Special district · Washington State
Central Pierce Fire & Rescue — Fire District, Pierce County WA
Central Pierce Fire & Rescue is a fire district in Pierce county, Washington. It provides fire and emergency medical services.
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About this district
It provides fire and emergency medical services.
| Type | Fire District |
|---|---|
| County | Pierce |
| Voting precincts | 260 |
| Official name | CENTRAL PIERCE FIRE & RESCUE |
| State district code | FIR270001 |
Source WA Secretary of State district and precinct files · as of 2026-08-07 · district record
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Recent elections
Election records the state publishes for this district. Board members are elected in odd-numbered years.
| Year | Candidate | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Steve Stringfellow | 29,905 | Won, unopposed |
| 2025 | Matthew Holm | 28,624 | Won, unopposed |
| 2025 | John Caverly | 17,474 | Won |
| 2025 | Dale Mitchell | 17,472 | — |
| 2023 | Matthew Holm | 25,088 | Won, unopposed |
| 2023 | Rich Coleman | 24,078 | Won, unopposed |
| 2021 | Dale T. Mitchell | 27,841 | Won |
| 2021 | Dominic Costanzo | 4,262 | — |
| 2019 | Steve Stringfellow | 32,054 | Won, unopposed |
| 2019 | Bob Willis | 31,054 | Won, unopposed |
6 of the 8 races on record here drew no opponent. An unopposed race still appears on the ballot and still has to be certified. It is ordinary for special districts rather than a sign of anything.
Source WA Secretary of State election results · as of 2026-08-07 · 8 races on record
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Other districts in Pierce County
See every special district in Pierce County — fire, school, water, port, hospital, cemetery and park districts, and which of them share a number.
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Common questions
What is Central Pierce Fire & Rescue?
A fire district in Pierce county, Washington, governed by an elected board of commissioners or directors. It provides fire and emergency medical services.
Who runs Central Pierce Fire & Rescue?
Recent elected officials include Steve Stringfellow, Matthew Holm, John Caverly.
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What this page will not compute
Each of these is a number a reader might reasonably expect. None of them follow from the records we hold, so we do not publish them.
- What it levies, or spends
- Special districts set their own levies and budgets, and those filings are held by each county assessor rather than in any state-wide dataset. Nothing here is a financial figure.
- Who currently sits on the board
- We show election records where a district name matched one, which is 54% of them. A matched election tells you who won that race, not who holds the seat today — boards fill vacancies by appointment between elections, and those appointments are not published centrally.
- Where its boundary runs
- The register gives a precinct count, not a shape. Two districts of the same type in one county can be adjacent or nowhere near each other, and this page cannot tell you which.
Cite this page
This is public-records reporting. Use it, and say where it came from.
“Central Pierce Fire & Rescue — Fire District, Pierce County WA,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-07, accessed 2026-08-09. https://washingtonindependents.org/district/pierce-fire-central-pierce-fire-rescue/
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Where this page comes from
Every figure above is read from a primary source and rebuilt on a schedule. Nothing here is modelled or inferred; where a source is silent the page says so rather than filling the gap.
- WA Secretary of State — district and precinct files
- https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/
- WA Secretary of State — election results
- https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results.aspx