Clackamas Review - Fires & Fire Department

                                                         

Article Title Newspaper Date Page
Disastrous blaze visits Rock Island 23 Nov 1916 1
Fire Department has early morning call 30 Nov 1916 1
Buschman store ruined by fire 8 Feb 1917 1
Mullan re-elected chief of fire department 8 Mar 1917 1
Women saves blazing men 9 Sep 1926 1
Boss barn burns to the ground 23 Dec 1926 1
Fire Chief finally given pay increase 11 Aug 1927 1
Communities need fire departments 20 Sep 1928 1
Grass fire burns valuable home 27 Sep 1928 1
Writer would like a fire department 4 Oct 1928 1
Wichita to have fire department 4 Oct 1928 1
Fire hydrants to be placed 18 Oct 1928 1
Milwaukie’s fire loss very small 13 Aug 1930 1
Fire damages confectionery 8 Oct 1931 1
Fire destroys plant of shingle mill 5 Nov 1931 1
Fire destroys Peterson home on Oak Street 16 Jun 1932 1
Fire destroys lumberyard and store at Stanley 25 Aug 1932 1
Alleged incendiary fire damages empty house 15 Sep 1932 1
Oak Grove home destroyed by fire 6 Oct 1932 1
Local pulp plant destroyed by fire 17 Aug 1933 1
Fire Chief Mullan dies suddenly at home here 12 Oct 1933 1
Fire Department cannot answer outside calls 6 Sep 1932 1
Early morning fire destroys architects studio 7 Feb 1935 1
Property owners plan formation of fire district 11 Apr 1935 1
Fire protection problem considered 16 May 1935 1
Proposed fire district plans are studied 23 May 1935 1
Councilmen and committee agree on fire district plan 30 May 1935 1
Milwaukie shows small fire losses past two years 5 Sep 1935 1
Fire destroys shingle mill 23 Apr 1936 1
Milwaukie to have new fire truck 21 May 1936 1
New fire truck delayed 1 Oct 1936 1
Council considers extending fire protection to Island 17 Jun 1937 1
Oak Grove woman dies in burning home 6 Jul 1939 1
Delegation confers with City Council on fire protection 27 Jul 1939 1
Don Llewellyn resigns as fire chief 15 Apr 1943 1
Jack Fenton is the Milwaukie fire chief 3 Jun 1943 1
Fire damages home 7 Oct 1943 1
Fire protection desired for north part of county 14 Oct 1943 1
Clay’s store damaged by fire 4 Nov 1943 1
Rural fire protection district ordered by court 6 Apr 1944 1
Crash kills pilot south of Milwaukie 27 Apr 1944 1
City officials and firemen tangle on arrangements 14 Sep 1944 1
Fire razes Milwaukie business establishment 26 Apr 1945 1
Fire trucks to be radio equipped 17 May 1945 1
Milwaukie joins in two-way radio network 24 May 1945 1
Fire slightly damages Milwaukie box factory 7 Jun 1945 1
Fire protection district contract accepted by City 14 Jun 1945 1
Fire destroys small home owned by Archie Hamill on Glover Road Friday 20 Jun 1946 1
Plans for new Oak Grove fire hall to be acted on Wednesday 29 Nov 1946 1
"I got a raw deal" says ex-assistant fire chief Stevens 5 Sep 1946 1
Ex chief’s hearing set for Friday 12 Sep 1946 1
Hearing clears Irwin Stevens; back on job 14 Sep 1946 1
City Manager revamps local fire department 26 Sep 1946 1
Three room fire causes considerable damage at Island Station home 24 Oct 1946 1
Early morning fire destroys retread shop 23 Jan 1947 1
Fire causes complete destruction to residence 30 Jan 1947 1
Prompt arrival of fire department averts tragedy 15 May 1947 1
Walter Wasson fatally burned in fire destroying home 12 Jun 1947 1
Perhaps the firemen should have let the garage burn down 26 Jun 1947 1
Oak Lodge voters to decide if fire equipment is to get decent housing 21 Apr 1949 1
Commuters hate hot ride when trolley blazes 28 Apr 1949 1
Warehouse blazes Wednesday at mushroom plant 28 Apr 1949 1
Sunday morning fire does $2,000 damage to home 18 Aug 1949 1
Work to start immediately on new fire hall 1 Sep 1949 1
New contract with rural fire district 6 Apr 1950 1
Milwaukie Fire Chief dies 18 May 1950 1
Appointment of new fire chief is “hot potato” 25 May 1950 1
Fire department installs radio 15 Jun 1950 1
