Grants From STCCF And The Roundhouse Foundation Outfit Crew 21 For Technical Rescue Responses (Photo)
- 12/17/25
Sweet Home Fire received funding from two different organizations to purchase technical rescue equipment for Crew 21. Our wildland division spends much of the year in the wilderness area to the East of Sweet Home working on potential control lines to prevent any future fires from spreading to our community. These firefighters are trained for, and thanks to these grants are now equipped for technical rescue responses. Working in the remote areas of our district puts the crew closer to many of the areas that we respond to for these types of rescues. By adding this equipment and training, we hope to provide more rapid responses to these calls and to prevent those calls from depleting all available resources. Historically we have seen technical rescue calls take our duty crews away from the rest of the district for 6 or more hours at a time. Our hope is that we can help to offset this drain on our resources, allowing us to maintain resource availability for other calls in the District while providing a well-trained and well-equipped response by our wildland crew. This improvement in services was made possible by a grant for $5,000 from the Roundhouse Foundation and a second grant from the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund in the amount of $6,775. The grant funds were used to purchase a SKED stretcher, anchor slings, steel carabiners, harnesses, a litter harness, helmets, and a rope rescue rigging kit. Crews recently spent a full week training with the new equipment and completing taskbooks for individuals to become rope rescue technician certified.
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Grants From STCCF And The Roundhouse Foundation Outfit Crew 21 For Technical Rescue Responses (Photo)
- 12/17/25
Sweet Home Fire received funding from two different organizations to purchase technical rescue equipment for Crew 21. Our wildland division spends much of the year in the wilderness area to the East of Sweet Home working on potential control lines to prevent any future fires from spreading to our community. These firefighters are trained for, and thanks to these grants are now equipped for technical rescue responses. Working in the remote areas of our district puts the crew closer to many of the areas that we respond to for these types of rescues. By adding this equipment and training, we hope to provide more rapid responses to these calls and to prevent those calls from depleting all available resources. Historically we have seen technical rescue calls take our duty crews away from the rest of the district for 6 or more hours at a time. Our hope is that we can help to offset this drain on our resources, allowing us to maintain resource availability for other calls in the District while providing a well-trained and well-equipped response by our wildland crew. This improvement in services was made possible by a grant for $5,000 from the Roundhouse Foundation and a second grant from the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund in the amount of $6,775. The grant funds were used to purchase a SKED stretcher, anchor slings, steel carabiners, harnesses, a litter harness, helmets, and a rope rescue rigging kit. Crews recently spent a full week training with the new equipment and completing taskbooks for individuals to become rope rescue technician certified.
Attached Media Files:
IMG_8460.jpeg,
IMG_8461.jpeg,
IMG_8462.jpeg,
IMG_8463.jpeg,
IMG_8350.jpeg,
IMG_8351.jpeg,
IMG_8352.jpeg,
IMG_8353.jpeg,
IMG_8354.jpeg,
IMG_8355.jpeg,
IMG_8356.jpeg,
IMG_8357.jpeg,
IMG_8451.jpeg,
IMG_8452.jpeg,