Boat 3 located at the Port of Portland, Pier 2, Terminal 4 is closed. Station 16 relocates to NW Front Avenue until a new Station 16 can be built at Willbridge. July 1984 brings Multnomah County Fire District 10 into the Portland Fire Bureau. With the merger of District 10, there are seven battalions. This merger delayed the bureau's active recruitment and hiring of minorities because of the absorption of District 10's personnel into the Bureau.
All equipment is renumbered to the station in which they are housed.
The Bureau is continuing to train and certify all personnel at the Emergency Medical Technician I level. At Hazardous Materials meetings in Salem, a new State-wide response system is developed. The first Fire Bureau Emergency Medical Services Task Force is formed to investigate and report the feasibility of transporting patients by Fire Bureau rescues. The report is presented to City Council on January 21, 1986. An intergovernmental agreement with Clackamas County District 1 is finalized.