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File #: 26-0087    Version: 1
Type: information Status: In Committee
File created: 1/22/2026 In control: Heritage Commission
Agenda date: 1/28/2026 Final action:
Title: OFD Historic Storyboard Presentation
Attachments: 1. OFD Storyboard

Title
OFD Historic Storyboard Presentation

Recommended Action
Information only. No action requested.

Report
Issue:
Receive information from a local historian that is working with the Olympia Fire Department on a storyboard about the origins of the Fire Department. 

Staff Contact:
Brittany Gillia, Historic Preservation Officer, Community Planning and Economic Development Department, 360.753.8427

Presenter(s):
Shirley Stirling, WA State Regent, Daughters of the American Colonists

Background and Analysis:
Shirley Stirling is a volunteer with the Daughters of the American Colonists and has been working with the Olympia Fire Department (OFD) to design a storyboard illustrating the early history and evolution of the Olympia Fire Department. The interpretive panel is proposed to be installed at a local fire station.

Climate Analysis:
N/A

Equity Analysis:
N/A 

Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
N/A

Options:
1. Discuss the interpretive panel / storyboard

2. Do not discuss the interpretive panel / storyboard

Financial Impact:
Project is being privately funded.

Attachments:
OFD Storyboard