About Us

Benton County Fire District 4 provides fire and emergency medical service (EMS) to approximately 25,000 people over 52 square miles. Our service area includes the city of West Richland and the unincorporated areas around it. In 2025, our firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics responded to an average of 2,350 calls, 69% of which were EMS-related. 

Our fire district started as an all-volunteer department in 1954. Now we rely on intern firefighters as well as paid and part-time personnel to respond to emergencies.