Irwin Stevens appointed fire chief 29 Jun 1950 1
Police – firemen to cooperate on defense plan 29 Jun 1950 1
Incendiarism suspected when series of grass fires break out on Southern Pacific tracks 10 Aug 1950 5
Police and firemen cooperate to save child near death 24 Aug 1950 1
Resuscitator purchased by Fire Department 5 Oct 1950 1
Fire at box and veneer plant does $2,000 in damages 5 Oct 1950 1
Fire, water vote held 7 Dec 1950 1
Election only answer to Oak Lodge Fire budget troubles 29 Mar 1951 1
Fire losses Saturday highest in single day fire chief says 29 Mar 1951 1
More fire hydrants to be installed; grade school protection planned first 29 Mar 1951 1
Plans for fire hydrants, new truck tabled 12 Apr 1951 1
Rural fire district fire cost cut heard by City 12 Apr 1951 1
Oak Lodge fire department vote slated 19 Apr 1951 1
Voters deny budget in Oak Grove 3 May 1951 1
City to buy new engine for firemen 17 May 1951 1
First bill paid on new ambulance 9 Aug 1951 1
Ambulance to start runs here Saturday 30 Aug 1951 1
Five blazes keep firemen on the go 28 Sep 1951 1
Stevens is laid off on gas charge 2 Oct 1951 1
Firemen to ask court about county fire district 2 Oct 1951 1
Hearing on suspension called 5 Oct 1951 1
58 calls answered by fire department 2 Oct 1951 8
Firemen would “talk”, but fear reprisals by chief, council 9 Oct 1951 1
Fire zone fight to go another round Tuesday at Oak Lodge, Oregon City mad 16 Oct 1951 1
Volunteer firemen need drivers, helpers, cash 16 Oct 1951 1
Budget troubles seen for county fire district 19 Oct 1951 1
Puderbaugh seen top man for chief’s job here 8 Nov 1951 1
Puderbaugh to be named Milwaukie fire chief 22 Nov 1951 1
Firemen praised for saving lives of young K.P. pair 3 Jan 1952 1
Fire suits sought by volunteers 15 May 1952 1
Fire chief Puderbaugh pleads to City Council for new department car 15 May 1952 1
Puderbaugh quits; Lillis seen top man 26 Jun 1952 1
Puderbaugh lashes Council and Auxiliary on stating his reasons for resigning 3 Jul 1952 1
Bob Lillis named fire chief first of August; vote not unanimous 31 Jul 1952 1
Rural fire district ok’s new contract 11 Sep 1952 1
Controversial rural fire district election scheduled for Monday 3 Dec 1953 1
Voters pass both fire propositions 10 Dec 1953 1
Fire guts Persyn store 28 Jan 1954 1
Rural fire station costs lower than estimated 6 May 1954 1
New rural fire station begun 8 Jul 1954 1
New rural fire station begun (photo) 15 Jul 1954 1
Fire department gains two surplus trucks for use 26 Aug 1954 1
City acquires two fire trucks (photo) 16 Sep 1954 1
Apartment fire (photo) 30 Sep 1954 5
Firemen answer call to plywood plant Monday pm 21 Oct 1954 2
Firemen severely burned in effort to save property 17 Feb 1955 1
Firemen save life of girl by prompt aid 3 Mar 1955 1
Matches + children = disaster 31 Mar 1951 1
Firemen save gas victim 5 May 1955 1
Pupils evacuate school quickly when fire starts 12 May 1955 1
Firemen begin home survey in Milwaukie 12 May 1955 8
Workmen burned in flash fire at saw chain company 2 Feb 1956 1
Fireman Warren Nott drowns saving father and son in Kellogg Lake skating accident 9 Feb 1956 1
Fireman Warren Nott benefit fund gets underway 19 Feb 1956 1
Crippled box plant starts production 5 Jul 1956 1
Disastrous fires hit rural area 21 Nov 1957 1
Joseph Butler home burned in Monday afternoon blaze 17 Jul 1958 1
Fire chief gives 1958 loss report 22 Jan 1959 1
Two dead in flash fire at Jones’ home 16 Apr 1959 1
Construction of fire hall set by City 21 Apr 1960 1
Area blasts Portland “trick” plan to force fire district annexation 21 Mar 1962 1
$150,000 fire bond vote proposed by Milwaukie council 12 Mar 1964 1
Clay Products fire causes $30,000 damage 2 April 1964 1
Fire fund election set Friday 23 April 1964 1
Fire Bond Issue approved 30 April 1964 1
Bids opened on Fire Bond in Milwaukie 4 June 1964 1
