Halsey Fire

05/16/2026

We are OPEN come on down for some great tasting breakfast and meet your local firefighters.

05/11/2026

05/07/2026

This is all made possible by the Oregon State Fire Marshal and their upstaffing grant we recently recieved to help protect our communities and those around us.

05/07/2026

This is a great oppertunity for the girls of Linn County to see what it's like to be a firefighter.

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05/04/2026

We are excited to announce that the Halsey-Shedd RFPD has been selected as a recipient of this years OSFM summer up staffing grant. This allows us to hire 3 seasonal summertime firefighters to help with fire season up staffing and other district projects like helping people with defendable space around their homes and property. Thank you Oregon State Fire Marshal for this opportunity.

04/03/2026

School Bus Stop Laws

We have seen quite an uptick in situations where drivers are not stopping properly for school busses when they stop to load/unload students. We want to remind all drivers what they need to do in this situation to help keep you and our kids safe!

In Oregon, you MUST stop for a school bus with flashing red lights or an extended stop arm, no matter which direction you're traveling, unless the road is physically divided by a median or barrier. This includes roads with multiple lanes.

Key Rules You Need to Know:

When red lights are flashing, or the stop arm is out: All traffic must stop immediately. This includes cars coming from behind the bus AND from the opposite direction.

Stay stopped until the red lights turn off and the bus starts moving again.

Painted lines do NOT count. A yellow center line, solid or broken, or a painted turn lane does not create a divided highway. You still must stop in both directions.

Amber (yellow) lights = The bus is preparing to stop. Slow down and get ready.

Oregon now uses stop arm cameras — you can receive tickets from these videos if you illegally pass a stopped school bus.

Penalties: Passing a stopped school bus is a Class A traffic violation with a fine of up to $2000!

Protect our kids. When in doubt, STOP!

For more detailed information the laws, you can visit:

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03/31/2026

03/10/2026

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Open and agricultural burning is regulated and enforced by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Before burning, contact the Linn County Burn Line at 541-451-1904. The number will connect you with an automated message that is updated daily and informs you whether or not burning is allowed. For agricultural burning, you must call the Oregon Department of Agriculture Grower Hotline at 503-986-4755.

​Burn season run from March 1st to June 15th and October 1st to December 15th. Beginning and ending dates are subject to change based on current fire conditions.

𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀

Unless there is an immediate threat to life or property, burn complaints during burn season should be made to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) at 888-997-7888. This includes complaints of burning illegal materials, burning on non-burn days, and more.

Burn complaints during Fire Season (summer) can be made through LCSO dispatch at 541-967-4333 and will be handled by the appropriate fire department or district.

𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗯𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲

DEQ regulations prohibit open burning of the following materials at any time, anywhere in the state of Oregon:

❌Rubber products, including tires

❌Asbestos products

❌Animal remains

❌Plastic

❌Wet garbage

❌Petroleum and petroleum-treated debris

❌Asphalt or industrial waste

❌Any material that creates dense smoke or noxious odors

❌Auto parts and wire insulation

This means the use of a tire, gasoline, diesel and other like products to ignite a fire is also prohibited. To ignite, we recommend covering the pile (or part of it if it’s large) to keep it dry, then starting with paper and a match.

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03/01/2026

Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan announces a TEST of the Linn-Benton Alert system on Saturday, March 7th , around 1PM.

The test alert will go to recipients in both Linn County and North Albany (Benton County) that have signed up with the system. We would like recipients of the alert to confirm receipt of the message on each phone or device. This will stop additional attempts to deliver the message. Recipients should NOT call the Sheriff’s Office or 911 when receiving the message.

Linn-Benton Alert is a system that can push out emergency notifications to Linn and Benton County residents of any emergency event or evacuation. Sheriff Duncan encourages every resident to sign up if they haven’t already done so.

Residents can sign up for the notifications by going to https://buff.ly/3IRMcSB and can choose how and where they receive alerts including cell, home, and/or work phone, by text message or TTY (hearing impaired devices) and more.

02/22/2026

Applications are open! Apply early to secure your spot. It's free and fun- guaranteed! Go to Lebanonfireoregon.gov to print off your application. *Its under tab "information" and then "community involvement"*