Montesano Professional Firefighters

12/10/2025

T-MINUS 1 WEEK until Festival of Lights 2025 kicks off in Montesano! ✨🎄
We are counting down the days until our town lights up with one of our favorite traditions of the entire year.

This year’s theme is Christmas at the Movies and the lineup is packed with everything we love about the season. Pancakes, crafts, cocoa, parades, decorations, music, community, and so much more.

Here is a peek at what is coming:

🎶 Friday night live Christmas music at the Community Center
🥞 Pancake breakfast
🛍 Chamber Craft Fair and Back to School Marketplace
🎁 Silent Auction
📚 Party at the Library
🍲 Chowder Feed at the Fire Department
🕵️ Scavenger Hunt
🎉 The Grand Parade
🔥 Lighting of the Yule Log and food vendors at Fleet Park
🎶 Dukes of Swing Band and Chili Feed
🎄 Cantata on Sunday

Plus our annual decorating contests for homes and businesses. Judging takes place Wednesday, December 10th from 5 to 9 pm, so make sure your lights are shining bright!

Grab your family, bundle up, and get ready for a weekend full of magic. We cannot wait to celebrate with all of you.

Full schedule is pictured. Save it, share it, and mark your calendars.

Let the countdown begin. ❄️❤️

11/12/2025

10/21/2025

10/07/2025

At 18, Saige Schurr moved to Montesano and found herself wanting to make a meaningful impact in healthcare. After mentioning volunteering with the fire department, a friend of her stepmom told her to “just go into the fire station.”

10/07/2025

Crews supported wildfire fighting efforts across Washington

10/07/2025

Montesano’s recent homecoming celebration served an example of how first responders can become principal elements within the fabric of a community. Sticking to tradition is a cornerstone of life in Montesano and its police and fire departments help carry it forward, sometimes literally.

09/29/2025

🚨 Wildfire Deployment Update 🚨

On September 25th, Brush 91 deployed to assist on the Lower Sugarloaf Fire burning north of Wenatchee. As of today, the fire has consumed 39,134 acres and is 32% contained.

Please keep our crews and all responders in your thoughts as they continue to work long hours in challenging conditions. We’re proud of their dedication and grateful for the support of our community as they help protect lives, property, and natural resources across the state.

Stay safe, Montesano. 🔥🚒💪

09/28/2025

Burn restriction now in place. Read below 👇

09/23/2025

Welcome Montesano's newest EMT-B!

09/11/2025

Never Forget. Always Honor.

Today we pause to remember September 11, 2001— a day that changed our nation forever.
We honor the 343 firefighters, 60 law enforcement officers, 8 paramedics/EMTs, and nearly 3,000 innocent lives lost. Their courage in the face of unimaginable danger reminds us what it means to be a first responder: to run toward the call when others run away.

At Montesano Fire, we carry their legacy in every alarm we answer. The sacrifice of those men and women lives on in our commitment to protect our community with the same resolve and compassion they showed that morning.

As you go about your day, we ask you to take a quiet moment to reflect—on the lives lost, the families forever changed, and the enduring spirit of unity that rose from the smoke and sorrow.

🕯️ We remember. We honor. We serve.

09/04/2025

Update as of 1:50pm 9-4-2025: Crown Creek is now burning 10,740 acres and 0% containment.

🚨 Brush 91 Deployment 🚨

At 4:00 AM this morning, Montesano Fire’s Brush 91 was deployed to assist with the Crown Creek Wildfire, which is currently burning 5,971.8 acres with 0% containment.

This wildfire is under a Level 3 Evacuation notice, and conditions remain dangerous. Please keep our crew in your thoughts as they head out on this deployment, and join us in wishing them safety and strength as they work alongside partner agencies to protect communities.

Stay safe, Montesano. 🔥🙏