Irrigon Fire Department

10/06/2026

10/05/2026

🚒 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK: SMOKE ALARMS SAVE LIVES! 🚒
A working smoke alarm can give you and your family the precious extra time you need to escape a fire.
Today, take a few minutes to walk through your home and:
🔴 Test your smoke alarms every month.
🔴 Replace batteries at least once a year, unless your alarm uses a 10-year battery.
🔴 Replace smoke alarms every 10 years, or sooner if they aren't working properly.
🔴 Check that every level of your home has a working smoke alarm.
And don't forget—when a smoke alarm sounds, get out and stay out! Call 911 from a safe location.
Throughout Fire Prevention Week, we'll be sharing simple tips that can help keep you, your family, and our community safer.
❤️‍🔥 Prevent. Prepare. Protect.
— Irrigon Fire Department 🚒

10/01/2026

🚨 OPEN BURNING SEASON STARTS TODAY! 🚨

We are excited to announce that open burning is officially open for the season! If you live within the Irrigon Fire District, please read below for everything you need to know before lighting your burn piles.

🔥 The Rules:

Permits are required: You must obtain a burn permit if you live inside the district.

Call before you burn: Even with a permit, you must call non-emergency dispatch (541-676-5317) every time before you start your fire.

📝 How to Get Your Permit:

Where: Irrigon Fire Station

When: Monday – Friday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Cost: $5 (Valid for the entire 2026-2027 burn season!)

🎉 Exciting Station News!
We are thrilled to share that for the first time ever, we have a full-time firefighter manning the station! Because they are handling both admin duties and actively responding to emergencies, there may be times during those permit hours when the station is empty due to an emergency response. We appreciate your patience if you happen to miss them—we will get you taken care of as soon as we return!

Stay safe out there, Irrigon! Let us know if you have any questions, and thank you for helping us keep our community protected. 🚒🍂

If you have any questions feel free to call us at the station 541-922-3133

08/30/2026

🚌🚸 BACK TO SCHOOL SAFETY REMINDER 🚸🚌

Tomorrow is the first day of school for our local students! As our kids head back to the classroom, Irrigon Fire would like to remind everyone to slow down, stay alert, and help make sure every student gets to school and back home safely.

🚗 Drivers: Please remember: 👀 Watch carefully for children walking or riding bikes, especially near schools and intersections.
🐢 Slow down and obey posted school-zone speed limits.
🚌 Be alert for school buses and remember to stop when required for flashing red lights and stop signs.
📵 Put the phone away—distractions can take your attention away at the exact moment a child enters the roadway.
↔️ Give yourself extra time during your morning and afternoon commute.
🎒 Parents and students: 🚸 Use crosswalks whenever possible.
👀 Look both ways before crossing the street.
🚲 Wear helmets when riding bikes or scooters.
📱 Stay aware of your surroundings and avoid distractions while walking near traffic.

The first few days of school can be especially busy as everyone adjusts to new routines, bus schedules, and traffic patterns. Please give yourself a little extra time and be patient.

❤️🚒 Let's all do our part to make this a safe and successful school year for the children in our community!
Slow down. Stay alert. Watch for kids.
🚒🚸📚

08/10/2026

🚒 A Huge Thank You to Tapani Inc.! ❤️

Irrigon Fire would like to extend a huge thank you to Tapani Inc. for generously donating their time, equipment, and expertise to help us move one of our storage conex containers from one side of our property to the other.

This may seem like a simple move, but it has been a long-standing need for our department. Relocating the conex will help us continue improving and organizing our property, create a cleaner and more functional space, and most importantly, provide better parking and access for firefighters responding to emergencies.

Tapani Inc. made quick work of a project that we've needed to tackle for a long time, and we truly appreciate their willingness to step up and help their local fire department.

