A blaze tore through a Keizer home on Tuesday, July 22, at approximately 10:30 p.m. Keizer firefighters arrived at the scene at 5293 Chehalis Dr. N. and found the back half of the home ablaze, threatening neighboring structures. “When I got there, there was one…
Wildfire season has hit Oregon and Keizer crews have already been called to action. By July 1, the Keizer Fire District already deployed crews to assist on three wildfires in Oregon. The first was in early June, when two Keizer firefighters were sent to fight…
Wildfires burning across much of the western U.S. and Canada are causing smoke to stretch across parts of central, eastern and southern Oregon.
By JEFF COWEN As I was counting down my time here at Keizer Fire, the opportunity to pursue retirement became available and timely, and for the District to seek the next Fire Chief. My time in emergency services is 42 years with nearly fifteen years…
Units from the Keizer Fire District responded to a non-structure high risk fire on Leeward Ct. at approximately 2:45 p.m.
With temperatures nearing or surpassing record levels and air quality warnings in effect, burn bans are commonplace. But there are still sometimes long plumes of smoke headed into the skies over Salem begging the question: Why? “It’s a very visible activity, you can actively see…