(Salem, Ore.) – Starting this past Wednesday, July 17, and into Sunday, July 21, Oregon experienced two separate lightning events that resulted in over 2,000 strikes across the state, which primarily affected Southern,…
Category: First Responders
CANNON BEACH RURAL FIRE: High Angle Rescue of 2 Juvenile Victims on Chapman Point
OIOpublisher On July 9, 2024 at approximately 4 pm Cannon Beach and Seaside Fire were dispatched for a high angle rescue for two victims stuck on the side of the cliff. Firefighters…
FATAL CRASH – HWY 130 – TILLAMOOK COUNTY SUNDAY JULY 7, 2024
(Posted on FlashAlert: July 8th, 2024 10:16 AM) On Sunday, July 7, 2024, at 2:00 p.m., Oregon State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Hwy-130, near milepost 3, in Tillamook County. The…
STRUCTURE FIRE ADDS TO BUSY FOURTH OF JULY FOR SEASIDE RESPONDERS, CLOSURE OF HWY. 101 LAST NIGHT
(SEASIDE, Ore. – July 5, 2024) – A two-alarm structure fire about two miles south of Seaside closed US Highway 101 Thursday night for hours and added additional strain for first responders on one of…
All Oregon Dept. of Forestry Districts now in fire season ahead of coming heat wave
SALEM, Ore. – As of July 3, all Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) districts are in fire season. This means that to reduce the risk of human-caused wildfires, fire restrictions may be in…
COUNTY-WIDE BURN BAN EFFECTIVE JULY 4, 2024
The Tillamook County Fire Defense Board in conjunction with the Oregon Department of Forestry will enter into a county-wide burn ban on outdoor burning on July 4, 2024 at 01:00 am. It…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Recovery of Missing Clammer, Netarts Bay
On Saturday, April 6, 2024, Tillamook County Sheriff’s Deputies recovered the body of a 54-year male from New Mexico, who had been reported missing and presumed drowned two days earlier while clamming…
THE OCEANSIDER: “Modernistic” Design for Proposed Hotel on Maxwell Point
By Jerry Keene, Editor, The Oceansider The new hotel planned at the site of the former House on the Hill will “veer away” from traditional coastal wood structures to feature a more…
Netarts-Oceanside Fire District Rescue at Oceanside’s Short Beach Requires Team Effort, Coast Guard Helicopter March 26th
Shortly after 11:15 am on Tuesday March 26, 2024, the Netarts-Oceanside RFPD was alerted by Tillamook 911 of an individual who had fallen at Short Beach in Oceanside and had hit their…
Welcome Rescue Boat 31 to Garibaldi Fire & Rescue; Put Into Operation Yesterday, March 21st
In 2021 Garibaldi Fire & Rescue applied for the 100% funded SPIRE II grant through the Oregon Department of Emergency Management for a Low Water Rescue Jet Boat and were successful. State…