Community support like this makes a real difference. Thank you, Tapani Inc., for helping Irrigon Fire continue to change, grow, and better serve our community! 🚒❤️

07/24/2026

🚒 OSFM Mobilization – Shingles Fire
Today, Lt Jensen and Firefighter Ramsey of the Irrigon Rural Fire Protection District are being deployed to the Shingles Fire in Wheeler County as part of an Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM) mobilization.
When local resources become overwhelmed, departments from across Oregon come together through the OSFM mobilization system to support communities in need. We are honored to answer that call and stand alongside firefighters from around the state to help protect lives, property, and natural resources.
While some of our personnel are deployed, Irrigon Fire will continue to provide emergency services within our district. We appreciate the support of our mutual aid partners who help ensure our community remains protected.
Please join us in wishing our firefighters and all responding personnel a safe deployment. We also ask everyone to do their part by staying fire aware, following local fire restrictions, and keeping those affected by the Shingles Fire in your thoughts.
Stay safe, and thank you for your continued support of your volunteer firefighters. ❤️🚒

07/22/2026

🚒 A Huge Thank You to The Home Depot – Hermiston! 🚒

The Irrigon Rural Fire Protection District would like to extend our sincere appreciation to The Home Depot in Hermiston for their generous donation to our department!

Thanks to their support, we were able to purchase a brand-new pressure washer that has already been put to work. During this busy wildfire season, our fire engines return from incidents covered in dirt, ash, and smoke residue. This new equipment allows us to keep our apparatus clean, well-maintained, and ready for the next emergency.

We've also been using it to clean our fire hose after incidents. Proper hose maintenance helps extend the life of this critical equipment, ensuring it remains reliable when our firefighters need it most.

Community partnerships like this make a real difference. Every dollar donated helps us care for our equipment, stretch our budget, and continue providing the highest level of service to the citizens of Irrigon and the surrounding communities.

Please join us in thanking The Home Depot – Hermiston for investing in your local fire department and helping us stay ready to answer the call. We truly appreciate your generosity and support!

🚒❤️🛠️

07/10/2026

Vegetation Fire Response – Daisy Lane Area

Yesterday evening at 6:29 p.m., Irrigon Fire Protection District was dispatched to a reported vegetation fire threatening homes in the Daisy Lane area. Our on-duty wildland staffing crew responded immediately, with the first apparatus en route in under three minutes.

Upon arrival, firefighters found an approximately 2-acre vegetation fire spreading at a moderate rate toward nearby residences. Crews immediately prioritized structure protection while simultaneously working to contain the fire. Shifting winds caused the fire to change direction multiple times, creating rapidly changing conditions on the fireground.

As the fire progressed into a marshy area with limited access and extremely sandy terrain surrounding the area, suppression efforts became more challenging. Despite these obstacles, firefighters continued working to contain the fire and protect surrounding homes and property.

Due to the potential for rapid fire growth and the immediate threat to nearby residences, additional resources were requested from Boardman Fire Rescue, Umatilla Rural Fire District, and US wild land fire services (Legacy BIA fire, and Kalispell Tribal Fire Department). We are grateful for the quick response and outstanding teamwork demonstrated by all of our mutual aid partners.

We would also like to recognize the incredible support from members of our community who stepped up to assist during the incident. A special thank you to the McNamee family for providing fire trucks, Jasen Holz for providing equipment assistance, Luna's for their support, El Buen sazon for providing refreshing drinks to our firefighters, and the many others who offered help throughout the evening. Your generosity and willingness to serve your community are greatly appreciated.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. And crews are still on scene monitoring any potential hotspots. No structures were lost and no firefighter or public injuries were reported.

As always, we thank our firefighters, mutual aid partners, and community members for working together to help protect the Irrigon community.

07/05/2026

Busy Morning for Irrigon Rural Fire Protection District

Irrigon Rural Fire Protection District responded to two fire incidents during the early morning hours today.

🚒 2:53 a.m. – Crews responded to a shed fire. Thankfully the fire was contained to the shed only. And we had some great neighbors jump in and help which our crews were grateful for. About twenty minutes after our crews had finished cleaning up and getting their stuff put together they were called to another structure fire.

🚒 5:25 a.m. – Crews responded to a structure fire. The neighbors alerted the residents that their barn was on fire. Mutual aid was requested from Boardman Fire Rescue District and Umatilla Rural Fire Protection District.

We appreciate the assistance from our mutual aid partners and the dedication of all our volunteer firefighters who responded to both incidents.