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About the District |
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"Serving our Communities with
Dedication"
About The District
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Chiefs' Corner |
Chief’s Welcome
Greetings
from Columbia River Fire and Rescue and welcome to our web site! We are a combination paid and volunteer fire
district with 100 firefighters, paramedics and administrative staff serving
27,000 citizens spread over 185 square miles of eastern Columbia County on the
Columbia River. Our district is
comprised of the major communities of St. Helens on the south end and Rainier
on the north end. Several smaller
communities dot the intervening geographic area of our highly diversified fire
district. The district protects a wide
variety of customers ranging from highly industrialized areas along the
Columbia River, to growing residential suburbs, to older historical buildings
dating from the early 1900’s, to floating homes and marinas on the river, to
large rural areas including heavily forested tree farms and other lightly populated
areas.
The present
fire district was formed through the merger of the old St. Helens Rural Fire
District and the Rainier Rural Fire District in 2002. Since that time many improvements to service
have been effected and we are pleased to be able to report that the district is
in good financial shape. Just as in many
parts of Oregon our incident response volume continues to grow and we have
worked hard to conserve tax dollars while operating and maintaining a modern,
responsive, and highly capable fire and life safety organization.
We invite you
to come in or call us anytime when you think we can be of help. We offer a wide range of informational and
educational services that cover first aid, smoke alarms, fire extinguisher
training, disaster preparedness, business safety, senior citizen safety, child
safety seats, and other similar topics.
With the current emphasis on Homeland Defense and preparation for
possible incidents relating to this, we have been highlighting the need for our
citizens to build and maintain a 72-hour disaster preparedness kit in their
homes and their vehicles.
We encourage
you to visit our website often in order to stay abreast of all our activities,
projects, and services. Thank you for
your interest in our services and we sincerely appreciate your support and
confidence. Columbia River Fire and
Rescue continues to strive to meet and exceed your expectations. Please let us know where we need to improve. Columbia River Fire and Rescue is
committed to
“Serving
Our Communities with Dedication”