Clackamas Fire District
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Clackamas Fire District #1
Clackamas Fire District #1 (Clackamas Fire) is a special-purpose firefighting and emergency services district in the Portland metropolitan area, protecting more than 250,000 residents across nearly 303 square miles of urban, suburban, and rural communities. The district delivers an integrated range of emergency and prevention services, including fire suppression, advanced emergency medical response, community paramedicine, fire prevention and building inspections, public education, emergency preparedness, and disaster response.
The district employs 400 career firefighters and administrative professionals and operates from 24 fire stations to provide emergency response services.[1]
Clackamas Fire's service area is governed by an elected board of directors.
History
1930s - 1960s
Without the legal backing to operate past city limits before 1933, rural communities provided their own fire protection services. This changed during the 1930s when state lawmakers passed legislation allowing the creation of Rural Fire Protection Districts.[2] This legislation led to the formation of Clackamas Fire District #54 by Clackamas County commissioners. [3]
Milwaukie Fire Protection District #56 was formed by a Board of Directors in 1955 to protect the rural areas and operated out of a single station on SE King and Fuller Road.
1970s - 1980s
In the early 1970s, District #56 contracted with Multnomah County Fire District #12 to provide fire protection services in the Errol Heights neighborhood. As a result, Clackamas County Fire District #1 was officially formed in 1976 through this consolidation.
By the late 1980s, Happy Valley District #65 and Clackamas Fire District #54 merged to become a single district and, along with Redland Fire District #54, these fire districts merged with Clackamas County Fire District #1 in 1988, resulting in Clackamas Fire District #1.
1990s - present
Throughout the 1990s and early 200s, the district continued to expand and modernize, merging with Clackamas Fire District #71 in 1990, Beavercreek Fire District #55 in 1994, Oak Lodge Fire District #51 in 1998, and began providing services to Milwaukie and Oregon City [4][5][6][7].
In 2003, Clarkes Rural Fire Protection District #68 was annexed into Clackamas Fire District #1, followed soon after by Milwaukie in 2005 and Oregon City in 2007[8][9].
In 2014, both Boards of Directors from Clackamas Fire District #1 and Boring Fire District #59 unanimously approved a five-year contract for service to provide fire protection, fire prevention, and emergency medical services to Boring’s community and, in November 2016, Boring voters approved annexing into the district[10].
Contractual fire and medical services began for Gladstone in 2022 and for Sandy Fire District #72 in 2023. Following voter endorsement, both communities were fully incorporated into the district via annexations completed in mid-2026.[11]
Technical Teams
Clackamas Fire is home to several technical teams that specialize in different areas of search and rescue.
Crew 30
Clackamas Fire Crew 30 was established in 2021, following the 2020 Labor Day Fires, in part through a grant from the Department of Labor in cooperation with Clackamas Community College and Clackamas Fire. In 2025, Crew 30 was certified as a Type 2 Initial Attack hand crew by the Oregon Department of Forestry. The crew has been deployed nationally and internationally during fire season.[12]
HazMat
Clackamas Fire maintains a higher level of hazmat response capability with a team trained to the hazmat Technician Level. Clackamas Fire's hazardous materials team comprises half of the state's regional Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Team (RHMERT) 3, which is staffed by Clackamas Fire and Gresham Fire and Rescue and provides coverage for Clackamas County. RHMERTS are managed, coordinated, and supported by the Oregon Department of the State Fire Marshal.
Urban Search and Rescue (USAR)
Clackamas Fire's USAR team specializes in vehicle & machine extraction, collapse rescue, confined space rescue, rope rescue, and trench rescue.[13]
Water Rescue Team (WRT)
The Type 3 WRT is a swift water and flood search and rescue team, comprised of certified water rescue technicians and is a member of the Clackamas County Water Rescue Consortium.
- ↑ "Standards-of-Cover - Clackamas Fire District" (PDF). 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
- ↑ "Oregon Revised Statutes; Chapter 478 — Rural Fire Protection Districts".
- ↑ Pitz, Ray (April 2012). Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue. p. 89. ISBN 9780738593043. Search this book on
- ↑ "Beavercreek and Clackamas merge districts" (PDF). Clackamas Review. Feb. 10, 1994. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Clackamas, Milwaukie fire departments head for merger discussions" (PDF). Clackamas Review. Nov. 22, 1996. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Merger -- Oak Lodge Fire District #51 with and into Clackamas County Fire District #1" (PDF).
- ↑ "Board Meeting Briefing Packet -- October 17, 2016".
- ↑ "Clackamas Countys Voters' Pamphlet -- May 17, 2005".
- ↑ Mayes, Steve (May 27, 2013). "Oregon City's budget has a new look and a surprise -- higher property taxes". oregonlive.
- ↑ "Board of County Commissioners Agenda". July 28, 2016.
- ↑ Keizur, Christopher (May 19, 2026). "Election: Sandy says 'Yes' to fire annexation".
- ↑ "Clackamas Fire Crew In Canada To Help Fight Wildfires". June 3, 2025.
- ↑ "ESF 9 – Search and Rescue".
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