The district is offering free housing in a manufactured home right next to the Gayles Street station, just west of Portland, as MHProNews has learned. Utilities are included in the offer, and each firefighter will have a private bedroom and bath, and will be paid $10 for each run. With only 120 calls each year, there is sufficient time for a full-time job.
Occupants will be required to attend two months of front-end training and respond to a certain number of emergency calls each month, according to firehouse.
“It’s just really tough out there to find volunteers,” said Forest Grove Fire Marshal Dave Nemeyer of the rural fire district, which spans from Forest Grove to near Banks and deep into the Tillamook State Forest. For years, forestry services have housed volunteers in hilltop cabins to watch for summer forest fires. ##
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