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Fire Chief and CEO:
Matt Smith
Fire Marshal and
Deputy Chief: Casey
Kump
Phone: 541-447-
5011
Website:
http://www.crookcoun-
tyfireandrescue.com
Prineville Station:
500 N.E. Belknap St.
Juniper Canyon
Station: 12051 S.E.
Juniper Canyon Road
Powell Butte Station: 8900 S.W. Reif
Road, Powell Butte
Board Members: Mark Nyman, John
Jackson, Dale Pedersen, Dennis Bauldree,
and Keith Eager. Physician/Medical
Director is Doug Gruzd.
Crook County Fire and Rescue (CCFR)
serves an approximately 450-square-mile
district. A publicly-elected, five-person fire
board governs CCFR. Each board member
serves a four-year term.
A burning house, a
car wreck, a heart
attack – these are
moments that can
leave people feeling
helpless. In these types
of moments, the staff,
volunteers, and stu-
dents of CCFR step up
and take charge. The
local fire department
originated in 1882 and
was known as the
Prineville Volunteer Fire Company. Early on,
the local firefighters used a six-man
Rumsey hand pumper, purchased in 1882,
and a hook and ladder truck purchased
nine years later. They then added a self-
propelled fire engine in 1926, with a first
aid car coming 20 years later. These and
other pieces of emergency equipment can
still be found at the Prineville CCFR build-
ing.
Training enables the CCFR team to
respond to multiple emergencies and
unique situations in a hasty yet controlled
manner. The responders benefit from a
camaraderie that enables them to handle
an emergency efficiently. In order to
respond to all the emergency calls for
Crook County throughout the year, CCFR
relies heavily on volunteers, and could not
function without them.
Volunteers make up about two-thirds of
the team. For all the team members,
whether they are career staff, student, or
volunteer, helping others is the greatest
motivator.
CCFR is in a constant state of improve-
ment, continually seeking new ways to bet-
ter serve the residents of Crook County.
Volunteer for CCFR Tom Kurtz and Career
Paramedic Firefighter Seth Tooley upgrad-
ed the CCFR website in 2011. The website
includes such features as history, recruit-
ment, a media page, burn regulations,
downloads, links, photo gallery, members,
calendar, and board minutes for CCFR. The
department is always seeking volunteers,
and interested residents can contact CCFR
for more information.
THINGS to KNOW about . . .
Crook County Fire and Rescue
MATT
SMITH
CASEY
KUMP
All firefighters of the CCFR participate in a “burn to learn” exercise each year, which includes volunteer firefighters and career firefighters.