Four fire stations are strategically located throughout Lake Oswego to provide rapid emergency service to citizens in need 24 hours a day.

Emergency services include fire suppression, emergency medical response, hospital ambulance transportation, water & dive rescue, technical rescue operations, hazardous materials incidents, and disaster response.

Non-emergency services include fire prevention and inspection services, code enforcement, public safety education services/CPR training, fire extinguisher use, residential safety surveys, home fire escape planning, emergency and disaster preparedness planning and training for citizens (CERT), and fire and life safety education in Lake Oswego schools.

Along with protecting citizens within the city and contract districts, the Lake Oswego Fire Department has mutual aid agreements with the Portland Fire Bureau, West Linn Fire Department, and Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue.

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Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan

The City of Lake Oswego Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan includes resources and information to assist city residents, public and private sector organizations, and others interested in participating in planning for natural hazards. The mitigation plan provides a list of activities that may assist the City of Lake Oswego in reducing risk and preventing loss from future natural hazard events. Lake Oswego has developed this Plan as an addendum to the Multi-Jurisdictional Clackamas County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan in an effort to take a more regional
approach to planning for natural hazard scenarios.

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CERT

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, using the model created by the Los Angeles City Fire Department, began promoting nationwide use of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) concept in 1994. Since then, CERTís have been established in hundreds of communities.

CERT training promotes a partnering effort between emergency services and the people that they serve. The goal is for emergency personnel to train members of neighborhoods, community organizations, or workplaces in basic response skills. CERT members are then integrated into the emergency response capability for their area.