Welcome to South Lane County Fire & Rescue
South Lane County Fire & Rescue (SLCF&R) proudly serves both residents and visitors in Creswell, Cottage Grove and rural South Lane County. SLCF&R provides fire protection, rescue, emergency medical services, fire prevention and code enforcement services, per ORS Chapter 478. SLCF&R is located just south of the Eugene / Springfield area of western Oregon, along the I-5 corridor. The areas previously served by the Cottage Grove Fire Department, the Creswell Rural Fire Department, and the South Lane Rural Fire Department, were merged into the South Lane County Fire and Rescue district in 2003.
May 4, 2013
South Lane County Fire and Rescue responded to two large grass/ wildland fires Saturday. One was quickly contained at 76659 Martin Creek Rd in Cottage Grove. The other fire was near 75200 London Rd, Cottage Grove and was not contained until Saturday evening.
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South Lane County Fire and Rescue Board of Directors, at the request of the Fire Chief, authorized the "Remounting" of two of its ambulances. Both ambulances motors were deemed not repairable within ten days of one another. "Remounting" of ambulances saves the Fire District Tax payer's approximately $75,000 per ambulance versus purchasing brand new. "Remounting" involves taking the patient compartment off of the existing ambulance chassis, refurbishing the compartment, and "remounting" the compartment on a new chassis. The process of remounting will take just over sixty days. These ambulances were scheduled for "remounting" later this year, but the process was expedited due to the emergent nature and necessity of having ambulances available.
Although the unexpected failures of these vehicles in such a short time stretched SLCFR's resources, all calls for ambulance service were answered without delay. In response to the ambulance shortage a request was made to the regional fire departments seeking a loaner ambulance. Lane Fire Authority, in Veneta was able to loan SLCFR one of their ambulances while the remounting is completed on the other units.
04/15/2013 @ 9:50 PM
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03/06/2013 @ 0920
South Lane County Fire and Rescue crews responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a small sedan upside down in a ditch full of water on I-5 at mile post #170 at 9:20 AM this morning. Upon arrival crews found the single occupant was still in the vehicle. South Lane County Fire and Rescue Paramedics were able to extricate the patient and the female occupant was transported to River Bend Medical center with non-life threating injuries
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A ground ambulance transport in the Eugene-Springfield area will cost more than $1,800, and an air ambulance more than $18,000, unless you have FireMed! Health insurance may cover 20-50%. 