Patos Island Lighthouse

Patos Island Lighthouse

The Orcas Island Fire Department volunteers teamed up with the Federal Bureau of Land Management and Washington State Parks in the Patos Island Lighthouse 100th year birthday party preparations. Members of the fire department have volunteered over 300 hours of labor 2006 and have recently been named the Patos Island sponsor in the Washington State Adopt-A-Park Program.

Orcas Fire earned their sign on Patos.

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From Left to Right:
Patos Island Fire Dept. Members: Jason & Sherri Maderios, Chad Kimple, Jeff Jones, Alicia Harris, Max Jones, Nick Teague and Nicol O’Neill.
Not pictured: Dave Mowrey and State Park Ranger Ted Schlund.


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Chad Kimple works on removing years of non-native brush near the historic lighthouse.

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