Welcome
Whatcom County Fire District #19
Proudly serving the community of Glacier and surrounding Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest since 1975.
Thank you voters for supporting your local Fire Department
Get Involved! Join Us For Our Upcoming Fish & Chip'r Days!
Around Glacier, we know that living in the woods is part of what makes this place special.
It's also what makes wildfire preparedness so important.
Glacier Fire & Rescue is launching Fish & Chip’r Days to help neighbors reduce wildfire risk while keeping our community looking its best. The idea is simple: spend some time cleaning up brush, small trees, and other vegetation around your home, then bring the material to our collection site and we'll take care of the chipping. Creating defensible space around homes is one of the most effective ways to improve wildfire resilience. If you are curious what your home needs, contact Glacier Fire and Rescue for a free home risk assessment.
Whether you're cleaning up a few branches or tackling a larger defensible space project, every load helps make Glacier safer.
● Collection Site: 9186 Mt Baker Hwy (old County Transfer Station)
● Collection Times: Saturday and Sundays during July, 8am-12pm
This project is truly a community effort. We're partnering with local neighborhoods, businesses, the Washington Department of Natural Resources, and the Whatcom Conservation District to make it easier for residents to take action. The resulting wood chips will be available to community members upon request.
The event will kick off July 3 from 4-7pm at Station 96. Join us for food and more!
We encourage everyone to participate, meet your neighbors, and join us in protecting the place we all call home.
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So proud of these folks!
Glacier Fire and Rescue volunteers put in so much work, honored to be part of the same team.
Farewell Chief Ben Thompson
42 years of Glacier Fire and Rescue volunteer service
Thanks for the decades of leadership Chief; Happy trails!
The Call: A Portrait of America's Volunteer Fire Service.
The vast majority of Americans live in places that don’t have a single firefighter on the payroll. “The Call” is a portrait of the volunteer fire service that steps up to answer this critical need, told in the unique voice of an animator - Jonathan Wiess - who is also a volunteer firefighter.
Thank you for your support. Special thanks to the Mt. Baker Rim and Snowline community board of directors for their considerate donations.
