Newest RFPA trained, responding to fires

North Pendleton RFPA is equipped and fighting fires

SALEM – The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) is celebrating the state’s newest rangeland fire protection association (RFPA) and the North Pendleton RFPA trained up and got equipped in the nick of time as wildfires rage throughout the region. Landowners in northern Umatilla County had their RFPA approved on March 24 by the Oregon Board of Forestry. It’s the first new rural fire protection association to come into being in Oregon since 2023. “T…

Newest RFPA trained, responding to fires

Pendleton, Ore. – Oregon’s newest Rangeland Fire Protection Association (RFPA), the North Pendleton RFPA, is fully trained and responding to new fire starts in their area. Upon request of landowners in northern Umatilla County, the formation of the North Pendleton RFPA was approved by the Oregon Board of Forestry on March 4, 2026.  This was the first new RFPA to form since the Grizzly RFPA in March 2023. “There has been a desire to have some sor…