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MOLALLA PIONEER 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
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Jennifer Otter
Volunteer Paramedic
Hello Readers! I am a member of the Molalla Volunteer
Firefighters (and EMTs) and we are hoping to have a new article
each week. The purpose of these articles is to explain the rela-
tionship between the volunteers and the Molalla Rural Fire
Protection District #73 and to give you the best insight of who
we are, what we do, and why we volunteer our time. Today’s
article is focused on our ambulance history.
In 1924, Molalla Fire was formed by special funding from
what is now known as The Molalla Buckaroo Rodeo. The
Buckaroo helped raise funds for the purchase of Molalla’s first
fire truck and later our first ambulance. Molalla’s first ambu-
lance arrived in 1948. At that time both fire and medical were
housed together but were two separate entities, both entirely
volunteer.
Before the 1970s, a transport to the hospital was much differ-
ent than it is today. From the 1920s to the 1960s it was nothing
more than a rapid transport to the hospital or doctor’s office. All
too often patients were not surviving the trip. Ambulance per-
sonnel would ask themselves, “What can we do to help these
patients?” The answer was to treat the patient. Eventually, the
answer was treating the patients and providing rapid transport
simultaneously.
In 1966 the U.S. Department of Transportation developed new
standards and training programs for Emergency Medical
Technicians (EMTs). Molalla Ambulance was right there with
these changes and by the early 70s, we had several trained
EMTs. On July 1, 1982, Oregon enacted an Oregon Revised
Statutes that began regulating ambulance services and how they
are run. In 1987, Molalla Fire and Molalla Ambulance merged
becoming the special district it is today — now called: Molalla
Rural Fire Protection District #73.
Today, when a patient is on a stretcher in the back of our
ambulance we are able to care for your emergency with medica-
tions, cardiac monitoring, advanced airway techniques and
more. Our ambulances are staffed with a combination of paid
staff, students and volunteers.
Molalla Fire Corner
The Early Days
Far left: The Molalla
Fire Department vol-
unteers in the 1950s.
Left: The first annual
Round-Up under the
auspices of teh
Molalla Volunteer Fire
Department occurred
in 1925, when the
organization had just
one truck. The depart-
ment, which donated
the proceeds for
municipal purposes,
was able to purchase
modern firefighting
equipment with the
money every year. By
1929, it was the best-
organized and most
effective volunteer
fire department in the
state.
Photos courtesy of
Molalla Fire District
Right: The Molalla Fire
Department and City
Hall in 11933. The fire
hall was just large
enough to house the
city’s one engine.
Below: The volunteers
in uniform with their
modern engine and an
old fire wagon.
ODFW
announces art
contest to benefit
habitat
conservation
The Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife announces
an art contest to benefit its
Habitat Conservation Stamp
program. The winning artist
will receive $3000. The con-
test opens June 1, 2013 and
closes 5 p.m. August 30,
2013.
Artwork must feature one of
the 22 amphibian or reptile
species identified in the
Oregon Conservation
Strategy in its appropriate
habitat.
Oregon Conservation
Strategy amphibians:
Cascades frog, Cascade tor-
rent salamander, Clouded
salamander, coastal tailed
frog, Columbia spotted frog,
Columbia torrent salamander,
Cope’s giant salamander,
foothill yellow-legged frog,
inland tailed frog, Larch
Mountain salamander,
Northern leopard frog,
Northern red-legged frog,
Oregon slender salamander,
Oregon spotted frog,
Siskiyou Mountain salaman-
der, Southern torrent sala-
mander, Western toad.
Oregon Conservation
Strategy reptiles: Common
kingsnake, Northern sage-
brush lizard, Western painted
turtle, Northwestern pond tur-
tle, Western rattlesnake.
The contest winner will be
chosen by a panel comprised
of an Oregon Fish and
Wildlife Commissioner and
four citizens to be selected by
Roy Elicker, ODFW director.
Artwork will be available for
public viewing on the ODFW
website. See the ODFW web-
site for a copy of the
announcement, rules and
entry form,
nservationstrategy/habitat_co
nservation_stamp.asp
