Fire departments

The Redding Fire Department now charges nearly $500 to respond to some non-emergency calls. The department aims to curb call volume and recover costs.

The city of Yreka is going to hire six full-time firefighters to help its volunteer department.

Voters in Northern California’s Yreka will be voting on an increase to their sales tax that will bring in paid firefighters to the city’s fire department.

On Monday, the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury released a report saying the district has "no government funding to fall back on."

A Southern Oregon land-use nonprofit recently filed an appeal seeking to reverse changes to wildfire safety standards in Josephine County.

The volunteer fire department in Yreka, California is in desperate need of upgrades. The city is considering a 1% sales tax to put on the November ballot that could help alleviate staffing and facility issues.

Yreka’s all-volunteer fire department is struggling to attract new firefighters, and the ones they already have are getting burned out from a dramatic increase in calls. The city is looking at what it would take to fund full-time firefighters instead.

Firefighters along the Oregon Coast say they’re struggling to meet increasing call volumes with fewer and fewer volunteers.