"If youre interested in making a difference in your community, this is your chance," FGF&R said, noting that no firefighting experience was needed to apply to be a volunteer firefighter.
The Gales Creek National Night Out, on hiatus since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, is coming back. A meeting Thursday evening at the Gales Creek Library is hoping to draw volunteers to help.
As families prepare to celebrate Independence Day with the traditional lighting of explosives, fire and weather agencies are warning of other explosive conditions: The potential for wildfires to ignite and spread fast Tuesday and Wednesday.
Dozens of Gales Creek residents past and present dropped by an open house to commemorate 50 years of firefighting in Gales Creek Saturday, filling the station with memories and learning as visitors flipped through documents, viewed photographs, and reminisced.
An open house to commemorate the 50+ years volunteer firefighters have served Gales Creek will be held Saturday at the Gales Creek Fire Station from 1 to 4 p.m.
Summer is (more or less) here, and area fire agencies are gearing up for the impending fire season. Find info on burning, fire safety, training, and more inside.
Gales Creek's Brooke Gramer, Melinda Fischer coast to victory in Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District race, while incumbent Gary Post held an early lead of 51.6% of the vote to challenger Ryan Wiley's 45.1%.
On Tuesday, May 16, polls will close on another special district election. That night and the following days after, ballotspicked up from ballot boxes, trickling in through the mailwill be counted, tallied, and the next batch of citizens who threw their hat into the ring to represent local residen
