For the Keizer Fire District, 2019 was a banner year. KFD responded to a record number of 5,678 calls for service last year, or approximately 15.5 calls per day and one call every 1.5 hours during a 24-hour period. It was a 3.1 percent increase…
LUCAS, is a chest compression machine system that can perform CPR (KEIZERTIMES/Lauren Murphy). Last month, Keizer Fire District (KFD) introduced the newest member of its team, LUCAS; a chest compression system to assist in calls involving CPR. LUCAS, which stands for Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist…
On Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 11:58 p.m., Keizer Fire District (KFD) responded to a fire at Courtside Manor Apartments on Wheatland Road. Keizer Police Department arrived prior to KFD and began evacuating apartments. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and flame coming from the rear…
Dan and Linda Garcher with plaques presented to them by the Keizer Fire District for their heroic efforts to save the lives of their neighbors (KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings). The last thing Dan and Linda Garcher were thinking about on the morning of March 3rd was themselves,…
Chief Kyle McMann is hoping to put the work of Marion County Fire District #1 into the spotlight. MCFD1 serves a segment of north Keizer. Kyle McMann started working for Marion County Fire District #1 back in 2001 as an Engineer Through the last 18…
Scorpions found in Keizer Rapids Park were brought to Keizer Fire District on Wednesday, July 17 (Photo submitted by Keizer Fire District). On Wednesday, July 17, the on-duty personnel at Keizer Fire District (KFD) were greeted with a unique situation when a concerned citizen brought…
Crews from the Keizer Fire District extinguish a blaze that began on a log jam in Wallace House Park (Submitted). On Monday, July 1, at 8:21 a.m., Keizer Fire District responded to a brush fire at Wallace House Park near the edge of the river.…
Revised policies and general business were the main topics of discussion at the Keizer Fire District board meeting on Tuesday, May 21 — which miraculously took under 20 minutes. “We’re going to get out of here quick,” joked director Chet Patterson midway through the session.…
The Keizer Fire District held their monthly board meeting on Tuesday, March 19 to discuss general business, as well as their plans for a new website. In the early stages of the meeting, board member Betty Hart announced that Taylor Russell is now the new…