Forest Grove
Firefighters Association
"Trained to Save, Committed to Serve"
Located in Western Washington County, Forest Grove is 25 miles West of Portland, Oregon in the foothills of
the Coastal Mountain Range.

Covering a service area of 85 sq. miles  Forest Grove Fire & Rescue provides services to over 28,000 Citizens
living and working within the city and rural fire district.

Serving Forest Grove and the surrounding communities since 1894, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue provides fire
suppression, prevention and inspection, emergency medical services, hazardous materials response as well as
other emergency services to the City of Forest Grove including the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District.

Forest Grove Fire & Rescue is a combination fire department, made up of both career and volunteer firefighters
and currently operates out of two fire stations.  The main station located at 1919 Ash St. in Downtown Forest
Grove is operated by both career and volunteer firefighter and is staffed 24 hours a day.  Our substation, an all
volunteer station is located at 52155 NW Old Wilson River Rd. in Gales Creek.  
"To provide the finest protection of life and property from fire, natural, and manmade
emergencies in a professional and courteous manner while reducing these threats                   
through public education"
Our Mission:
2010
Monthly Call Totals:
January: 234
February: 187
March: 215
April: 176
May: 209
June: 201
July:
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
Total: 1222
2009
Total Calls: 2505
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(503) 992-3240     FAX (503) 992-3243      Email Us
1919 Ash Street  Forest Grove, Oregon 97116
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We are currently in the process of trying to set up a quarterly online newsletter.  If you would like to be added
to our email list please send us an
email.  We are in the first stages of setting this up, but look for it in your inbox
and on the web soon.
As you may know we are using facebook and twitter to help get some of our messages out, and now we have
taken another step in communication and have created a fire blog.  In the lower left hand corner you will see
links to our various social media sites.  Join our sites for up to date information on what we are up to, safety tips
and other worthy information.
Are you a college student currently enrolled in a fire science or EMS program?  We currently are looking for
qualified individuals to fill the positions of intern firefighters.  For more information click
here to be directed to
our City's website.
Please note, over the next few months we will be revising the site content.  The plan is to not have duplicated
information between this site and our City site.  If info disappears it will be linked to our other site.  Thanks
Fire season goes into effect July 8th 2010 at 0100hrs.    Are you ready for a wildfire?  Please click here for tips
that you can do to help us in the event of a wildfire emergency.  Below are three pictures from previous wildland
fires we have responded to, as you can see wildland fires can happen anytime of the year.
February 28, 2008
July 20, 2009
October 3, 2009