Tossed smoke makes blaze 22 July 1964 1
Fire Week spotlights prevention 30 Sept 1964 5
Rural firemen display readiness 7 Oct 1964 8
Fire idles Veneer Co. 14 Oct 1964 14
More water needed for fire fighting 16 Dec. 1964 2
Old sawmill burns 14 April 1965 7
Milwaukie gets first of two new firetrucks 16 June 1965 16
barn blaze blamed on youth 14 July 1965 1
Milwaukie fire chief quits position 17 Nov 1965 1
Razed Clackamas plant to be rebuilt immediately 21 Nov 1965 1
Blaze claims ambulance driver's life 19 Dec 1965 1
Grief strikes as home burns 8 June 1966 1
New Milwaukie Fire Chief to beef up prevention 15 June 1966 1
Five Firemen down in Oak Grove blaze 10 Aug 1966 1
Ex-Milwaukie patient cited in Fair fires 9 August 1967 1
Low Humidity, Summer heat busy Fireman 30 August 1967 1
Fire Fighters give greetings and warnings 27 Dec 1967 1
Early morning fire guts Jenning Lodge Home 14 Feb 1968 1
Acid Flow, Fires Busy Fire Fighters 20 March 1968 1
Milwaukie Apartments burn, $30,000 Damage 27 March 1968 1
Fire Loss at $200,000 in Tar Plant 3 April 1968 1
County Budget Group asks Help with 68-69 Budget 1 May 1968 4
One of Seven Prposed '68-'69 Budgets Defeated 8 May 1968 1
Fire Trucks Collide, Injure Three 31 July 1968 1
Retiring Marshal honord by Fellow Fire Fighters 8 Jan 1969 1
Council Accepts Letter in Probe of Fire Department 9 April 1969 1
Fire District Set Hearings, Votes 7 May 1969 1
Serial levy set for Thursday 12 May 1971 1
Polls ready for second public safety levy vote 9 Jun 1971 1
Firemen’s charges to be investigated 15 Aug 1979 1
Rescue vehicle arrives – city’s dream comes true 11 Mar 1982 3
Firefighting agencies mull service merger 21 Jul 1983 6
Chief defends merger of fire departments 27 Oct 1983 1
Fire board hears merger arguments 23 Nov 1983 1
Blaze guts stores here 29 Dec 1983 1
Fire station costs soar over limit 9 Feb 1984 1
Board okays huge boost in outlay for fire station 16 Feb 1984 16
Happy Valley firefighters reject whopping pay hike 23 Feb 1984 1
Happy Valley’s firemen spurn fat 17.5% pay offer 26 Apr 1984 1
Fire chiefs would merge management operations 3 Oct 1985 1
Blaze, stoked by furious wind, ravages McFarlane "mountain" 10 Oct 1985 2
Fire districts would share new firehouse 9 Jan 1986 3
Firefighters blame youths for house leveling blaze 3 Jul 1986 4
Thriftway fire blamed on arson 21 Aug 1986 3
$100,000 fire mars Rose Villa 4 Dec 1986 6
Milwaukie eyes Portland, others for fire pact 29 Oct 1987 2
Oak Grove building gutted by fire 25 Nov 1987 4
Fire director to resign after Chief’s raise 2 Jun 1988 1
Fire destroys two Clackamas firms 14 Jul 1988 4
Woman pleads guilty to Oak Grove arson 25 Aug 1988 1
Clackamas, valley, S4 fire merger needs more study 29 Sep 1988 1
3 Fire districts meet on merger 22 Dec 1988 1
O.C.; fire officials attempt to keep Holcomb firehouse open 26 Jan 1989 7
Panel OK’s merger, holds Park Place annex 16 Feb 1989 7
Informal pact reached to keep Holcomb firehouse 23 Feb 1989 7
Milwaukie, districts eye fire service combos 16 Nov 1989 8
District wants Carver fire site to clean up 30 Nov 1989 3
District admits mistakes in Carver fire watch 7 Dec 1989 2
Arson probed in Carver fire 28 Dec 1989 1
OSHA goes after Precision Castparts - fire hits facility 29 Mar 1990 1-2
Local fire districts consider merger 10 May 1990 1
Fire districts 71 and 1 plan merger 14 Jun 1990 1
Oak Grove FD puts stop to district merger talks 9 Aug 1990 1
Fire Officials plan consolidation of districts 23 Aug 1990 1
Fire districts close in on consolidation 13 Sep 1990 8
Fire districts wonder what public is thinking 11 Oct 1990 1
Fire districts unity, taxpayers will benefit 29 Nov 1990 1
Lynch named as O.C. fire chief 13 Dec 1990 5
Fire department merger sought 17 Jan 1991 3
Arson activity plagues Gladstone area 7  Mar 1991 1
OC to charge fee for fire code inspections 13 Jun 1991 1
