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The pager toned out at 6am Sunday morning for a mutual aid brush fire in Estacada. Brad and I quickly made our way to the Elwood station, got all geared […]

Today Brad had his first experience with a major medical problem. About 11:30am a page came out for a gunshot wound to the head and, since the only other person […]

Cindi, Jodi’s mom, came up for a visit and was ready to get right to work. This time she used Bob to help level out the driveway so that we […]

Every year the Elwood Community comes together for food and fun. We meet in the center of the Elwood area, which just happens to be the cemetery! This year Jodi […]

Our neighbor Rhonda organized our first annual rafting trip on the Clackamas River. As expected, the water was cold (60 degrees), but the weather was perfect – sunny and 85. […]

As part of the weekly Colton Fire Department drills we had the opportunity to train with Life Flight, the helicopters and emergency personnel that respond to extreme medical emergencies and […]

The Colton Rural Fire Department receives an average of 330 calls each year. Only about 10% are actual residential fires. The remaining calls consist of public assistance, medical emergencies, motor […]

We’ve been wanting to add a retaining wall between the house and the storage shed ever since we moved in. The nice weather finally gave us the chance. We decided […]

As part of the ongoing firefighter training, the fire department is building a SCBA competency course. In full firefighter gear (including the air tank), we will have to climb over, […]

After months and months of cold and rainy weather, we finally had a nice weekend. Usually, the house-bound critters look like this… But with the sun out, they all finally […]