Discovery Bay Volunteer Fire Department
Jefferson Count Fire District #5

            History 1991-1997

1991

• North repeater was put in with a State grant of $2,325, with Jefferson County $2,713.26 and District #5 $389.23 helping pay the rest.
• In April the 1967 Howe Pumper International Truck and 1,500 feet of 2 1/2" hose was surplus out.
• May Einar Forsman resigned as Fire Chief and Jim Bain was Appointed Fire Chief.
• Bettye Avila-Muggoch was appointed new commissioner.
• November purchased a new fast attack fire truck from Becker Fire Equipment, Casper, Wyoming for $46,201.00.

1992

• Lorna Delaney resigned as District Secretary and Pat Nebel was appointed new District Secretary.
• A surplus Aid Car was purchased from Port Townsend Fire.
• February a new computer was purchased for the District.
• June 1992 a new Ambulance was purchased from Northwest Emergency Equipment Co.
• December Pat Nebel resigned as District Secretary and Sharon Carlson, was appointed to the job.

1993

• New Heart Monitor was purchased for $2,000.00
• April Shane Zerr resigned as Commissioner and Earl Gibson was appointed in July to fill the vacancy.
• May Aid 52 was purchased.
• The Sea First loan paid off for the Ambulance.
• October a 10,000 gallon water tank was put in at the NACO resort and an escape route was planned for it.
• November Bette Avila-Muggoch resigned as Commissioner and District Secretary Sharon Carlson also resigned.
• December, Corinne Dennis was appointed the new District Secretary.

1994

• January, Port Ludlow implemented an ALS program and wanted each District to contribute to it.
• The Auxiliary donated $2,000.00 for a new Pulse Oximeter.
• Dick Swenson became the new Commissioner with RA Howe and Earl Gibson
• The Volunteers and Community put up new address number signs in the District.
• The Firemen's Association donated $10,000.00 designated to be put on the Sea First loan for Aid 51.
• Jamestown Skallam Casino will donate .5% of their profits to Jefferson #5.
• October after much work the EMS levy passed for the District.
• Jim Bain resigned as Fire Chief and John Brown was asked to be Chief again for the 3rd time.

1995

• In May is was discussed to put in an Eaglemount Substation with Pumper, but it needs to have 6 to 8 people for this and there are only 4 at this time, so it was put on hold until more people became available.
• Purchased 10 new pager and chargers.
• Paramedic issue with Port Ludlow opted out at this time.
• DNR Mutual Aid agreement signed again.
• Bob Minty resigned from the department in August.
• A new roof was put on the Gardiner Station (52).
• 24 SCBA bottles and pass units were purchased in October.
• CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) was started and a special agency fund was started to help pay for training and administration costs at a cost of $250.00 for each District.
• New hoses at a cost of $2,499.00 were purchased in December.

1996

• Commissioners were Earl Gibson, Dick Howe, Dick Swenson, District Sec Corinne Dennis, Chief John Brown and Asst Chief Bette Avila-Muggoch Judy Lynn from Gardiner donated a computer for the District to use.
• At Station 51 in Discovery Bay the drain field and electrical wiring were started.
• In February a new ambulance modular van was looked at for possibility of purchasing at a cost of$51,400.
• Purchased more new fire hose.
• New Officer were Dennis Kettel-Training Officer, Ben Cooper-Safety Officer and Richard Vaughan Small Equipment Officer
• On February 27 a new Ford Wheel Coach Ambulance was ordered.
• Irma Cronin donated $500.00 in memory of Pat Dilger to the District.
• A donation of $200.00 was donated by Carl Beatrice to use as needed.
• In April the new ambulance was ordered for $52,751.00 along with an Interlocal Agreement with Thurston County Fire District #9 was signed allowing the District to "Tag On'" to their bid process for the new ambulance.
• In May a new reader board was purchased to be put in front of Station 52 and a printer/fax machine also purchased.
• The training room was completed for use and new chairs and tables were also purchased.
• In September new cell phones were purchased for the aid cars as some times the Med Net radio did not reach the hospital.
• Gladys Mulford donated $40,000.00 to the District.
• Ben Cooper and Charlie Brown went to the training center in North Bend.
• The Ladies Auxiliary donated a new sign and new gurney for the Ambulance.

1997

• An Annexation with Diamond Point was discussed.
• Earl Gibson retired from firefighting but stayed on as an EMT.
• A new pumper was also discussed as to what kind to get and prices, and the old pumper was put out to bid.
• A $2,500.00 bid was received. A Community Newsletter was started to keep the Community up on the Fire Department.
• Ben Cooper and Bette Avila-Muggoch completed Wildland Fire Training.
• In October a new computer was purchased for the office.
• New SCBA and extra bottles were purchased in November.
• New heavier springs were put on Aid 51 to make it easier to drive and make the drive more smoothly.
• The Gladys Mulford estate donated another $49,330.00 to the District.
• In December Gayle Brannon and Pam Hammon became the newest EMT's.
  An ALS agreement was signed with District 1 and District 3 for Medic 13.

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