- Food – ready to eat or requiring minimal water
- Water - One gallon per person per day
- Manual can opener and other cooking supplies
- Plates, utensils and other feeding supplies
- First Aid Kit & instructions
- A copy of important documents & phone numbers
- Warm clothes and rain gear for each family member.
- Heavy work gloves
- Disposable camera
- Unscented liquid household bleach and an eyedropper for water purification
- Personal hygiene items including toilet paper, feminine supplies, hand sanitizer and soap
- Plastic sheeting, duct tape and utility knife for covering broken windows
- Tools such as a crowbar, hammer & nails, staple gun, adjustable wrench and bungee cords.
- Blanket or sleeping bag
- Large heavy duty plastic bags and a plastic bucket for waste and sanitation
- Any special-needs items for children, senior, or people with disabilities . Don’t forget water and supplies for your pets.
An inside look at your fire department. Sharing our operations with you and your feedback with us all in an effort to work better in service to our community. Career and Volunteer Firefighters from Forest Grove and Cornelius provide fire, rescue, and emergency medical response, as well as fire prevention and life safety education services to the residents of the Cities of Forest Grove and Cornelius, and the surrounding rural communities in beautiful western Washington County.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Earthquakes in Oregon?
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The Start of Something New....
Engine 421 is our newest fire apparatus, though the fire engines have changed our commitment to serving the city and rural residents of the Forest Grove community has never changed.
We operate out of two fire stations, our headquarters station (Station #4) is @ 1919 Ash Street in the heart of historic downtown Forest Grove. Station 4 is where the five firefighters that are assigned to each of our three shifts work as well as the admin staff and a bulk of our volunteers. Our second station (Station #7) is located in the beautiful rural community of Gales Creek approximately 8 miles west of the city of Forest Grove. Station 7 is an all volunteer station where in the event that an emergency occurs in that response area volunteer firefighters are notified by pager to report to the fire station and respond as needed to the call.
Some statistics about Forest Grove Fire & Rescue:
- Service Area: 85 square miles
- Population Served: 29,495
- Total calls for service in 2009: 2,505 emergency and non emergency calls
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