On August 11, 2025, Lopez Island Fire and EMS responded, at 8:45 p.m., to a fire on Center Island under the County wide Interagency Wildland Response Plan and in cooperation with Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Led by Squad Boss Monico Mackinnon, a team of 5 was taken by the San Juan County Sheriffs’ boat to assist the Center Island resident fire brigade. The task was to assist with a wildfire that was ignited by a structure fire that was extinguished earlier in the evening.

On arrival our crew found a fire well under control and primarily out, they overhauled the scene using hand tools and contacted the DNR fire officer to give a size up of the situation. All Lopez personnel were back on Lopez Island by 12:30; DNR crews were on scene this morning checking for hot spots and continuing fire watch.