Will you, your family, or someone you know be facing a bleak holiday this year?
Each year with generous donations from our community, the Scio, Crabtree, and Bilyeu Den Volunteer Firefighters are able to provide gifts for children and food for families who need help.
Applications for our Community Food and Gift Drive can be found here. Applications are due back to us by November 28th.
Every year, kids in our community are treated to a holiday they wouldn't have otherwise if it weren't for the generous donations from folks like you. If you want to brighten a kids holiday, you can take a gift tag off of the tree located inside the Shop N Save. Each tag contains the age and interests of a child in our community. You shop for the kiddo, wrap the presents, tape the tag to the presents, and bring them back to the Shop N Save where you place them under the tree. Deadline to drop off the gifts is December 12th.
Backyard burning?
OPEN
Before burning make sure to call to know the daily burning information.
Linn County Burn Line at: (541)451-1904
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Or visit the updated daily website at:
The Linn County Fire Defense Board, in partnership with ODF, has decided to open outdoor burning Saturday, October 11th. Let's go over some ground rules:
1) No burning of trash
2) Keep water close by
3) Don't burn next to a building
4) Keep your piles reasonable in size. Instead of one large pile, consider making two smaller piles.
5) Backyard burning is for burning of sticks, branches, leaves, etc. If you have large amounts of wood debris or slash left over from logging or land clearing, call the fire chief to discuss a burn plan. The number to the Scio fire station is (503) 394-3000.
6) DEQ will restrict burning on days with poor atmospheric mixing or on days when we might expect an inversion. Call the burn line every morning you plan on burning to ensure that burning is allowed that day. The number is (541) 451-1904.
Smoke Detectors-
"Smoke detectors, a homeowners best friend".
Thanks to a grant from the Oregon State Fire Marshal, the Scio Fire District will now be offering FREE smoke detectors and will install them for you as well. These free smoke detectors are available for citizens who live in the Scio Fire District's response area, own their home, and are elderly, low income, and/or disabled. To apply or free smoke detectors, fill out and submit this form:​
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Why are smoke detectors so important? Approximately 80% of home fire deaths occur in homes with no working smoke detectors. Your risk of dying in a house fire is cut in half if your house has working smoke detectors.
