First Responders Under Strain - Volunteer Fire Departments Carry Growing Medical Load in Tillamook County

First Responders Under Strain - Volunteer Fire Departments Carry Growing Medical Load in Tillamook County

In his recent State of the City message, Rockaway Beach Mayor Charles McNeilly was direct: the city’s first responders are tired. Call volumes and complexity continue to rise, yet current revenues can sustain existing services but not expand them. Additional firefighters and a new station outside the tsunami inundation zone remain out of reach without new funding. The Fire Department is preparing a SWOT analysis that will feed into this fall’s F…