In 1998, NLFR calls numbered 1,154, but rose to more than 2,000 by 2012, a 54 percent increase. The call volume steadily increased from 2,153 alarms in 2016 to 2,371 alarms in 2017, a 10 percent increase.
North Lincoln Fire & Rescue Fire Chief Doug Kerr will be retiring Feb. 29 after giving 90-day notice to the North Lincoln Fire & Rescue Board of Directors in November.
In a North Lincoln Fire & Rescue Facebook post Strike Team Leader Andy Parker shared the information that Oregon Strike Team 11 is returning from fighting the Calif. Camp Fire.
Lincoln and Polk Counties have sent a combined task force with Newport, Toledo and North Lincoln Fire & Rescue (NLFR) sending Type 1 engines, to help fight the "Camp Fire" wildfire in Butte County.
North Lincoln Fire and Rescue (NLFR) was dispatched Wednesday, Nov. 7 around 2:30 p.m. to a person calling for help in the surf on a log or raft, near the breakers of the Salmon River north of Lincoln City.
