Volyiniteeirs
Don't be alarmed when the
fire uren toundi every second
and lourth Monday night of
each month. The horn li
calling Hrppner'g volunteer
tv;nnn to tramtns and prac
Wit meeiingi at the fire
station.
Twenty-one firemen led hy
Fire Chief Forrest Burkenbine
meet twice a month to
organize and prepare for
possible fires in rural and city
districts
This year the volunteer!
fought three rural fires and
five city fires.
The rural district covers an
eight-mile radius outside
Heppner'i city limits. Hural
fire fighting equipment In
cludes a pumper truck and
two pickup units. All trucks
are 4-whecled drive and
equipped with radios and
tankers. The pumper fire
truck carries an 1.000 gallon
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Heppner Fire Chief Forrest Burkenbine and Volunteer
Firemen Paul Arbogast discuss training procedures
before the fire meeting.
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Grain Growers
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water tank with a 750 gallon .
pumper unit. The two pickups
have ISO and 300 gallon water
tanks.
The city district Includes
Heppner city limits. A 730
gallon pumper fire truck with
a 600 gallon water tank serves
the city. Tho -whee)ed drive
truck Is radio equipped and
carries special foam for oil
and gas fires, electric gen
erators and smoke Injector
fans. In addition, a pickup unit
with a 300 gallon water tank Is
available at the station.
"Heppner's fire station fea
tures one of the most unique
fire alarm systems in Ore
gon," Burkenbine said.
An alarm system run on air
and batteries is the only one In
Oregon. The system has a
series of 12 horn blasts which
sound in a three-minute period
when a fire is reported.
Phones are located next to
One fourth of
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the alarm button in lour
locations: the fire station,
Burkenbine'a house, Central
Market and Pioneer Memorial
Hospital.
"We have complete 24 hour
coverage of these fire
phones," explained Burken
bine. Another feature at the fire
station Is the flash flood
warning alarm siren. This
system was started two years
ago after the May 1971 flash
flood. It operates when the
weather bureau notifies the
fire station of a possible flash
flood in the area. Firemen
dispatch In radio equipped
trucks to Shobe, Balm and
Willow creeks to await flood
signs. If flooding takes place
an alert is radioed into the fire
station and volunteer firemen
release the alarm siren. The
siren sends off 12 rings within
minutes to warn the com
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Besides fighting fires and
being on alert for flash floods,
the Hcppner volunteers spon
sor a Toys for Tots campaign
in December. Firemen, along
with other organizations, col
lect toys for underprivileged
children in Morrow County.
A benefit dance is also held
How other towns
prepare for
Heppner isn't the only fire
district in Morrow County.
Neighboring Lexington, lone,
Boardman and Irrigon also
provide fire protection for
their residents.
Fire Chief Ed Baker and
five volunteers provide fire
protection for the City of
Lexington.
The fire station has one fire
truck which serves the town.
"So far this year we have
put out a motorcycle fire,"
according to Baker.
The following volunteers
meet the second Thursday
night of each month: Bud
Wilson. Danny Wilson, Louie
Eng, Warren Schoonover and
Bill Smith.
The lone Volunteer Fire
Department hasn't reported a
fire for three years.
"This is due to the fact that
fire prevention methods and
campaigns in lone have elim
inated possible fires," stated
Fire Chief Howard Crowell.
With one fire truck, the
following 16 volunteers pro
vide lone fire protection:
Elbert Akers, Don Bristow,
Bob Drake, Herb Ekstrom Jr.,
Wayne Hams, Gene Lan
caster, Bill Nichols, Paul
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The following are members
of the Hrppner Volunteer Fire
Department: Burkenbine,
Clyde Allstott, Jack Melland,
Jerry Holloman, Bob Hager,
Paul-Arbogast, Eddie Yeo
Pettyjohn Jr., Bill Rietmann.
Omar Rietmann, Bill Rowel),
Mike Rowell, George Tucker,
Tom White and Tom Wilson.
Twenty-one volunteers led
by Fire Cbjef Larry Phillips
provide rural and city fire
protection to residents in
Boardman.
The station has two fire
trucks that contain 1,000
gallon pumper units with
water tanks.
"This year we have had 10
rural fires and no fires
reported in the city limits of
Boardman," explained Fire
Chief Phillips.
In early December, the
following volunteers will be
sponsoring a firemen's ball in
Boardman:
Zearl Gillespie. John Hascall.
Del Ball, Wayne Kuhn. Bern
ard Donovan. Gunnar Skoubo,
Stan Rauch, Melvin Brosch,
Ralph Skoubo, Neil King, Dan
Parris, Gene Trumbull, Doug
Trudeau, Ron Black. Tom
Hilling, Don Harper, Jon
Starky, Cecil Hicks. Dan
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Three fire trucks and 22
volunteer firemen provide fire
protection to rural and city
districts in Irrigon.
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"The pumper truck, lank
truck and brush truck have
traveled to 15 rural and city
fires this year," stated Fire
Chief Don Adams.
The following volunteers
meet twice a month: Burley
Cooley. Bill Griffin, John
Brandt, Fred Frederickson,
Pete Richards, Ival Sullivan,
Wayne Houghey, Orville Bu
chanan, Jack Gammen, Bill
Cooley, Chuck Christiansen,
Leon LeBlanc, Paul Hoving
hoff, Paul Snyder, Sam Sny
der. Lynn Hobbs, Chester
Wilson, Ken Lamb, Perry
Pomal, Dick Ryan, Doug
Renoe and Vernon Stewart.
LOOKING FOR A JOB?
The Cooperative Rural Man
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the following job vacancies in
Morrow County: Four farm
jobs (two of these are year
round); motel maid (part
time); and domestic help in a
farm home for two months.
For further information,
contact the local County
Extension-Employment office
in Heppner, 676-9642.
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When Frank Anderson's fire
broke out this summer, 200
friends and neighbors joined
together to stop the flames.
These firefighters are part
of a rural neighboring fire
control system which is under
no fire protection.
'The system started over 10
years ago by the county
extension agent to help rural
residents fight farm and land
fires." explained Harold Kerr,
Morrow County extension
agent.
An Inventory of fire fighting
equipment on many Morrow
County ranches is kept on a
card file in the extension
office. This information Is also
located on a map of the area.
When a fire starts, a call is
made to the county extension
office. The office then calls
neighboring ranchers to fight
the fire.
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Another fire protection sys
stem for some rural residents
in Morrow County is the State
Forestry fire patrol. Ranchers
who own timberland classed
one or two pay 12centsanacre
per year for fire protection.
Owners of class three grazing
land pay 6 cents an acre.
The fire station at Fossil
administers the rural fire
protection. The station is
equipped with five pumper
units with 200 gallon tanks. It
also mans three look-out.
stations In the district, at
Heppner, Fossil and Condon.
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