It was May 7, 1946 the ballot measure to form King County Fire District 27 passed with 157 yes votes and 8 no votes.

Howard Stow, Charles Hanson and Calvin Kiest served as the first District Commissioners. On October 2, 1946 the Fire District purchased its first Fire Truck, an International, which featured a 300 gallon tank, a mid ship 500 gallon per minute pump and a high pressure PTO pump.  A local milk trucking business owner agreed to house the Fire truck in his garage until a permanent facility could be built. In late 1947 the District completed plans for the first fire station, which was, located on 337th and 43rd St.

In April of 1951 the District took delivery of its second Fire Truck, a 600 gallon per minute Bean high pressure pump mounted on a Diamond T chassis.  In early 1960 the District made a deal to purchase the two lots and the building where the local milking company had earlier allowed the District to store its first fire truck. The Volunteers stepped forward and provided manpower to renovate the structure for the District’s next Fire Station. An additional third bay was added, complete with roll up doors.

In December of 1974 a decision was made to begin looking for an architect to design a new Fire Station. In the summer of 1975 the District procured the land needed for the station and a ballot measure was overwhelmingly approved on February 10, 1976 to secure the funding for the current Fire Station which was completed in May of 1977. In 2001 the Voters passed a 2.4 million dollar bond issue to remodel and add 6,200 sq ft to the existing Fire Station. The remodel was completed in September of 2004.

First Fire Station 1947 - 1961
337th and SE 43rd Street
Front Row - Left to Right: Al Slott, Lonnie Ewing, Sam Green, Chet Bluher, Mel Smith, Art Peterson, Leroy Bronemann, Fred Bronemann
Back Row - Einer Swensen, Ed Erickson, Emil Tellinghusen, Austin (Gum) Huhn, Skip Baldasar, Bob Aydt, Walt Kantola, Jim Arnett,
Ken Corliss, Bill Steinke, Jack Ogilvie
circa 1951