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The Colestin Rural Fire District is no longer operational. As a courtesy to our local community, this website will continue to be maintained on a limited basis and for a limited period of time; however, we are no longer liable for responding to fire calls, medical calls, or any other emergencies. We have not yet been annexed into Jackson County Fire District 5, although we will have their support during fire season, so at this time, District 5 is not primarily responsible for responses within our district. Instead, all calls should be directed to 9-1-1. The appropriate resources will be dispatched accordingly, and as they are available.
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OUR FEMA STRUCTURE-FIRE ENGINE Our long-awaited FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)-financed structure fire engine, Engine No. 44-13, is here in Colestin!
(Photo copyright © CRFD Webmaster, all rights reserved.) After nearly a two-year wait while CDF built the engine for us, and after outfitting it with parts, our long-awaited FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)-financed structure fire engine, Engine No. 44-13,was finished and put into full-time service in the fall of 2004. It is housed at Station No. 1 at Colestin, in the center of the district. This engine is the result of a grant award by FEMA that CRFD member Lisa Buttrey was responsible for writing and getting for the District: of the $65,000 we requested, we were given $58,500 to purchase a "good-used" engine and outfit it specifically for fighting structure fires. (A brand-new structure-fire engine with only standard operating basics can cost about $210,000.) Most
of the engine work was finished by the fall of 2003, but it took the
intervening time since then to completely outfit the rig with peripheral
parts and equipment, and get it painted, insured, and ready to go. Fire
Chief Steve Avgeris brought it to the September 24th Board Meeting in
Hilt for those present to see it in its complete form for the first
time.
(Photo copyright © CRFD Webmaster, all rights reserved.)
HILT VFD'S NEW FIRE & RESCUE RIG During
part of the 2004 fire season, Colestin and Hilt volunteers helped staff
the Hornbrook CDF Station. The proceeds from that effort enabled the
Hilt Department to procure a new rescue rig (Hilt Rescue Vehicle 44-41).
(Photo copyright © CRFD Webmaster, all rights reserved.) This message was posted to all of our Volunteer Responders: "The
Hilt Volunteer Fire Company Board of Directors wishes to thank all Colestin
and Hilt volunteers who helped staff the Hornbrook CDF Station this
summer. The proceeds from that effort enabled [the] Hilt Department
to procure the Hilt Rescue Vehicle 44-41. THANK YOU for your time and
dedication!"
We sold one of our earlier and older fire engines in July, 2012, for a minimum bid of $2,500: a 1979 Chevy K 30, 4x4, V8, gasoline, four-speed, includes a 200-gallon tank with a 50 gallon per minute pump. The engine also had four new tires.
Bidding was open to the public and publicly noticed, both in the valley and on craigslist.org. (http://medford.craigslist.org/cto/3104651533.html). A ten percent deposit was required (and was later returned to all unsuccessful bidders), along with completed bidding application forms. Bids were opened at the July 20th, 2012, Board Meeting and the engine went to the highest bidder.
(See our fundraising page for further information on vehicle/equipment sales.)
We also sold our old 1956 International pumper truck in April of 2003:
Colestin valley firefighter and resident Art Trainor put the original flyer together announcing the sale of the engine:
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