The Stillaguamish Tribe made two donations to local fire districts this May, including a $180,000 donation to the Oso Fire District that will completely fund a new ambulance.
The second donation was to the North County Regional Fire Authority and was for $300,000 meant to support their operations as well.
Oso Fire Chief Willy Harper accepted the donation at a ceremony on May 15.
Harper had been in contact with Stillaguamish Tribe officials before and had asked for any help to replace their aging aid car.
"We had asked for anything they could do to help and they called us and told us 'we're going to fully fund it,' and we could be more excited," he said.
Their aid car was originally purchased as a used model that had been driven since the '90s and had a lot of miles on it.