Wildland Urban Interface Home Project – Week 2
We hope you had an opportunity to declutter your yard last weekend while the weather was dry. If you missed week one, it is available on our website…
VRFA Firefighter Neil Pedersen Retires
In the 36 years Neil Pedersen has been a firefighter, he has witnessed his fire department grow from one station to five, worked one of the largest fires in Auburn history, and beaten down cancer. He…
Wildland Urban Interface Home Project of the Week Campaign – Week 1
It’s week 1 of the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Project of the Week Campaign. In 2018, the year before we launched this campaign, we responded to 154 brush/vegetation type fires. In 2019, the first…
COVID-19: King County Test Sites & Vaccination Info
COVID-19 RESOURCESNOTE: The VRFA does not offer COVID testing/vaccination services at any of our fire stations. We have compiled the…
VRFA Fire Marshal Karen Stewart Retires
After 30 years on a career path with a constant upward trajectory, Valley Regional Fire Authority Fire Marshal Karen Stewart has decided to retire. Karen's lifelong career goal was to become a…
VRFA Firefighter Swanson Retires
After a 30-year career in the fire service, Firefighter David Swanson looks back on the day that started it all. “I was fifteen years old and headed down the wrong road when a friend invited me to a…
VRFA Firefighter Highley Retires
Thirty-seven years after his first day as a firefighter, Will Highley has decided to retire. Highley began his career in Parkland, Washington, and after six years there, applied with, and was hired…