douglas county fire district 4

Douglas County Fire District 4 has new leadership. The fire district announces it is appointing Jeff Zanol as fire chief. He first joined the fire district in 1983. He previously served as Captain from 2012 to 2015 before his appointment to Assistant Chief...

Local hero Capt. Scott Carter honored for bravery in tending to collision on SR 97. A true lifesaver recognized for quick response and selfless actions.

District 4 firefighters say they arrived on scene in seven minutes and found a two-acre fire quickly spreading up steep hillsides burning in dry grass and sage

Douglas County Fire District 5 says it was sent to a vehicle fire at 6:57pm found the car fully engulfed in flames.

The fire crews which first arrived on the scene at the river from off U.S. Hwy. 97 say they found a wind driven fire burning in arborvitaes up a steep hillside directly into a large home.

An Orondo home escaped damage Thursday afternoon around 2:00 pm when an agricultural burn got out of control in the 100 block of Weimer Road. Kay McKellar with Douglas County Fire District 4 says fifty poplar trees were ablaze at one point, creating a safety hazard for firefighters due to the trees' 50 foot branches catching fire and falling ...

A drunk driver is being blamed for a one vehicle accident that sparked a brush fire Monday afternoon around 4:15 about ten miles north of Orondo on US 97. Douglas County Fire District 4 Chief Jim Oatey said 28-year-old Drew Hooper of Wenatchee was driving a 2009 Kia Rio when he left the road and crashed into a ditch, causing a fire that spread to the nearby dry grass ...

A fire up Greens Canyon Road Sunday afternoon was contained at six acres by crews from Douglas, Chelan, and Okanogan Counties along with DNR and BLM. Douglas County District 4 Chief Jim Oatey says the fire was burning in dry grass with strong winds pushing it up a hillside ...

Douglas County Fire District No. 4 responded to a report of structure fire on Badger Mountain just before 9 p.m. Saturday night. After arrival, a garage was found fully engulfed by flames. "When we were responding, we could actually see the fire about 15 miles out," said Chief Jim Oatey...

A wind-aided 2nd alarm brush fire called the Webb Place Fire reached at least 15 acres and challenged firefighters in the Rock Island area Monday night. A Level 1 evacuation notice had been issued from Woodstone to Van Sickle and Rock Island Road to Batterman Road...