Applegate Fire District News Today

Applegate Fire District and A Greater Applegate held their All Things Fire Fair today. The event showed local families the importance of fire safety, the meaning behind fire safety protocols

Josephine County voters will decide on three ballot measures this evening, ranging from the formation of a new law enforcement district and tax levies.

APPLEGATE VALLEY, Ore. -- In the last few weeks, the Applegate Valley Rural Fire Protection District #9 hires a new fire chief named Chris Wolfard.

The Applegate Fire District has been awarded $854,000 from the Oregon State Fire Marshals Office, which will help the department hire several new full-time employees.

APPLEGATE, Ore-- The Applegate Fire District has been awarded $854,000 dollars from the Oregon State Fire Marshals Office, which will help the department hire several new full-time employees.

Applegate Fire District says an engine damaged in a parking mishap was insured, and its repair will minimally impact the fire department because the machine was about to be decommissioned. A firefight...

What’s old is new in Jacksonville. The town’s 1950s fire hall on C Street has been rebuilt with the addition of a second floor and seismic reinforcement to withstand earthquakes. Work is nearly compl...

Friends and family of Crater High junior Tyler John Torres, who drowned at Applegate Lake July 21, remember a larger-than-life guy who loved making people laugh. Over 6 feet tall, rocking a size-15 sh...

The 16-year-old male was part of a group jumping into the lake from the dam on Thursday.

Firefighters from Rural Metro Fire responded to a series of three significant fire calls across Josephine County in the early hours of Friday morning.