Milwaukie/Oak Lodge to join fire-related duties 20 Jun 1991 2
Oak Lodge Fire District fires chief 30 Jan 1992 1
Milwaukie announces new fire station closure plan 16 Apr 1992 13
Fire district seeks $10 million tax base 2 May 1992 5
Chief warns of fire danger in Newell Creek 30 Jul 1992 6
Oak Lodge hero honored for saving family 8 Oct 1992 1
Gladstone Fire Dept. showing hefty expansion 5 Nov 1992 6
Disaster strike, but its just pretend 12 Nov 1992 1
OC approves March election for fire department 14 Jan 1993 5
Clackamas county fire deaths showing slight increase 28 Jan 1993 4
OC and Clackamas join 28 Jan 1993 4
Fire district settles suit 6 May 1993 1
Fire district mulls new user fee system 15 Jul 1993 20
Beavercreek and Fire District #11 to merge 23 Dec 1993 2
Beavercreek and Clackamas merge districts 10 Feb 1994 3
Milwaukie, Oak Grove, may join fire squads 21 Apr 1994 1
Oak Lodge hopes to get new fire lodge 19 May 1994 3
Fire districts join ambulance service 23 Jun 1994 1
County sends their finest 1 Sep 1994 1
Police/Fire levy on ballot in Milwaukie 9 Mar 1995 1
Levy failure means losing City Hall Station, 9 firemen 15 Mar 1995 2
Oak Lodge Fire District says: “94 was a good year” 15 Mar 1995 10
Three alarm fire damages church, arson suspected 20 Jul 1995 A2
Voters approve Oak Lodge fire bond 21 Sep 1995 A1
From the ashes 2 Nov 1995 A1
Community rallies around fire victims 4 Jan 1996 A3
Milwaukie fire chief resigns 9 Feb 1996 A1
Afternoon fire kills Oregon City woman in her home 31 May 1996 A1
Oak Lodge Fire District seeks $3.28 million budget 7 Jun 1996 A4
Fire Chief’s comments draw angry union response 28 Jun 1996 A1
City of Milwaukie Union bargaining breakthrough 28 Jun 1996 A4
Faithful fire engine faces retirement 2 Aug 1996 A5
Clackamas, Milwaukie fire departments head for merger discussions 22 Nov 1996 A1
City hires chief to oversee fire operations 14 Feb 1997 2
Goodwill comes forth after home destroyed by fire 7 Mar 1997 1
Milwaukie's Lake Road fire station to be closed due to budget cuts 18 Jul 1997 10
Survival in a flash: Our reporter gets a lesson in firefighting danger 19 Sep 1997 1
Station changes could mean longer wait for help 26 Jun 1998 4
Council votes to close station 17 Jul 1998 1
Firefighters have plan to prevent homeless victims 28 Aug 1998 1
OCFD fund-raisers eye thermal imaging camera 11 Dec 1998 1
Proposed South End fire station stirs neighbor protest 6 Jan 1999 1
OC reconsiders Portland Road station site 10 Feb 1999 2
Historic 7th Street fire station gets some new innards 10 Feb 1999 13
New site proposed for contested South End station 3 Mar 1999 1
OC Fire Department handed to Tualatin Valley 17 Mar 1999 1
It’s official: OC firemen are part of TVF&R 7 July 1999 4
City/Church dispute puts Station 205 in limbo (again) 7 July 1999 5
Former OC fire chief Davis abruptly leaves new Gresham post – for TVF&R 11 Aug 1999 1
Disaster! (The prequel) 15 Sept 1999 1
OC Fire (finally) unveils thermal-imaging camera 3 Nov 1999 5
Post Christmas fire claims gifts, home 1 January 2000 4
Historic fire station back in business – with better parking 19 Jan 2000 1
Early-morning fire turns up Milwaukie meth lab 19 Jan 2000 5
First-time filmmakers spread safety message to kids 12 Apr 2000 7
Industrial Accident 26 Apr 2000     4
Money requested for fire, roads, schools – but does a ‘double-majority’ of voters care? 10 May 2000 1
Fire Guts SE Linwood Apartment 14 Jun 2000  5
Two Burned in Produce Warehouse Electrical Explosion 12 Jul 2000 5
Fire Destroys Paint Booth in Oak Grove 12 Jul 2000 5
Forest – and fire management: burning out of control? 12 July 2000 7
Students of Disaster 6 Sept 2000 1
Fire officials question AMR response time, call for 27 Dec 2000 1
After fatal blaze, mobile park embraces fire safety 2 July 2003 1
Remembering Chief Ames 23 July 2003 1
County to craft wildfire plan 13 April 2005 1