Lopez Fire and EMS

10/12/2026

The Burn Permit Portal for Lopez is live, please burn responsibly

San Juan County Fire District No. 4 is a rural fire district that serves Lopez Island in the San Juan archipelago in Washington state. Lopez Fire and EMS operates from 4 stations providing emergency services to a 29 Square mile first due response area.

10/12/2026

Update for the July 13th Shark Reef fire:

Per WA State DNR: "... the Shark Reef fire was Human caused,
general cause will be fireworks, and specific cause will be unknown since both ground and ariel fireworks were recovered ..."

San Juan County Fire District No. 4 is a rural fire district that serves Lopez Island in the San Juan archipelago in Washington state. Lopez Fire and EMS operates from 4 stations providing emergency services to a 29 Square mile first due response area.

10/08/2026

The fog on Tuesday did not let up and proved to be quite challenging, the day ended with 4 off island transports on the Sherrif's boat, a new record. Thanks to the EMS crews who managed those incidents, three of which overlapped resulting in back-to-back-to-back transports. And a special shoutout to the two deputies who piloted those trips.

Chief

10/06/2026

Check out our Levy Information Powerpoint before the Information Session this Thursday at 6 PM so you can come with questions!

San Juan County Fire District No. 4 is a rural fire district that serves Lopez Island in the San Juan archipelago in Washington state. Lopez Fire and EMS operates from 4 stations providing emergency services to a 29 Square mile first due response area.

10/06/2026

Burn Permits available Monday 10/12/2026!

Beginning this burn season (2026-2027), Lopez Island Fire & EMS will be processing all burn permits for Lopez Island on our website

The new platform is easy to use, does not require an account and is easily searchable if you ever lose your permit. The new portal will be active October 12th, 2026.

Go to www.Lopezfire.org and click on burn permits to get started.

10/05/2026

Due to editing for space, there was some language change on the recent levy mailer that was inadvertently removed. This removal was a key component of the "What Will This Cost Me?" portion, to determine your yearly impact and the change made the monthly cost calculation definition vague.

The mailer version reads:

The new levy rate comes to approximately $6.17 per $100,000 of assessed value. To calculate the impact on you, take your property's assessed value and divide it by 100,000 then multiply by 6.17.

The original version and the version on our website reads:

The new levy rate comes to approximately $6.17 per $100,000 of assessed value. To calculate the monthly impact on you, take your property's assessed value and divide it by 100,000 then multiply by 6.17. To see the yearly impact, multiply the monthly amount by 12.

Appologies-Chief

10/05/2026

THIS THURSDAY - October 8th - 6-8pm
Levy Information Session on Lopez Fire's Levy Lid Lift for the November 2026 election.
@ Village Fire Station
(2228 Fisherman Bay Road)

10/02/2026

I'm happy to announce that your Lopez Island Firefighters have earned the Washington Survey and Ratings Bureau (WSRB) Tender Credit rating. WSRB is the agency that sets insurance ratings statewide. The tender credit rating should be available in the new year, and if your insurance carrier acknowledges that benefit, it could lower your homeowner's insurance costs. If you would like more information on what goes into this process, feel free to reach out.

Great Job Lopez Island Fire and EMS Firefighters!

-Chief

10/01/2026

Fire Danger has been downgraded to LOW.

09/30/2026

The Century Link 911 outage has been repaired.

San Juan County Fire District No. 4 is a rural fire district that serves Lopez Island in the San Juan archipelago in Washington state. Lopez Fire and EMS operates from 4 stations providing emergency services to a 29 Square mile first due response area.