Organizations Filed Purposes:
ASHWOOD-ANTELOPE RANGELAND FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION IS PART OF A NETWORK OF RANGELAND FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATIONS CREATED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY. OUR MANDATE (NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS) IS, WITH THE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE OF MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS, TO PROVIDE FIRE SUPPRESSION AND MITIGATION WITHIN THE ASSOCIATION BOUNDARIES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. WHEN REQUESTED AND WHEN POSSIBLE, WE ALSO PROVIDE FIRE SUPPRESSION ASSISTANCE IN SUPPORT OF MUTUAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS WITH THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND BLM.
THE AARPA WAS FORMED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO ASSOCIATION MEMBERS FOR FIREFIGHTING, FIRE SUPPRESSION, AND CONTROL FOR RANGELAND FIRES IN THE NORTHEASTERN SECTION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.
THE 2018 FIRE SEASON WAS A VERY BUSY SEASON FOR OUR ASSOCIATION. MEMBERS RESPONDED TO SEVEN MUTUAL ASSIST FIRES, IN ADDITION TO FIRES WITHIN ASSOCIATION BOUNDARIES. ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEERS SPENT FOURTEEN DAYS ASSISTING ON MUTUAL AID FIRES IN ADDITION TO HANDLING FIRES WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES. SIGNIFICANT FIRES AARFPA PROVIDED SUPPORT TO OUTSIDE OUR BOUNDARIES INCLUDED:BOX CAR FIRE - 100,207 ACRES 6/21/2018 - 6/25/2018BLACK ROCK FIRE - 800 ACRES 7/15/2018SUBSTATION FIRES - 78,425 ACRES 7/17/2018 - 7/20/2018ON JULY 14, WHEN THE LIGHTNING STORMS WHERE GOING STRONG ACROSS OREGON, OUR MEMBERS RESPONDED TO EIGHT DIFFERENT STRIKES IN THE ASHWOOD AND ANTELOPE AREAS. WE RESPONDED QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND WERE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE STRIKES CONTAINED, BURNING LESS THAN THREE ACRES ALL TOLD.OVER THE COURSE OF THE FIRE SEASON, WE RESPONDED TO CALLS FROM VARIOUS LOCAL DISPATCH AGENCIES; COIDC, WASCO COUNTY, FRONTIER EMERGENCY, AND JEFFERSON COUNTY DISPATCH.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jody Holmes | BOARD MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Lowell Foreman | BOARD MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Herb Mckay | BOARD MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| John Marston | BOARD MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Tom Ledbetter | BOARD MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Mat Felton | FIRE SUPERVISOR | 5 | $0 |
| Dani Cowdrey | SECRETARY | 5 | $0 |
| Jimmy Mcnamee | VICE CHAIRMAN | 5 | $0 |
| Bing Bingham | CHAIRMAN | 5 | $0 |
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