Swinomish and Fire District 13 officials have begun taking steps for a joint community paramedicine program.

“It’s still in its infancy stages,” said FD 13 Commissioner J.J. Wilbur at their monthly meeting June 9. He is also a Swinomish Indian Tribal Community senator.

“We’ve had preliminary discussions about a potential partnership between Fire District 13 and Swinomish,” said Wilbur, “but it hasn’t gone to the full Senate yet. We’re still doing our homework.”

Fire Chief Wood Weiss, firefighter Andrew Schram and the Swinomish Tribal police department have explored pr...