East Jefferson Fire Rescue may take over the management of Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue if commissioners for the two departments can find agreement on a proposed contract.
Port Ludlow fire commissioners reviewed a draft proposal for an interlocal agreement at their last meeting.
The contract would see East Jefferson Fire Rescue handle administrative and management services for Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue, a department that had 19 employees and expenditures of $2.6 million at the time of its last state audit.
Under the four-page fire services proposal, East Jefferson employees would “direct, control and support” Port Ludlow’s operations. That would include firefighting operations, fire protection and prevention, rescues, and hazardous material responses.