Chief 's Message

The Ocean Shores Fire Department is dedicated to providing excellent service to our community and making a difference in the lives of the people we serve. We know that through our interventions we are enhancing and changing our community one life at a time.

We proudly provide services in Fire Suppression, Emergency Medical Services (Advanced Life Support), Rescue Services, Fire Prevention, Hazardous Materials, Public Education, Disaster Mitigation, and Participate with the Surf Rescue and Dive Team.

The Fire Department has 12 career personnel and approximately 24 volunteer members ready to serve you in a courteous and professional manner. We take pride in our service delivery and we use our training and skills to assist our residents, business partners and visitors on approximately 2100 calls for service annually.

We believe in community based fire services, the practice of having firefighters involved in many community activities and events both on and off duty. We also encourage our community to get to know our firefighters by visiting our fire station and community events regularly. We are energized by our partnership with the community we serve. We are a department driven by values. Our values are to serve with passion, respect, quality, and integrity.

In closing, we want you to know that the men and women of this department are honored to serve our Ocean Shores community.

Firefighters and emergency medical responders still make house calls - 911 in an emergency. Thank you for visiting our site. If you have suggestions for improving our site please contact me at the address below.

James E. Hodges, Fire Chief
E-mail: jhodges@osgov.com

Fire Chief's Profile

James E. Hodges became Chief of the Ocean Shores Fire and Emergency Care Department in January 2005. Prior to that he served as Assistant Chief for five years. He has been serving the fire service community since 1984 when he started working as a building inspector and deputy fire marshal for Washington's San Juan County. He became Fire Marshal for the Town of Friday Harbor WA in 1986. He is a Certified Building Inspector with extensive background in fire prevention and fire investigation.

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