Fire District 3 gets new logo

Clallam County Fire District 3 recently unveiled a new logo designed and approved by firefighters.

For several weeks now, the logo has been visible on the district’s website as well as in press releases and district documents.

“It’s a beautiful thing that has come out of the (fire stations),” said Fire Chief Justin Grider.

“We embrace and celebrate what they want to see.”

Firefighters Beau Sylte and Bryce McGinley worked together to design the logo after then-interim fire chief Dan Orr requested new logos as part of a brand redesign over the past year.

Grider, who started in March, said he is all for a new logo but wants to make sure the department supports it.

In the spring, Sylte sent out a survey and found that around 78 percent of respondents said “a clear yes to using the new logo.”

A small team of chiefs, administrators and firefighters then refined the logo, Sylte said, and determined where it should be used initially.

The logo combines “F”, “D” and “3” and reads “Clallam County Fire District 3 Fire Rescue”.

Grider said it will be a “smooth transition” and that as new equipment arrives, the logo will be added to it, such as an ambulance being redesigned in the next 60 days. Other newer pieces of equipment include pickup trucks and a brush rack.

Over the next six to 12 months, the department will add t-shirts and hats for uniforms and other internal uses like letterheads. Grider said there will come a time when they will use both logos.

“With the new look, we want to make sure people know who is serving them,” he said. “We want it to be different from the rest of the peninsula.”

Fire Chief Mike Mingee said at the Aug. 20 fire chief meeting that he liked the logo and the effort to redesign it because many people are unaware of the differences between fire departments on the Olympic Peninsula and Fire District 3 is often referred to as the “Sequim Fire Department.”

“I think (branding is) important,” he said.

Its Facebook page states: “Clallam County Fire District 3 provides emergency medical, firefighting and hazard mitigation of all types from three fire stations staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by firefighters, EMTs and paramedics, and three fire stations staffed year-round by our volunteer members, to the communities of Gardiner, Diamond Point, Blyn, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Lost Mountain, Happy Valley, Sequim, Dungeness, Carlsborg, Agnew, O’Brien, R Corner and all points in between north and south.”

The district employs 50 firefighters.

For more information about Clallam County Fire District 3, visit ccfd3.org.