Category: News

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 […]

What a SPECTACULAR DAY for a walk, jog, or even a bike ride. I know the PERFECT place to enjoy those activities. How about doing them on the Hatfield Trail/Mosier Twin Tunnels? I am please to announce that they have re-opened starting TODAY.

The Twin Tunnels are still closed, awaiting results from air sample. Once cleared to go, Mosier Fire will assist the Forest Service with extinguishing the last area of concern.

STATE OF OREGONDEPARTMENT OF FORESTRYINDUSTRIAL FIRE PRECAUTION LEVEL 2CLOSEDOWN ORDERNumber 06Effective 12:01 a.m., PDT, August 26th, 2024By virtue of the authority vested in me by ORS 477.625, ORS 477.670, and OAR 629-043-0070, Ihereby issue notice the following subject area is susceptible to damage by fire and proclaim IndustrialFire Precaution Level 2 to be in effect:All lands protected by the Central Oregon Protection […]

We have been receiving a lot of inquiries into when the twin tunnel bike trails are going to re-open. There is going to be a meeting this Friday to discuss this topic. As soon as we find out, we will make sure to post the information. Thank You for the inquiries.

Size: 1,313 acres Start Date: July 22, 2024 Cause: Undetermined Location: 5 miles west of Mosier, ORContainment: 89% Fuels: Brush, timber, and grass This will be the last daily update for the Microwave Tower Fire Highlights:Crews are monitoring the few remaining smoldering hotspots within the interior. Smoke may be visible fromInterstate 84. No perimeter growth has been observed. For questions or concerns […]