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With all the devastating wildfires happening in California, residents of the Mosier Fire District should be starting to make defensible space, or improve existing defensible space, on your property. If you had not seen the 2025 Wildfire Hazard map, the County and surrounding area is in the High Risk category for the second straight year. The Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office has […]

Welcome to 2025. Do you know what this means (other than the start of a new year)? If you answered Time to get a new burn permit, you’d be correct. Please feel free to call the fire administration office at (541) 478-3333 and leave a message if no answer or email chief@mosierfire.com

Please keep those affected in your thoughts and prayers AND for protection for the Firefighters Oregon has sent to help. The Oregon State Fire Marshal is mobilizing 12 strike teams to California to help protect communities threated by wildfires burning near Los Angeles. The Oregon State Fire Marshal has been monitoring and working with California throughout the event and received a request […]

Public comment is accepted but is limited to a total of three minutes of spoken commentor 500 words of written comment. Written comment for the board meeting should besubmitted by 2:00 pm to Todd Reeves at todd.reeves@mosierfire.comThe Mosier Fire Board is now doing hybrid meetings held at both the Mosier SeniorCenter, 500 E. 2nd, Mosier OR, and virtually by zoom.Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86501130674Meeting […]

As of today, there is no funding allocated for the the 2025 Wildfire Firefighter Upstaffing Grant PRESENTLY. As most of the District knows, last year was the first year that the District had Part-time Seasonal Firefighters on duty six out of seven days for almost the entire wildfire season. It lead to a more rapid response to incidents, resulting in smaller fires […]

The Fire Administration Office will be closed the morning of 11/13 (for travel to Portland). Will reopen in the afternoon at 1pm. The Fire Administration will also be closed the entire day of Friday 11/15. Will be available by cell phone if needed.

That on US 30, there are two different milage signs? One with the historic milage (on stones) and earlier this year ODOT was approved to place the current green milage signs on US 30. When you are reporting an emergency on US 30, please tell the dispatcher if you are using the historic (rock) mile ports or the current (green) mile post […]

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. Public comment is accepted but is limited to a total of three minutes of spoken commentor 500 words of written comment. Written comment for the board meeting should besubmitted by noon to Todd Reeves at todd.reeves@mosierfire.com The Mosier Fire Board is now doing hybrid meetings held at both the Mosier SeniorCenter, 500 E. 2nd, Mosier […]

With the upcoming forecasted cool wet weather, local Fire Districts, Wasco County, and Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) have agreed to lift the seasonal burn ban on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 12:01am. This will allow for burning in barrels and of small debris piles. Larger slash pile burning is not included in this lifting of the ban.Escaped debris burns remain a […]