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County calls on all residents to skip the fireworks this year Yamhill County Commissioners have joined the county Fire Defense Board in calling on all residents not to set off fireworks to celebrate July 4 th this year. “Have a safe, fun, fireworks-free Independence Day,” the board order, released on Friday, says. The order, signed by all three county commissioners, Terry Lucich who is Fire Defense Board chief and chief of the Lafayette and Carlton fire departments, and by Fred Hertel, chief of the Sheridan, SW Polk and West Valley fire districts. It notes that: “Record heat and dry mak...

Last June, flames ignited at a house on NE Yamhill Street in Sheridan in the early morning hours.  Firefighters from the Sheridan Fire Station were already responding to two other emergency scenes, so calls were routed to the closest districts, including Southwestern Polk County Rural Fire District and West Valley Fire District.  Two volunteer firefighters from Sheridan answered the call. Volunteers and career staff trickled in over the next 20 minutes.  Despite rescue efforts, two people trapped inside the home died. The house was a total loss. Fire Chief Fred Hertel, who oversees the...