrastructure.

Check out www.aquadam.net to see all the other projects they've helped people with!

02/17/2026

Always exciting to see a new apparatus in progress!

The good folks at Braun Northwest Inc. in Chehalis are hard at work building our next ambulance, which will be stationed at our Kendall Station.

With delivery scheduled for late April, look for the unit to be in service in early May. The district operates 6 BLS ambulances, two at each of our stations.

This new unit will allow us to surplus one of our 1999 models, which should be available on auction shortly after!

02/09/2026

An update for the fatality fire earlier today.