Western Washington County Firefighter's Association

11/18/2025

We are just a few weeks away from the annual Holiday Light Parade, but we need volunteers to make this happen!

If you’re interested in helping us bring this wonderful holiday tradition to Forest Grove, please fill out this survey with your contact details and the shifts you can help.

We need volunteers in the parade staging area, from 3:00-6:00 pm, or we need volunteers in the traffic control area from 4:00-7:00 pm. Must be able to be on your feet for a few hours in whatever weather comes that night, and be friendly with the parade goers and entries.

Thank you!

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12/08/2024

We hope you enjoyed the 2024 Holiday Light Parade as much as we and the City Club of Forest Grove did bringing it to you this year. It truly is an honor to be the caretakers of this wonderfully festive tradition, and we loved seeing so many of you out in beautiful downtown Forest Grove tonight.

We also appreciate everyone’s patience, as we had a little delay in getting the parade started, while crews tended to a non life threatening medical emergency in the staging area. We know how important it is for the parade to start on time, but we had to make sure everyone was safe and healthy before we could proceed.

We cannot wait to do this again in 2025!

Special thanks to the groups who came together to make this year’s event happen. We truly couldn’t have done the parade without them:

Washington County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue, Forest Grove School District High School Latinos in Action Leadership Program, and the Pacific University Men’s Basketball Team. All of these folks gave up a Saturday afternoon and evening to bring you this parade.

12/06/2024

We are so happy to announce the lineup for this year’s Holiday Light Parade! Coming to you on Saturday, December 7. We have a new route this year, as the parade will start at 23rd Avenue and B Street, move east on 23rd Avenue, then south on Main Street, and finally west on Pacific Avenue where the parade will officially end on B Street.

A couple of important notes for those who have entries in the parade:

- All parade entries need to come into the staging area from the intersection of B Street and Camino Drive. One of the parade volunteers will meet you there and direct you to where you will line up in the staging area.

- We cannot allow cars to come and go from the staging area once they are in and parked, so if you have to drop someone off for the parade, please park on the streets nearby and then walk in from there. We suggest parking along 26th Avenue or A Street, and walking in with your parade participants.

- There is some parking available at Harvey Clarke Elementary School for people who are in the parade.

- Parade staging opens at 3:00 pm, but you don’t have to be there then. We do ask that your float is set up and ready to go by 4:45. The parade leaves the staging area at 5:00 pm sharp!

- We do not allow anyone to throw candy or give away items from their floats or entries. We know this isn’t a popular thing, but it’s a night parade and we don’t want to risk the most excited littlest ones who want to dive out for a Tootsie Roll. You are welcome to have walkers who hand out give aways.

- The real Santa is coming down from the north pole special for this event, so we don’t want to confuse any of the little ones, and will not allow anyone else to dress up as the jolly old elf. Santa decorations are totally allowed, we just can’t have more than one Santa for the parade itself.

Road Closures and No Parking:

B Street, between Camino Drive and 23rd Avenues – 2:30 to 7:00 pm

23rd Avenue between B Street and Main Street – 4:30 to 7:00 pm

Main Street between 23rd Avenue and Pacific Avenue – 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Pacific Avenue, between Ash and B Streets – 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

2024 Lineup

1. Forest Grove Police
2. FGHS Vikings Marching Band
3. American Legion
4. Regeneration Dance Studio
5. Mt Olive Lutheran Church
6. Ballet Forest Grove
7. Forest Grove Luck Dragon
8. Tualatin Valley Harmony Masters
9. Vikings Youth Cheer and FGHS Cheerleaders
10. TTM Technologies
11. Visitation Catholic Church and School
12. Forest Grove Youth Lacrosse
13. The Gym
14. Pacific Oak Dental
15. The Killin Family
16. Scuttlebutts 4H
17. Oregon Mini Society
18. FGHS Mariachi Band
19. Brookdale Senior Living
20. Carpenter Creek Ranch
21. Stonebrook Family Dental
22. Dave Dober Construction
23. Randy’s Delivery
24. Forest Grove Little League Softball
25. Burrows Equipment
26. Forest Grove Restore
27. Willamette Valley Junk Removal
28. Las Catrinas Familial Sandoval
29. American Leak Detection
30. FGHS FFA
31. FC West Soccer
32. Cub Scouts Troop 169
33. Knights of Pythias
34. Northwest Nations Baseball Tournament
35. City of Forest Grove Light and Power
36. Coasters Pub
37. Cajun Papas
38. Peterson Cat
39. Taste and See Local Foodbank
40. Custom Equipment Repair
41. Michael Higby Trucking
42. City of Forest Grove Library
43. Scott McDonald - Grinch Mobile
44. GG’s House
45. My Place Tavern
46. FG School District Maintenance Staff
47. Splinter Alley
48. Huson Excavation & Tree Service
49. Premier Property Group
50. RDF&P Bullets, Burgers, and Brews
51. Omega Morgan
52. Forest Grove Fire & Rescue
53. Santa Claus

11/24/2024

Hey everyone, our firefighters are once again so excited to join the City Club of Forest Grove in bringing you the annual Holiday Light Parade! This year’s parade through downtown Forest Grove will kick off at 5:00 pm on December 7, and follows a fun filled day of special events at Holiday in the Grove.

We have an all new route in 2024, and will still light up Main Street, but will also spread the festive spirit on both 23rd and Pacific Avenues too!

All of the parade entries should have an email from our parade coordinator with directions for the day, but we will post those instructions in the comments of this thread.

