Graham Fire & Rescue
On April 22, 2025, Graham community members approved merging Graham Fire & Rescue with Central Pierce Fire & Rescue. We will operate under a contract for services for the remainder of 2025 and then become one legal entity on January 1, 2026. We will maintain this Graham specific landing page through the end of the year. On this page you can find Board of Commissioners information, board packets, meeting minutes, resolutions, fire benefit charge resources, tort claims, and notice of privacy practices. For all other resources, please navigate to the Central Pierce Fire & Rescue website using the menu above.
Board of Commissioners
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Meet Your Commissioners
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Robert Homan Russ Barstow Chris McAfee
Board Chair Board Vice Chair Commissioner
rhoman@grahamfire.org rbarstow@grahamfire.org cmcafee@grahamfire.org
Brian Estes Neil Samuelsen
Commissioner Commissioner
bestes@grahamfire.org nsamuelsen@grahamfire.org
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2025 Board Packets
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2025-01-13 Joint Board Packet2025-01-27 Joint Board Packet2025-02-10 Joint Board Packet2025-02-24 Joint Board Packet2025-03-10 Joint Board Packet2025-03-24 Joint Board Packet2025-04-14 Joint Board Packet2025-04-14 Joint Board Packet REVISED2025-04-28 Joint Board Packet2025-05-12 Joint Board Packet2025-05-27 Joint Board Packet2025-06-09 Joint Board Packet
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Board Meeting Minutes
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2025-01-13 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-01-27 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-02-10 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-02-24 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-03-10 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-03-24 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-04-14 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-04-28 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-05-12 Joint Board Meeting Minutes2025-05-27 Joint Board Meeting Minutes
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Resolutions
Resources
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Notice of Privacy Practices
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HIPAA: Notice of Privacy Practices
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed in Federal Law in 1996 and provides the following standards:
- Protects patient privacy
- Safeguards patient information
- Grants certain patient rights
As an essential part of our commitment to you, Graham Fire & Rescue maintains the privacy of your confidential health care information, known as Protected Health Information or PHI. We are required by law to protect your health care information and to provide you with the attached Notice of Privacy Practices.
The Notice outlines our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your PHI. It not only describes our privacy practices and your legal rights, but lets you know, among other things, how we and our business associates are permitted to use and disclose PHI about you, how you can access and copy that information, how you may request amendment of that information, and how you may request restrictions on our use and disclosure or your PHI.
We are also required to abide by the terms of the version of this Notice currently in effect. In most situations we may use this information as described in this Notice without your permission, but there are some situations where we may use it only after we obtain your written authorization.
We respect your privacy, and treat all health care information about our patients with care under strict policies of confidentiality that all of our staff are committed to following at all times.
If you have any questions, contact our Privacy Officer, Sandi Roberts, at (253) 847-8811.
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Tort Claims
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Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 4.96.020, all claims for damages against Graham Fire & Rescue, or against any of its officers, employees, or volunteers, acting in such capacity, shall be presented to the designated claims agent within the applicable period of limitations within which an action must be commenced.
A claim is deemed presented when the claim form is delivered in person or is received by the agent by regular mail, registered mail, or certified mail, with return receipt requested, to the agent or other person designated to accept delivery at the agent’s office.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD CLAIM FORM (PDF format)
Designated Claims Agent:
Dustin Morrow, Fire ChiefDesignated Delivery Location:
1015 39th Ave SE., Suite 120,Puyallup, WA 98374
During Normal Business Hours
Funding
Graham Fire & Rescue is primarily funded through three voter-approved funding mechanisms.
- Regular (Fire) Levy: $1.00 per thousand dollars of assessed value.
- EMS Levy: $0.50 per thousand dollars of assessed value.
- Fire Benefit Charge: A fee calculated based on required firefighting resources, the size of the building(s) on a property and the hazards associated with those building(s).
Learn more about the fire benefit charge by viewing the FAQs document below.