Newport Food Bank Partners with South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue and Local Banks to Help to Restock Shelves this Month. Newport, WA - The Newport Food Bank is once again partnering with South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue and two local Newport banks asking for the community’s support to help collect food donations for local [...]
Santa's route in Newport on Monday. Newport residents, and all Pend Oreille County friends who wish to join: Please see the tentative schedule for Santa's visit on Monday! During the published time for your area, please be watching for our lit up emergency vehicles, or listen for a short blast of the siren. Come [...]
From all of us at South Pend Oreille Fire & Rescue, we hope your families have a wonderful Holiday season and a safe and fun winter! SPOFR, made up of 16 employees and over 60 volunteers, have been busy and productive going into winter! We have taught more fire safety, CPR, and first aid classes than [...]
South Pend Oreille Fire and Rescue (SPOFR) was proud to help ensure a safe and enjoyable Halloween for our community this year. SPOFR volunteers provided safe street crossings throughout downtown Newport during the annual Halloween event. The turnout was impressive—an estimated 1,500 people attended, including families, trick-or-treaters, and local businesses who joined in the fun. The [...]
The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced that the fire danger ratings in Pend Oreille County will move to “Low” on Friday, October 17, at 00:01. Rule burns will be allowed beginning IMMEDIATELY for forest debris (individual pile size is limited to ten feet). For burn piles that do not meet the requirements of [...]
South Pend Oreille Fire Resuce continues to be busy! Just before noon on Wednesday the 15th, SPOFR responded to a reported structure fire in the area of Deer Valley and Gray Rd, finding a fully involved travel trailer converted for permanent inhabitance. Both dry grass and multiple other structures were threatened, but a quick attack within [...]
On Friday, October 3rd, South Pend Oreille Fire Rescue was alerted to a hazardous materials incident in the City of Newport. SPOFR responded and found approximately 300 gallons of a toxic substance on the ground, running East into Oldtown, Idaho. Due to the quick efforts of the affected business and SPOFR Engines 11 and 31, the [...]
Burn Ban Update for Pend Oreille County Effective Friday, October 3, 2025, 12:01 am The Fire Danger in Pend Oreille County is “Moderate.” All debris burning remains prohibited in Pend Oreille County. This includes rule (debris) burning and permit burning. Campfires and Recreational fires are permitted in all of Pend Oreille County, subject to the following [...]
Fire Chief/Paramedic Shane Stocking will again participate in a medical mission trip to the Puno Region of Peru, specifically the city of Ayaviri, Peru. This is over his twentieth medical mission to Peru and Africa, and his ninth to this specific spot with this team. He has been participating in these volunteer missions since 2013. These [...]
Just after 1pm on September 9th, multiple 911 calls were received for a column of smoke in the area of Scotia Road and Xanadu Ranch. SPOFR's policy is to respond in force to jump on all Pend Oreille fires when they are small, and due to a great response and some help from our friends, we [...]
