Lewis County Fire District 12 (Washington)

== History ==
In 1950, a barn fire resulted in the formation of the Fords Prairie Fire Department, a subsciption based fire department.
Lewis County Fire District 12 was formed on October 19th 1961, originally covering 36 square miles, eventually growing to 175 square miles of northwestern Lewis County. In the late 1970's, Lewis County Fire District 12 (Fords Prairie) and Thurston County Fire District 14 (Grand Mound) entered into an agreement wherein Grand Mound would construct a fire station in the Michigan Hill area in Thurston County in order to provide mutual aid to the Lincoln Creek area in Lewis County where Fords Prairie did not have a fire station. In return, Fords Prairie agreed to provide a fire engine to Grand Mound for the new station.R. Stone, former Grand Mound Fire Chief. June 28, 2024. The district merged with the Centralia Fire Department in 2008 to form the Riverside Regional Fire Authority.
===Fire Stations===
Station Number	Station Name 	Address 	In Service 	Notes
12-1 	Fords Prairie	1818 Harrison Avenue, Centralia 	1950-2001 	Built 1950, remodeled in 1962, 1968, and 1980. Demolished in 2001 to make room for a modern station on the same site.
12-1 	Ford Prairie 	1818 Harrison Avenue, Centralia 	2001-2008 (Consolidation)	Became Riverside Fire Authority Station 2.
12-2 	Big Hanaford 	273 Big Hanaford Road, Centralia 	1962-2001 	Built 1962. Sold upon completion of new Station 12-2 at 161 Big Hanaford Road in 2004.
12-2 	Big Hanaford 	161 Big Hanaford Road, Centralia 	2001-2008 (Consolidation)	Became Riverside Fire Authority Station 3.
12-4 	Seminary Hill	2378 Seminary Hill Road, Centralia	1975-2008 (Consolidation)	Built 1975. Resident quarters added in 1997. Additonal storage garage added in 1998. Became Riverside Fire Authority Station 4.
12-5 	Cooks Hill 	3715 Cooks Hill Road, Centralia 	1975-? 	Demolished to make room for new station on same site? Became Riverside Fire Authority Station 5.
12-6 	Lincoln Creek	2237 Lincoln Creek Road, Centralia	1963-2008 (Consolidation)	Built 1963, remodeled in 1975 and 1995. Became Riverside Fire Authority Station 6.
12-7 	Independance 	649 Independence Road, Rochester 	1973-2008 (Consolidation)	Became Riverside Fire Authority Station 7.
12-8 	Garrard Creek	1220 Garrard Creek Road, Oakville 	1978-2008 (Consolidation)	Built 1978. Became Riverside Fire Authority Station 8.
==Apparatus Roster==
:2001 International 4x4 pumper (1250/1350/?A) (Ex-Engine 12-1)
:2000 Ford F-350 brush (475/300) (Ex-Brush 12-6)
: 2000 Ford F-350 brush (475/300) (Ex-Brush 12-1)
:1998 Dodge Ram 2500 (Ex-Command 1200)
:1997 Dodge Ram 2500
:1999 Ford / Wheeled Coach ambulance (Ex-Aid 12-1)
:1998 International pumper (1250/1000) (Ex-Engine 12-5)
:1996 International tanker (1000/3000) (Ex-Tender 12-5)
:1995 International pumper (1250/1000) (Ex-Engine 12-7)
:1995 Ford F 4x4 rescue (Ex-Rescue 12-1)
:1994 International tanker (750/2800) (Ex-Tender 12-6)
:1992 Ford / Cascade air system (Ex-Air 12)
:1991 Dodge EMS staff unit
:1991 Spartan pumper (1250/750) (Ex-Engine 12-1)
:1988 Chevrolet command
:1988 White-GMC pumper (1250/1000/?A/?B) (Ex-Engine 12-2)
: 1985 Ford E-350 / Road Rescue (Ex-Aid 12-2)
: 1984 GMC 4x4 command
:1984 Ford F-250 w/ canopy (Ex-MCU 12-1)
:1983 Dodge 4x4 brush (250/200) (Ex-Brush 12-8)
:1978 Mack R / Hamerly / 1998 H&W refurb pumper (1250/750) (Ex-Engine 12-1A)
:1978 Mack R tanker (750/3500) (Ex-Tender 12-7)
:1978 Ford pumper (750/750) (Ex-Engine 12-8)
:1978 Ford pumper (750/750) (Ex-Engine 12-2A)
:1977 Ford tanker (750/2500) (Ex-Tender 12-1)
:1975 Dodge ambulance (Ex-Aid 12-6)
:1973 6x6 (Ex-U.S. Military) (Ex-GI-12)
:1972 Dodge 3500 4x4 maintenance truck
:1962 Dodge / Westland pumper (750 front-mount/750) (Ex-Engine 12-8)
:1954 GMC 630 / General Fire Truck Corporation pumper (750/350) (Ex-Washington State Civil Defense) (Sold to Grand Mound Fire District 14 in 1980.)
==External Links==
:Lewis County Fire District 12 Website Archive (2001)
==References==
Category:Defunct fire departments of Lewis County, Washington