Washington County Fire District 2

Washington County Fire District 2
Operational area
Country United States
State Oregon
CountyWashington
Agency overview
Established1952
Dissolved2017

Washington County Fire District 2 (WCFD2) was a special-purpose government fire fighting and emergency services district in Washington County on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon. Established in 1952, it primarily provided fire and emergency medical services in the central portion of the county surrounding Hillsboro, including the city of North Plains. The District had two fire stations when it was absorbed by Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue in 2017.

History

The district was established in 1952 as the Hillsboro Rural Fire Protection District.[1] In 1964, the district sued the county to recover $1,281 for fighting a fire at the county's dump, but the district eventually lost at the Oregon Supreme Court.[2] Volunteers built a temporary station in 1966 off Brookwood Avenue on the eastern edge of Hillsboro.[3] In the 1970s the headquarters for the district were in Orenco.[4] By 1973 the name was changed to Washington County Fire District 2.[5]

In 1981, the city approved plans for a new fire station off Brookwood, which became the Drake Lane Station that later became part of the Hillsboro Fire Department (HFD).[3][6] Neighboring Fire District 1 (now Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue) gave WCFD2 a used tanker truck in 1984, and at that time WCFD2 was the largest in the county covering 150 square miles (390 km2).[7]

WCFD2 signed a five-year contract with Hillsboro in July 1987 that moved eight paid fire fighters from the district to the HFD and consolidated operations to where both forces responded to emergencies in both territories.[8] The agreement also called for HFD to relocate an engine company from the city's Parkwood Station to the district's Orenco Station, which it did in July 1988 after annexing Tanasbourne.[9] At that time, the district had four fire stations: North Plains, Orenco, Brookwood, and Midway.[10] The next year WCFD2 considered consolidation with the then new Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue, who maintained the district's equipment.[11] The district sought consolidation, but not a merger, after continuing to lose territory to annexations.[11]

Plans started in 1991 to replace the Midway fire station that was built in the 1950s.[12] WCFD2 built the new station directly south of the prior one, building it over four-years to spread the construction costs over several tax years.[12][13] The district sent firefighters in August 1994 to help fight wildfires around Leavenworth, Washington, along with other firefighters in the county.[14] WCFD2 had only three paid firefighters as of 1995, with 30 volunteers at each of the two stations.[15] In 1997, WCFD2 contracted with the Hillsboro Fire Department for the latter to provide administrative support for the district,[16] which allowed the district to have four paid fire fighters.[17] Those duties include inspections, education, maintenance, and training.[18] In 2002 District 2 hired Dennis England as fire chief, who remained until October 2012. Upon his retirement, the chief of the Hillsboro department again became the acting chief of WCFD2.[16][18] In February 2015 the board of directors contracted for the services of an Interim Chief, Jim Stearns, who reports to the district's board.

Fire station in North Plains opened in 1998

The district opened a new fire station in North Plains in February 1998 on Northwest Commercial Street paid for by a $750,000 bond passed in 1996.[19] At the time the station had just two paid fire fighters along with 30 volunteers.[19] The old station, built about 1951, had been damaged by the Spring Break Quake in 1993.[13] The new station is 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) and can house up to eight apparatus in the four equipment bays.[13]

The Midway station handled 497 calls in 2001.[20] In 2002, the district used donations to purchase a thermal-imaging camera.[21] The district was involved in possible merger discussions or coordination in training and purchasing in 2005 with all of the fire departments in the western part of the county.[22] However, none of the departments merged. The district ended its two-year contract with Hillsboro for administrative services in February 2015.[23] On September 1, 2015, a new contract with Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue (TVF&R) started with that agency taking over administrative functions and talks of a possible annexation of the district into Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue.[24] On November 8, 2016, voters in the district voted to merge into TVF&R,[25] with the merger completed as of July 1, 2017.[26]

Apparatus and stations

Fire station at Midway

WCFD2 had two fire stations at the time it merged into TVFR.[19] The main station was located in downtown North Plains, which was Station 17 and included administration for the district. Station 19 was located south of Hillsboro in the unincorporated community of Midway along Oregon Route 219.[19]

