Gaston Fire assisted the Yamhill Fire District at a recent house fire, along with several other departments.
Gaston Fire has added a new pumper to its fleet.
The snow is gone … at least for now ... but it left many driveways badly damaged. Throw in a lot of rain and wind, and things can get really nasty really fast.
Just because your car or pickup can still make it up and down your slick, rutted driveway with its crumbling ditches, Gaston Fire’s large engines might not. That could slow our response to an emergency at your house, or even make access impossible.
Forest Grove Fire and Rescue and Gaston Fire battle a small grass fire.
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Fire destroyed a barn and spread to about two acres of grass and brush on NW Turner Creek Road at 12:29 p.m.

Wildfire chars private, public land near Cherry Grove. Forest Grove News Times. Here's raw video of the fire from KPTV.
It takes generations to serve and eat all the flapjacks at the annual Gaston Fire Pancake Breakfast.