Bucoda Fire Department

== Area Served==
Bucoda Fire Department provides fire and emergency medical services to the 600 residents of the Town of Bucoda.
===Interlocal Agreements===
Bucoda Fire Department is part of a countywide mutual aid agreement which all Fire & EMS agencies within Thurston County are members of. The agreement, which is renewed every 5 years allows any Fire & EMS agency to request aid from any other Fire & EMS agency for the purpose of dealing with large fires or other emergencies.Thurston County Auditor's Office (2005). Interlocal Agreement For Mutual Aid For Firefighting and Emergency Medical Services (File #3734453). Recorded May 25, 2005. EagleWeb.
==Department Profile==
Bucoda Fire Department is a volunteer department that operates from a single volunteer based station in Bucoda. 
== History==
Bucoda Fire Department was established in 1910, the same year the Town of Bucoda was incorporated.
Throughout the 1970's, Lewis County Fire District 12 (Washington) provided Bucoda Fire Department's training program, apparatus maintenance, and backup service.The Olympian. November 22, 1978 Newpaper, Page 7, Column 3.
===Fire Stations===
Station	Address 	In Service 	Notes
1 	110 North Main Street	19??-Present	Original apparatus bays converted into town hall in 1985 after completion of 3 current standing apparatus bays in 1985.Thurston County Building Department (1985). Permit #26997-B. LaserFiche Weblink. The town hall was later converted into training & days rooms & offices upon its relocation.
==Apparatus Roster==
===Fire Station 1 - 110 North Main Street===
:Engine B-11 - 1999 Spartan Metro Star / H&W (1500/500) (Ex-Shoreline Fire Department)
:Aid B-1 - 1999 Ford E-450 / North Star (Ex-Thurston County Medic One)
:Brush B-1 - 1997 Stewart & Stevenson M1083 4x4 / 2017 FD-Built (100/500) (Ex-WA DNR)
:Chief B-1 - 2017 Ford Police Interceptor Utility (Ex-Olympia Police Department)
:Assisstant Chief B-1 - 201? Ford F-150 XLT 4x4 / 2024 FD-Built (Ex-?)
:Engine B-12 (Spare) - 1992 Spartan Metro Star / Darley (1500/500) (Ex-Engine B-11) (Ex-Snohomish County Fire District No. 5)
Bucoda Fire Station.jpg|Fire Station
Bucoda Fire Department Brush 1.jpg|Brush 1
==Retired Apparatus== 
:1998 Ford Expedition 4x4 (Ex-Utility B-1) (Ex-Thurston County Medic One Sprint 14, acquired 2013)
:1995 Ford E-450 / North Star (Ex-Aid B-11) (Ex-Thurston County Medic One, aqcuired 2004)
:1991 Pierce Dash pumper (Waterous 1250 top-mount/1000) (SN#E-6223-01) (Ex-Engine B-12) (Ex-West Thurston Regional Fire Authority, purchased 2017) (Sold January 31, 2024, GovDeals)
:1989 Ford E-350 / North Star ambulance (Ex-Aid B-1) (Ex-Thurston County Medic One, acquired 1999)
:1989 Spartan / Smeal pumper (1500/?) (Ex-Engine B-12, ex-Engine B-11)
:1984 E-One Hurricane / Smeal pumper (Hale Q150 1500/500) (Ex-Engine B-12, ex-Engine B-11)
:198? Ford C / E-One pumper (Ex-Engine B-11)
:1980 GMC ambulance (Ex-Aid B-1) (Ex-Thurston County Medic One, acquired 1987)Board of County Commissioners (1987). Resolution #08571. (Surplussed 1999)
:198? Seagrave pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine B-10) (Ex-Tenino Fire District 12, acquired 4/2001) (Sold to Colville Tribal EMS, Fire & Rescue in 5/2005)
:1973 Sutphen TS-85 6x4 aerial (Barton-American 1250/-/85') (SN#HS-866) (Donated to Bucoda ca. 2018, never used a response apparatus) (Ex-?)
:1962 Ford F-800 / Western States front-mount pumper (Ex-Engine B-12, ex-Engine B-11) (Sold for $1,010 on 7/10/2001)
:1959 Ford F-800 / Western States pumper (? front-mount/500) (Ex-Engine B-12, ex-Engine B-11)
:1953 Ward LaFrance CW-750 pumper (750/175/40F) (Ex-Engine B-11) (Ex-Lacey Fire District 3)
:1953 REO F221B rescue (Ex-Tumwater Fire Department, purchased 1983)
:1952 GMC XM211 brush (Surplussed in 1984 per Bucoda City Resolution 85)
:192? Ford Model A / Howard Cooper pumper
Bucoda Fire Department Ex-Utility B-1.jpg|Ex-Utility B-1
==References==
==Station Map==
Category:Thurston County, Washington
Category:Washington departments operating H&W apparatus
Category:Washington departments operating Darley apparatus
Category:Former operators of E-One apparatus
Category:Former operators of Pierce apparatus
Category:Former operators of Smeal apparatus