A dispute among officials from two Clallam County fire protection districts has led to hard feelings over a 7-year-old agreement that allows for mutual aid between the two.

Fire Districts No. 2 and 3 participate in an agreement among themselves, District No. 4 (in the Joyce area) and the Port Angeles Fire Department to offer firefighting and emergency medical services outside their jurisdictions in the event they are needed.

But a November emergency medical services levy failure in District No. 2 meant that the agency had to let expire a contract with Olympic Ambulance Service, which provided guaranteed paramedic and transport services on a round-the-clock basis.

That is of concern to District No. 3 Chief Steve Vogel and his three-member Board of Commissioners.

They notified District No. 2 Chief Jon Bugher that a re-evaluation of the mutual aid agreement might be forthcoming.

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The rest of the story appears in Thursday’s Peninsula Daily News Clallam County edition.