Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.001
Actions subject to review by boundary review board
Actions taken under chapter 52.02 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
Revised Code of Washington Chapter 52.02 — Formation
Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 52.02 · 15 active provisions
Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.020
Districts authorized—Health clinic services
(1) Fire protection districts for the provision of fire prevention services, fire suppression services, emergency medical services, and for the protection of life and property are authorized to be established as provided in this title.(2) In addition to other services authorized under this section, fire protection dist…
Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.030
Petition—Certification
(1) For the purpose of the formation of a fire protection district, a petition designating the boundaries of the proposed district, by metes and bounds, or by describing the lands to be included in the proposed district by United States townships, ranges and legal subdivisions, signed by not less than ten percent of th…
Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.035
Petition—Notice of sufficiency
The county auditor who certifies the sufficiency of the petition shall notify the person or persons who submitted the petition of its sufficiency or insufficiency within five days of when the determination of sufficiency or insufficiency is made. Notice shall be by certified mail and additionally may be made by telepho…
Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.040
Petition—Public hearing
(1) A public hearing on the petition shall be held by the county legislative authority of the county in which the proposed fire protection district is located if: (a) No boundary review board exists in the county; (b) jurisdiction by the boundary review board over the proposal has not been invoked; or (c) the boundary…
Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.050
Public hearing—Notice—Publication and posting
Notice of the public hearing by the county legislative authority on such a proposal shall be published for three consecutive weeks in the official paper of the county prior to the date set for the hearing and shall be posted for not less than fifteen days prior to the date of the hearing in each of three public places…
Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.060
Hearing—Inclusion and exclusion of land
At the time and place of the hearing on the petition or at any adjournment thereof, the county legislative authority shall consider the petition and shall receive evidence as it deems material in favor of or opposed to the formation of the district or to the inclusion or exclusion of any lands. No lands outside of the…
Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.070
Action on petition—Resolution—Election—District name when located in more than one county
The county legislative authority has the authority to consider the petition and, if it finds that the lands or any portion of the lands described in the petition, and any lands added thereto by petition of those interested, will be benefited and that the formation of the district will be conducive to the public safety,…
Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.080
Election
The election on the formation of the district and to elect the initial fire commissioners shall be conducted by the election officials of the county or counties in which the proposed district is located in accordance with the general election laws of the state. This election shall be held at the next general election d…
Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.110
Declaration of election results—Resolution
If three-fifths of all the votes cast at the election were cast in favor of the ballot proposition to create the proposed fire protection district, the county legislative authority of the county in which all, or the largest portion of, the proposed district is located shall by resolution declare the territory organized…
Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.140
Appeal
Any person or entity having a substantial interest and feeling aggrieved by any finding, determination, or resolution of the county legislative authority in the proceedings for the organization of a fire protection district under this title, may appeal within five days after the action of the county legislative authori…
Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.150
Organization conclusive
After the expiration of five days from the approval of the resolution of the county legislative authority declaring the district to be organized, and the filing of the certified copies of the resolution of the county legislative authority with the county auditor and the county assessor, the creation of the district is…
Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.160
Petition alternative, resolution—Adoption requirements—Public hearing—Voter approval—General fund reduction
(1) As an alternative to the petition method of formation for fire protection districts provided in this chapter, the legislative authority of a city or town may by resolution, subject to the approval of the voters, establish a fire protection district with boundaries that are the same as the corporate boundaries of th…
Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.170
Ambulance service as public utility—Limitations—Definition
(1) A fire protection district may establish an ambulance service to be operated as a public utility. However, the fire protection district may not provide for the establishment of an ambulance service utility that would compete with any existing private ambulance service unless the fire protection district determines…
Wash. Rev. Code § 52.02.180
Transfer of fire protection and emergency services from fire department to fire protection district—Procedure
(1) Except as provided otherwise in the resolution adopted by the legislative authority of a city or town establishing a fire protection district under RCW 52.02.160, all powers, duties, and functions of the city or town fire department pertaining to fire protection and emergency services of the city or town are transf…