(Salem OR) - For over 26 years, Marion County Fire District #1 Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2557 has been raising money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) to fight neuromuscular disease with 'Fill the Boot' fundraisers. A big thank you to all who donated. We raised over $17,000 in 2024.

MDA Summer Camp Celebrates 60 Years of Service- July 15, 2015 MDA Summer Camp at Macleay Christian Retreat Center Oregon, kids with neuromuscular disease discover a world created specifically for them, and meet many other kids sharing the same needs and experiences. MDA campers dream about summer camp all year and often say it’s better than Christmas; some even say it’s changed their lives.

Firefighters Scott Wildfang and Cory Kottek will be participating in the 24th annual Scott Firefighter Stair Climb.  The Scott Firefighter Stair Climb is a race up the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle, 69 flights of stairs in full fire gear and SCBA. While Scott and Cory welcome the challenge, they are doing this to fight blood cancers.

WASHINGTON D.C.--A landmark study issued today by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows that the size of firefighting crews has a substantial effect on the fire service's ability to protect lives and property in residential fires.

Marion County Fire District # 1 Firefighter / Paramedics were reunited with a near drowning victim. Three years ago MCFD # 1 responded to a reported drowning incident on Cordon road, when they arrived they found a toddler that had just been pulled from a swimming pool by her grandmother. Paramedic's performed life saving measures and transported the little girl to Salem Hospital.