In Snohomish County, fire districts are finding efficiencies in combining their efforts.
Snohomish Fire districts go it together.
In other news, in Cowlitz County, they are looking at forming “taxing districts” in order to offset growth and build. I have never heard of this mentioned locally (or ever heard of this process for districts as being an option for that matter), but its noteworthy for how other areas are dealing with growth especially in sub-urban communities.
Fire District Taxing area.