Serving Eagle Point, White City, Shady Cove, Prospect, Trail & Butte Falls
Fire District #3 celebrated graduating five new recruits on Friday. These recruits have been training for the last eight weeks. The recruits train in all the areas they will be faced with once they are on the job. They train for medical emergencies, car extractions, rescues and yes, even fires.They worked on communications, how to…
Fire District #3 has said goodbye to seven of their employees, a total of 194 years of service. Those retirees include: Deputy Fire Marshal Don Hickman, 26 years of service; Captain Jon Brite and Fire Engineer Bill Ward, 30 years each; Captain Mark Minor and Fire Engineer Steve Waterman, each 25 years of service, Fire…
A frantic call to 9-1-1 at 12:20 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, by Michelle McCullough said she smoke coming from the garage as she was returning home. She said her husband was disabled in the nearby master bedroom, unable to get out of the house on his own. Fire District 4 and Fire District 3 responded…
Fire District 3 is seeking qualified applicants for the budget committee. The non-compensated appointment will be through Dec. 31, 2012. Members are expected to attend two to three meetings annually April through June to review, make recommendations and approve the proposed budget. Registered voters within Fire District #3 except officers, agents, or employees of the…
The seven strategic goals under which Fire District #3 will operate were introduced by Fire District #3 Chief Dan Petersen at the Mar. 17 board of directors meeting. Prior to the presentation, Petersen worked with each person who will have the primary responsibility for seeing his or her team follows through on the goals. Petersen…
There will be an important meeting for rural homeowners on Jan. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at Fire District 4 , 21200 Hwy. 62, Shady Cove. New rules for firebreaks will be presented. A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at 1 p.m. in White City at the county auditorium. Rural homeowners can…
A process that began several months ago concluded last week as Jackson County Fire District #3 announced the hiring of Dan Petersen as Fire Chief. Petersen is currently Deputy Fire Chief of Administrative and Training for the Medford Fire District. He has been with Medford Fire for 23 years and has 31 years in fire…
{gallery}/07_06_10/barry{/gallery}“When one celebrates, we all celebrate,” said Interim District 3 (and former) Fire Chief Randy Iverson as he opened an evening that honored Barry “The Bear” Hoffman for the only career he has ever known–that of fire service. The celebration was attended by some 150 representing not only family, friends, past and current firefighters, but…
Fire District 3 presented two Heroic Action awards for what was described as life-saving effort. On the afternoon of Oct. 1 in the 100 block of Onyx in Egle oint, Mark Keson and Mark Culp rescued a man from his burning truck. The driver crashed into a light pole. Keson swas near by, saw the…
