Fire Department

Welcome to the Colfax Fire Department Page

Colfax Fire Department employs three full time firefighters. These positions allow the station to be staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The job of the full time staff is vast. Knowledge of fire suppression, fire alarm systems, fire codes, public education, and emergency medical response are necessities.

There are approximately 40 volunteers on the department roster. These deidcated individuals serve not only the City of Colfax Fire Department, but also  Whitman County Fire District #11 and the Colfax Ambulance service run by Volunteer Fireman, Inc. (VFI).

The fire station houses apparatus for all three organizations. The City Fire Department has a brush truck, 2 engines, and a pump ladder, all four of which are licensed medical aid units. Volunteer Fireman, Inc has two ambulances based out of the Colfax Station. VFI also employs a full time EMS coordinator and a part time EMT. Whitman County Fire District #11 bases two attack trucks, a brush truck, a water tender, and a rescue truck out of the Colfax Station. All three organizations combined respond to an average 1,200 incidents per year out of the Colfax Station. Approximately 85% of these calls are medical in nature. 

If you are witnessing a crime in progress or are experiencing an emergency, please dial 911.

Would you like to volunteer for the Colfax Fire Department?

Fill out the inquiry form below and a Colfax fireman

will contact you with more information.