Central Cascades Fire & EMS services and service area:

Central Cascades Fire & EMS District includes the private property, homes and businesses along and adjacent to Highway 58 between Willamette Pass and the Crescent Cut-Off Highway and includes the areas around Crescent and Odell Lakes, approximately 30 square miles. Central Cascades Fire & EMS provides fire, rescue and emergency medical services (EMS) first response within this district as well as mutual aid services to the neighboring fire districts and adjoining state and federal forest lands. Central Cascades does not provide ambulance transport services. Our district lies within the Crescent Fire District Ambulance Service Area (ASA). Crescent Fire District is responsible for ambulance transport services within the ASA.

Emergency Response Activity

Fire Responses:         13

Medical Incidents:       35

Rescue / MVA:            14

Other Responses:         8

Total 2009 Responses: 70

Volunteer Oportunities:  Please contact our Chief or his deputy regarding volunteering.  We are always looking for new individuals to strengthen our response capabilities. We need firefighters and ems personnel.  If you have experience, great; if not we will train you.

District Goals:

Goal A: Develop, Maintain and Improve Emergency Response Capabilities

Goal B: Maintain High District / Departmental Standards and Measures.

Goal C: Expand Community Education and Involvement, Prevention and Safety efforts.

Goal D: Strengthen Internal and External Relationships and improve Communications.

Goal E: Develop and Maintain Collaborative Strategic Parnerships.

Goal F: Provide appropriate; Basic, Advanced, Leadership and Successor Training.

Goal G: Support and Improve Regional Fire and EMS Response Capabilities