Here at the Vernonia Rural Fire Protection District, and in the pages of Vernonia’s Voice, we’ve recently been talking about an increasing call volume, which is the number of times we respond when we are dispatched to assist someone in need of help.
The Vernonia Rural Fire Protection District staff and volunteers that are responding to emergency calls from our community initiate their actions from a series of information they receive. Each call for service has its own set of unique infor…
Almost nine months ago the Vernonia Fire District began the process of discussing a need to provide ambulance transport depth to our community. As 911 systems across the country are overwhelmed and understaffed we have seen the same issues he…
The Vernonia Rural Fire Protection District (VRFPD) will hold a community town hall meeting Monday, January 9 at 7:00 pm. The town hall will be held at the Fire Station at 555 E Bridge St, Vernonia. The purpose of this meeting is to allow com…
Back as far as the early 2000s the Vernonia Rural Fire Protection District employed one full-time fire chief and one part-time executive assistant. The fire district responded to less than a few hundred total calls per year, and the presence …
Vernonia Rural Fire Protection District and Vernonia Ambulance staff and volunteers took part in the annual 9/11 remembrance.
With a turn of the calendar into September, National Preparedness Month is here. This year, the Oregon Department of Emergency Management is asking Oregonians to plan today, to be ready tomorrow. The agency is asking Oregonians to take steps …
Vernonia Fire had an unprecedented number of staff on duty to protect our community and our visitors for Jamboree 2022. Our staff was able to come together and provide 24-hour a day protection to this significant community event. Saturday was…
On August 3, 2022 Vernonia Rural Fire Protection District deployed Water Tender 452 as part of a Columbia County Wildland Task Force to Maupin, Oregon to fight the Miller Road Fire. The Water Tender was staffed by probationary firefighter/EMT Leaverton and volunteer firefighter/EMT Abney. Sc…
Vernonia Fire has been telling our community for a while that our number one focus is to increase staffing, while subsequently increasing our ability to provide service to our community. Well, we did it. Starting July 2 of 2022 Vernonia Rural Fire Protection District hired two additional fir…
This month we want to introduce you to two more of our new Part-time Firefighter EMTs that have helped us to increase staffing here in Vernonia.
