COOS BAY FIRE & RESCUE
SPONSORED PROGRAMS
The Coos Bay Fire Department provides a number of services both traditional
and some not so traditional to its customers. A brief description of these specific
services are as follows.
FIRE SUPPRESSION
The Coos Bay Fire Department provides a quality level of service in a number
of fire suppression disciplines including ship board, bulk fuel, rail, urban,
and wildland/urban interface type fires. Career personnel receive in-depth training
on a daily basis and volunteers must meet minimum hourly training requirements
on a weekly basis. The department also has and maintains state of the art equipment
and apparatus to meet the challenges of differing types of fires.
When a fire alarm is received the department will initiate an efficient response
with its personnel, at the same time both volunteer and off-duty career personnel
can be recalled by way of a "General Alarm" to provide an effective
supplemental force for any operation.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL
The Coos Bay Fire Department participates in cooperation with Bay Cities Ambulance
to provide a tiered emergency medical response. This system assures a very efficient
and effective service level to our customers.
Any call for emergency medical assistance is immediately responded to and handled
by the departments career staff. Through contractual agreement, all fire department
personnel will ultimately be certified as Emergency Medical Technicians (basic
level), volunteers also receive a number of hours of instruction in emergency
medical practices.
RESCUE
The Coos Bay Fire Department has the expertise and equipment to handle a number
of different type of rescue situations. This includes experience and training
in vehicle extrication, structural collapse extrication, confined space rescues,
rope rescue and water rescue.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM
The Coos Bay Fire Department and the Charleston Fire Department are contracted
by the State to provide 1 of 15 Oregon hazardous material response teams. This
team provides emergency hazardous material response for all of the south coast
from Florence to the Oregon/California border.
EMERGENCY SALVAGE
The Coos Bay Fire Department has the equipment and expertise to assist with
mitigating emergency salvage issues. This includes water removal, protection
of furnishings from damage, protection of certain types of equipment, due to
water entering a structure or while overhauling a structure and smoke removal
to name but a few. It must be understood these functions are to abate EMERGENCY
SITUATIONS.
FIRE CAUSE DETERMINATION
The Coos Bay Fire Department conducts investigations of all fire incidents
it responds to, the purpose of which is to determine the point of origin and
cause. A team of department personnel are available at all times for this purpose.
