Chief Rodney Linz (right) checks on a volunteer firefighter that sustained minor injuries during a Feb. 1, 2020 training exercise in Gales Creek. Photo: Chas Hundley A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of Oregon on Thursday, September 3 alleges that longtime Banks Fire District 13 employee Linda Hedlund[Read More…]
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Fire, power outage caused by downed power line near Tophill
The entrance to Stub Stewart State Park. The fire is north of the park. Photo: Chas Hundley TOPHILL – Emergency crews are on scene at a small, smoldering brush fire on Hoffman Road east of Highway 47, according to the Banks Fire District. The fire is believed to have been[Read More…]
Hillsboro man dies in Manning crash
A screenshot of the area the crash was in. Map: ODOT MANNING – A Hillsboro man died in a collision with a commercial vehicle in Manning Thursday morning. Emergency crews were first dispatched to the call around 8:40 a.m. Thursday, June 11 near mile post 47 on Highway 26. According[Read More…]
PHOTOS: Local fire agencies conduct training burn in Gales Creek
The little white house burns. Photo: Chas Hundley//Banks Post GALES CREEK – Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, Banks Fire District 13, Gaston Rural Fire Protection District, and the Cornelius Fire District all participated in a training burn in Gales Creek on Saturday, February 1 at a building located on the[Read More…]
Mobile home, pole barn destroyed in Buxton-area fire
Photo from the scene courtesy Mitch Ward, Banks Fire District PIO TOPHILL – A fire destroyed a mobile home and the pole barn sheltering it just north of Stub Stewart State Park on Highway 47 Tuesday night. According to Banks Fire District 13 spokesperson Mitch Ward, the mobile home was[Read More…]
Mobile home burning north of Stub Stewart State Park
Photo from the scene. Banks Fire District Tophill – Banks Fire District has been dispatched after reports of a mobile home fire on Highway 47 near Hoffman Road, north of Stub Stewart State Park between Buxton and Vernonia. Around 9:10 p.m., Banks Fire District said they had knocked down the[Read More…]
Some Washington County fire crews still assisting at California wildfires
Banks Fire District 13 members aid in firefighting efforts at the Kincade Fire in California. Photo: Banks Fire District CALIFORNIA – While some of the 15 Oregon teams comprised of more than 60 fire & rescue agencies sent to aid during a series of wildfires in California have returned home,[Read More…]
Banks Fire District 13 volunteers join almost 300 Oregon firefighters to fight California wildfires
Left to right: Timber resident lieutenant Scott Arlin, Buxton resident Engineer Julie Kemper, and Banks resident Duty Officer Chris Lanter. Photo: Banks Fire District 13 CALIFORNIA – As more than 200,000 people flee the path of wildfires in Northern California, 15 crews from Oregon, including staff and equipment from Banks[Read More…]
Work begins on new fire station near Buxton
Banks Fire Chief Rodney Linz and Banks Fire District board members start the ceremonial groundbreaking. Photo: Banks Fire District 13 BUXTON – Banks Fire District 13 board members, fire chief Rodney Linz, and other community members and those involved in the district turned the first few ceremonial shovels of dirt[Read More…]
Home near Banks damaged by fire Sunday morning
Photo from the scene provided by Banks Fire District 13 BANKS – Emergency personnel responded to a residential fire at a home just outside of Banks city limits this morning. No one was injured during the fire, which caused moderate to heavy damage to portions of the home. According to[Read More…]
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