We will announce the lineup after Thanksgiving weekend.

02/06/2024

In a recent decision by our board of directors and the general membership, the association made the difficult decision to no longer have the Cab Feed. There were many factors that led to this decision. Some of it being financial, and also lack of help in having the event and the amount of money that was raised based on the costs that were incurred. The recent volatility of the commercial crab season was also a factor in this decision.

We are planning some other type of fund raiser for the association. We are discussing something that would raise more funds and also cost less to those that wanted to attend the event.

We greatly appreciate the many years of support that you have provided to the association in the past.

Thank you for your continued support.
Kevin Ritcheson
WWCFFA President

12/01/2023

This Saturday offers a full day of celebrating the season in Forest Grove. Not only is there a stellar lineup of activities and fun downtown all day, during the Forest Grove City Club’s Holiday in the Grove event, but our Firefighters Association is once again putting on the Light Parade which will run down Main Street at 5 pm.

Here is a timeline for the parade:

* 3:00 pm – Parade staging opens. All parade entries need to enter parade staging at the intersection of B Street and Camino Drive, one of our volunteers will meet you there, and direct your entry to its spot in the lineup.

* 5:00 pm – The parade kicks off, leaving from the intersection of Main Street and 26th Avenue, traveling south on Main Street, and ending at 19th Avenue

In order to make the parade staging area, and the route itself as safe as possible, we will have a number of street closures and parking restrictions:

Staging area closures will begin at 2:30 pm, and will close 26th Avenue between B and Main Streets, as well as B Street between Camino Drive and 26th Avenue. There will be no parking within this closure.

All intersections with Main Street, between 26th and 18th Avenues, will close at 4:30

Detours for Pacific and 19th Avenues will take traffic onto 18th Avenue until the parade is over, so please plan an alternate route if you are coming through town between 4:30 and 7:00 pm.

And now, what you have been waiting for….here is the lineup for 2023 Holiday Light Parade, our largest light parade ever!!!!

Forest Grove Fire & Rescue
Cornelius Fire & Rescue
Forest Grove Police Department
Forest Grove High School Marching Band
Forest Grove High School Cheerleaders
Forest Grove High School Dance Arts
Mid Columbia Bus Company
Cub Scouts Pack 169 and Boy Scouts Troop 213
American Legion Washington Post 2
Dave Dober Construction Inc.
David Hill Farm and Garden
Oregon Reign Softball
TTM Technologies
Ortiz Auto Repair
Pacific University Spirit Squad
Forest Grove Restore
The Gym Forest Grove
Forest Grove High School Mariachi Tradicion
Hillsboro Rush
Crystal Clear Construction
Girl Scouts Troop 10519
Girl Scouts of Oregon and SW Washington
GG’s House
Minion Family
More Realty – Tricia Meeuwsen and Maggie Boehmer
Regeneration Dance Studio
Ridgewalker Brewing with the FGHS Vikettes Dancers
Forest Grove City Library
Forest Grove High School FFA
Stages Performing Arts Youth Academy
Taste and see Local
Visitation Catholic School
FC West Soccer
Custom Equipment Repair
Michael Higby Trucking
Oregon Mini Society
Forest Grove Youth Lacrosse
Ballet Forest Grove
Forest Grove Dance Arts Competition Team
Scuttlebuns 4H Club
Senior Era Class of 2024
Forest Grove High School Chamber Orchestra
NW Nations Tournament Baseball
Tualatin Valley Harmony Masters
The FG Electric Circus
Rooster Racing
Knights of Pythias Forest Grove
Mt. Olive Lutheran Church
Peterson Cat
My Place Tavern
Westside Drain Company
Omega Morgan
Premier Property Group LLC Forest Grove – Amber Morgan Real Estate Broker
Forest Grove Little League Girls Softball
Forest Grove Dancing Witches
RDF&P, Diversity Café, Ace Tavern, and Coating Specialties
Eric Field
Gail Green
Forest Grove Youth Football
Forest Grove Light and Power
Dean Meeuwsen Trucking
SANTA CLAUS

11/05/2023

We are just under a month away for the annual Forest Grove holiday light parade. If you are interested in entering a float in the parade, the city club has set up an online link to register.

Please keep in mind our insurance carrier is unfortunately not allowing any animals or throwing of candy in the parade.

06/13/2023

We know this has been a topic of discussion for a lot of folks and I must apologize for the delay in getting word out, but long story short, we are not putting on the fireworks display again this year.

As much as we love celebrating Independence Day with a big fireworks display, unfortunately it comes at a financial cost, which was one of the driving factors as to why we cancelled the display once again this year.

We realize this has been a great event for the community to enjoy and have come to expect. I realize this decision is not ideal and I would be more than happy to discuss this in person or DM, but I would hope that everyone can respect the difficult decision we had to make in cancelling this years fireworks display.

Thank you for your understanding,
Tony Carter
President

01/19/2023

The crab feed has been canceled. If you bought your tickets in person come by the station for a refund. If you purchased online you should have received a refund.

01/12/2023

Due to the commercial crabbing season being delayed the upcoming crab feed is canceled. We will be issuing refunds for tickets that have been purchased. We will start to process refunds in the next couple of days Thank you for your support of this event in the past and for your understanding of the cancelation.

11/01/2022

The time has come when we must retire the large flag until Memorial Day. This morning personnel from Forest Grove Fire & Rescue swapped out the large flag for the smaller flag we fly during inclement weather. This helps prevent further damage to the large flag from the many storm/wind events we tend in the region during the winter months