Sheridan Rural Fire Protection District

05/18/2026

The 1935 American LaFrance is back at Station 9!

Our volunteers from Sheridan Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association moved it today from Station 98 in Ballston so it can be prepped for the summer parades and readily accessible for maintenance.

05/17/2026

Our firefighters trained on wildland skills today!
Skills included basic chain saw operations and maintenance, building fire lines, and deploying progressive hose lays with overview on LCES (Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes, and Safety Zones).
After the field training everyone learned and practiced hand tool maintenance and restored all the engines to service once again.

Sheridan Professional Firefighters L5384
Sheridan Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association

05/08/2026

🚨Live fire exercises tomorrow (5/9)🚨

Tomorrow crews from around the county will be conducting a burn to learn in the area of Oldsville Rd X Dusty Ln.

Smoke and fire will be visible from HWY 18.

Please do not call 911 if you see smoke or fire!

Due to limited room we asked people to avoid the area and allow the crews to train safely!

05/06/2026

Thank you to our local volunteers for a successful search!

05/02/2026

This grant allows us to upstaff during wildland season, helping to ensure we have additional responders during peak times for emergencies and fires.
Thank you Oregon State Fire Marshal!

03/17/2026

We are currently filling a vacancy to serve on the Budget Committee.

If you have a mind to help serve your community and fire district we'd love to have you!

General requirements include:
- Be a legal voter for the Sheridan Fire District
- Must not be a current member of the Sheridan Fire District
- Meet on average 1-3 times a year

Application can be found here and will remain open until a candidate is found.

There is a vacancy on the SFD Budget Committee. Applicants must be legal voters for the Sheridan Fire District and shall not be currently affiliated with the fire district. Please contact 503-843-2467 for an application. Download Application Form (PDF)

02/25/2026

Always good to see the community coming together in support of the different initiatives and events we have locally!

02/10/2026

Working with Sheridan Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association we were able to receive grant awards from Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and First Federal Savings & Loan we were able to purchase 10 new pagers for our volunteers.
This in conjunction with our emergency alerting phone app allows our volunteers to receive timely notifications and dispatch information on emergency and public service calls.

Thank you for the assistance in this valuable purchase! Now each and every one of our volunteers has a functioning pager!

12/20/2025

We are sorry for the loss of life experienced today. Please stay safe and do not drive through water, or past road closure signs.

Per NOAA:
"It only takes 6 inches of moving water to knock you off your feet" and "12 inches of water can float a car or small SUV, 18 inches of water can carry away large vehicles."

Salem Fire Department
McMinnville Fire District
Amity Fire District
Yamhill County Sheriff's Office
Grand Ronde Tribal Police
Polk County Sheriff's Office Oregon
Dallas Oregon Police Department

𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄

On December 19, 2025, at about 7:40 am Yamhill Communications (YCOM) received a 911 call regarding a vehicle which had driven past road closure signage into high water covering the roadway on SW Dejong Road between Ballston Road and Christensen Road. The caller observed the vehicle get swept off the roadway by the water with the current carrying the vehicle east from the road into a large, flooded area on the south side of the South Yamhill River. A witness observed a single occupant getting out of the vehicle into the water.

Deputies from the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office and Polk County Sheriff's Office Oregon responded with mutual aid support from Dallas Oregon Police Department and Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department. Sheridan Rural Fire Protection District responded and requested assistance from Salem Fire Department with a water rescue team.

Using a drone deployed by Dallas Police Department to search the area, a body was located in the water. Salem Fire Department water rescue team and a Yamhill County resident with extensive water training and experience deployed with an inflatable boat and were able to recover the victim. The victim is identified as a 52-year-old man from Amity, OR.

Many areas in Yamhill County continue to be affected by high water and flooding. We are asking individuals to never drive into high water, and to obey all signage and traffic control devices related to flood affected areas.

12/17/2025

We also recommend NOT driving over fallen trees connected to downed power lines. Be safe and don't put yourself or others in danger.