If you were to come by the fire station on a Monday night you would find our staff and volunteers training on any number of skills. In May, we worked on refreshing our wildland firefighting skills. We also had a great class from our medical director on responding to a woman in labor. Each week our firefighters and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel train on topics from high angle rescue to…

The Central Oregon Fire Chiefs Association (COFCA) have announced the date of closing for residential and private lands open debris burning across the tri-county region in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson Counties including Crooked River Ranch. Burning debris piles and using burn barrels on private lands in much of central Oregon will not be allowed at sunset on May 31 this year as the area heads…