The District also provides coverage to 13 miles of river frontage including 16 moorages. Residents of the district currently enjoy an I.S.O. rating of 4 in the city and 8 in the rural areas. Click here to see a map of the district and surrounding area. Response to alarms is primarily by volunteer work force assisted by a few career staff. About 40 responders currently answer approximately 1000 alarms yearly from four stations.
All land stations house an engine and a water tender.
The Scappoose Station houses additional equipment including a rescue, three type III ambulances, a second out engine and support vehicles. Marine response is by way of a 27 foot Fire Boat moored on the Multnomah Channel. We responded to 750 alarms in 1998, and 700 alarms in 1997.