‘If I can do it to help others, I’m going to do it’
Grant County Fire District 8 Chief Matt Hyndman said the fire service is a rewarding and fulfilling job. He began fighting fires as a teen in 1993.
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Matt Hyndman, left, Grant County Fire District 8 chief, talks with vendor - and former GCFD 8 firefighter - Matt Jamison at the station. The station has six paid firefighters and about 20 volunteers.
Matt Hyndman with the first fire rig owned by Grant County Fire District 8, now outside the station on Road 22.5 NW. The department was founded in June of 1958 and has served the community around Mattawa since that time.
MATTAWA — Grant County Fire District 8 Chief Matt Hyndman said he liked the job of a firefighter from his first fire, back in 1993 when he was a teenager. But it was a long time, he said before he knew why he liked it.
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