Swinomish grant Fire District 13 $300,000

For Fire District 13 commissioners, it was numbers that told the story of how 2022 is shaping up.

The biggest one is $300,000 in funding support from the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. Commissioners approved an interlocal agreement during their hybrid meeting Friday, April 8.

Other numbers shared by District Fire Chief Wood Weiss tracked falling COVID-19 cases in the district, while calls for service – including those for patient transports – rising.

Positive COVID-19 cases on Swinomish Reservation were under three dozen over the past month, matching a countywide downward trend...