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EVERETT 2044 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 6/17/2025 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES ELEMENT <br /> Page 164 <br />In 2025, the Department is currently authorized to employ 224 sworn full-time employees (FTEs) and 39 <br />non-sworn FTEs, for a total staffing of 263 FTEs. <br />Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services <br />City fire protection and emergency medical services are provided by <br />the Everett Fire Department. Mutual aid agreements also exist with <br />neighboring jurisdictions and special districts. The Department <br />currently maintains six stations throughout the city as well as a <br />Supply Depot building with facility support shop and an emergency <br />vehicle certified maintenance shop. <br />A variety of resources are housed within each of the six stations, <br />depending on demonstrated need. These include six fire engines, <br />two ladder trucks, three medic units, three aid units, one medical <br />services officer unit, one battalion chief command unit, three <br />specialty units for technical rescues, brush fires, and hazardous <br />material responses, and four boats. The staffing ratio in 2024 is 614 <br />residents per firefighter. <br />Ambulance services are provided by two sources: (1) private <br />companies are contracted to transport victims for non-emergency <br />needs, and (2) the city maintains basic life support and advanced life support ambulances within its own <br />fleet for emergency situations. The city’s hazardous materials van and technical rescue apparatus are <br />also under the jurisdiction of the Fire Department. <br />Snohomish County Airport Fire Units, South Snohomish County Fire & Rescue Regional Fire Authority, <br />Marysville Fire District Regional Fire Authority, Snohomish County Fire District No. 4, and the <br />Washington State Department of Natural Resources provide fire service in the areas around Everett’s <br />boundaries. <br />Schools <br />Kindergarten through 12th grade schools and education services are provided within Everett by the <br />Everett and Mukilteo School Districts.