Organization

The district was governed by a five-person board of directors and led by a fire chief.[18] The district stretched from the Multnomah County line on the north all the way to the border with Yamhill County on the south, passing between Cornelius and Hillsboro.[27] It wrapped around Hillsboro with some unincorporated areas on the east side of Hillsboro in the district.[27] Communities in the 122-square-mile (320 km2) district were North Plains, Helvetia, parts of Rock Creek and West Union, Laurel, Midway, Farmington, and Scholls.[27][28]

References

  1. ^ "History". Hillsboro Fire & Rescue Volunteer Firefighters. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Court Denies Service Fee". The Oregonian. Associated Press. May 14, 1964. p. 17.
  3. ^ a b Lund, Diane (March 10, 1981). "Fire station plan met with wash of criticism". The Oregonian. p. MetroWest 4.
  4. ^ "Emergency network use urged". The Oregonian. January 11, 1977. p. B7W.
  5. ^ "House blaze kills 6 dogs". The Oregonian. February 8, 1973. p. 14.
  6. ^ "Fire station OK'd". The Oregonian. March 31, 1981. p. MetroWest 2.
  7. ^ Cargill, Linda (December 11, 1984). "District puts spark in aging tanker". The Oregonian. p. MW1.
  8. ^ Hill, Jim (November 19, 1987). "Hillsboro, Fire District 1 consider pact". The Oregonian. p. West Zoner 1.
  9. ^ "Fire engine company moves to Orenco". The Oregonian. July 13, 1988. p. West Zoner B4.
  10. ^ Steineger, Melissa (February 27, 1987). "Hillsboro fire pact approved". The Oregonian. p. E3.
  11. ^ a b "Spreading fire district continues its growth, Tualatin Valley Fire mulls improving ties with other districts". The Oregonian. October 24, 1989. p. West Zoner B2.
  12. ^ a b Goetze, Janet (September 2, 1991). "New rules advocated for towers". The Oregonian. p. B2.
  13. ^ a b c Colby, Richard N. (April 30, 1996). "Fire District 2's burning desire". The Oregonian. p. B2.
  14. ^ staff (August 2, 1994). "Washington County sends fire crew to Leavenworth". The Oregonian. p. West Zoner B2.
  15. ^ Colby, Richard N. (March 9, 1995). "Three board posts up for grabs in rural fire-protection district". The Oregonian. p. West Zoner 6.
  16. ^ a b Frank, Ryan (July 18, 2002). "Dennie England says he's leaving Fire Department". The Oregonian. p. West Zoner B2.
  17. ^ Bodine, Harry (May 16, 1997). "Hillsobor Fire Chief adds district to duties". The Oregonian. p. West Zoner B2.
  18. ^ a b c Frank, Ryan (October 18, 2001). "Vacant position of fire chief creates dilemma for Gaston". The Oregonian. p. West Zoner 14.
  19. ^ a b c d Colby, Richard N. (February 4, 1998). "North Plains firefighters move up, in". The Oregonian. p. West Zoner E2.
  20. ^ Frank, Ryan (November 14, 2002). "Rising emergency calls overload volunteer firefighters". The Oregonian. p. West Zoner 8.
  21. ^ Frank, Ryan (September 26, 2002). "North Plains buys high-tech camera with donations". The Oregonian. p. West Zoner 10.
  22. ^ "Community Snapshot: Fire officials will discuss possibilities for merger". The Oregonian. February 15, 2005. p. B2.
  23. ^ Gregory, Roger (February 11, 2015). "Washington County Fire District 2, Hillsboro Fire agree to end contract". The Oregonian. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  24. ^ Alteir, Nuran (September 10, 2015). "Washington County Fire District 2 gets new chief from Tualatin Valley Fire". The Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  25. ^ Pursinger, Geoff (November 8, 2016). "Fire District 2 to join TVF&R". Hillsboro Tribune. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  26. ^ Howard, John William (June 22, 2017). "North Plains, rural communities to officially join TVF&R". Hillsboro Tribune. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  27. ^ a b c "County Bridges & Fire District Boundaries" (PDF). Department of Land Use & Transportation. Washington County. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  28. ^ "Information". About. Washington County Fire District 2. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

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