Community organizations and resources are gathering at Tillamook Bay Community College and the community is invited to join us for a conversation about safety in our communities. Over the last several months,…
Category: First Responders
Storms, King Tides Watching Safety: The risks and how to avoid them – Please don’t leave your common sense at home.
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: Chief Hesse and Chief Paulsen agreed to create this direct message as there continues to be documented risky behavior on the coast, and a recent death. Coastal residents regularly…
Rescuers Unable to Locate Man Swept Out of Netarts Bay Today, January 17th
(January 17, 2023 – 4:00pm) At 8:57am this morning, January 17, 2023, Tillamook County Sheriff’s Deputies, Netarts-Oceanside Fire-Rescue, Oregon State Parks and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) responded to a water…
Tillamook County Fire Departments Participate in Drill, Communication Plan Test January 3rd at Port of Garibaldi
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman Units from each fire department in Tillamook County came together in the evening of Tuesday, January 3, 2023 to conduct a practice fire drill and…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Hazardous Weather Conditions Continue 12/27/22
December 27, 2022 @7:30AM We continue to have hazardous weather conditions Public Utility crews have been working through the night removing downed trees and debris from our roadways. The county is still…
Tillamook County Emergency Management Advisory: Winter Weather Advisory until 12:00PM
Friday December 23, 2022, 8:55 AM * WHAT…Freezing rain. Additional ice accumulations of a light glaze. * WHERE…In Oregon, North Oregon Coast. In Washington, South Washington Coast. Most of the coastline has…
Holiday Light Parades – Lighting Up Tillamook County from South to North – Nestucca Valley, Bay City, North County
The weather was dry and calm … which was a first for the third annual North County Light Parade. Organized by community volunteers in 2020 due to the COVID19 pandemic, the event…
TILLAMOOK POLICE DEPARTMENT: Stolen Vehicle, Burglary Suspect from Sat. Dec. 17 Incident Arrested in Tillamook Today Dec. 18
By Chief Ray Rau, Tillamook PD On 12/18/22 at approximately 8:06am a Tillamook Police Officer and 2 Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to the Sheridan Square Apartments in Tillamook for a…
Tillamook Police Early Wake-up Call – Stolen Vehicle Races Through Town, Potentially Armed Suspect Makes Getaway Through Woods, Water
Early this morning December 17th at 5:55 am, the Tillamook Police Department announced on social media that they were currently holding a perimeter around the 800 block of 4th St. At that…
Tillamook County Sheriff Deputy Watters follows in Grandfathers Footsteps
The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office would like to congratulate Deputy Terrance Watters on his recent graduation from the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training Police Academy. Deputy Watters began his…