When Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue’s Division Chief of Training, Jesse Walsh, returned from training at the Resuscitation Academy in Seattle earlier this year, he came back with a class project and…
Category: First Responders
TILLAMOOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: First Responders Find Mini Van Inside Beaver Grocery Early Tuesday Morning
(FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -Tuesday, September 24, 2024 – 6:15am) At around 4:50 am this morning, Tillamook 911 received a call that a vehicle had crashed into a building in Beaver. Nestucca Fire…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY NEWS UPDATE: Fire Season is not over
(9/5/24; Salem, OR)— The Oregon Department of Forestry wants to remind Oregonians that with weather fluctuating across the state, fire is still on the landscape and fire season is still in effect….
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY: Fire Restriction Levels Increased Today August 29th, Warming Weather & Winds
With the weather warming up in the Western district this weekend, the restriction levels will be changing. Effective August 29th @ 1201 am, the following restrictions will be in place: Public Use…
Lightning Storm Sparks Two Fires in Forest Grove City Watershed Saturday August 17th; Oregon Dept. of Forestry, Local Crews Respond, Quickly Contain
From Forest Grove Fire & Rescue: A Sunday August 18, 2024 update/recap on the two lightning caused fires in the Forest Grove Water Shed off of Soda Springs Road. The area is the…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY UPDATE 8/11/24: LEE FALLS FIRE 25% CONTAINED, EVACUATION LEVELS REDUCED
(August 11th, 2024 10:15 am, Cherry Grove, Ore.) – With yesterday’s progress on the Lee Falls Fire, structural firefighting task forces and law enforcement demobilized from the area yesterday. Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Type 3…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY – Lee Falls Fire update August 10: Community protection continues on Lee Falls Fire
(Cherry Grove, Ore.) – Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Type 3 Incident Management Team, along with a Type 3 Incident Management Team from structural firefighters and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, continue…
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY: Suppression efforts continue on the Lee Falls Fire in Washington County; Community of Cherry Grove Under Evacuation Orders
Cherry Grove, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Forestry, Gaston Rural Fire District and Washington County Sheriff’s Office are working together in response to the Lee Falls Fire to protect the community of…
Oregon Farm Bureau Launches Wildfire Relief Fund to Support Affected Farmers and Ranchers
EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2024 wildfire season is not over, and has already been one of the most devastating, and likely record-breaking, the state has seen. Currently, there are 141 fires, and over…
Tillamook County Refers Bond Measure to November Ballot to Fund Upgrades to Public Safety Emergency Communications System
Tillamook County, OR – Today, the Tillamook County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to refer a bond measure to voters for the November ballot to modernize the county’s decades old public safety emergency communications system. “The system first…
