About Wood River Fire & Rescue
The Wood River Fire Protection District, which does business as Wood River Fire and Rescue, is located in south central Idaho and protects a fluctuating population of approximately 10,000. The district is governed by a Board of Fire Commissioners. In 1974 the Fire District was established as a political subdivision of the State of Idaho. The District currently employs ten full time responders and 37 paid-call employees with a budget of $1,707,002.83 for the 2009/2010 fiscal year.

The District provides fire and EMS response from three facilities. This coverage encompasses approximately 150 square miles for fire protection and 1,500 square miles for Emergency Medical Services. The District employs a full time fire chief, assistant fire chief, office manager, three captains, five lieutenants and one firefighter/senior engineer. All of our full time personnel are Idaho certified Advanced EMT’s, or Idaho certified EMT- Paramedics. Major equipment includes a 75’ ladder truck, two Class A engines, one wildland engine, two Class A engine/tenders, one heavy rescue, and three ambulances. On September 1, 1997, the District received an ISO fire rating of four and eight. Structures within five miles of a station and 1000 feet of a recognized water supply receive the lowest insurance rating of 'four'. The primary focus of the District is public/safety education, fire prevention, fire inspection, fire suppression, emergency medical services, non-emergency transfers, and technical rescue.

 

The District has several automatic aid and mutual aid agreements with surrounding jurisdictions including Hailey, Bellevue, Ketchum, Sun Valley, and Carey.  We also work closely with both the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and The U.S. Forest Service on both suppression and prevention issues.