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Molalla Fire District

Fire & Rescue Agency Serving South Clackamas County, OR

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Staff

Molalla Fire District is currently served by 16 career staff that includes one full time office assistant and the Fire Chief. There are approx. 35 volunteer and support staff. Six of the line firefighter/paramedics were hired from a combination of Federal Grant Funding and passed tax levy in May of 2014. Below is our administrative personnel and their duties.

Fire Chief

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Vince Stafford

Chief Stafford was born and raised in Molalla and continues a long-time family tradition in firefighting of a combined 70 years with his own career totaling over 30 years of service. He began as a Molalla volunteer firefighter in 1992 and became an officer by 1995. He obtained his paramedic certification in 1997, got hired at Central Coast Fire and Rescue eventually becoming their Fire Chief. In 2006 Chief Stafford was hired by the Molalla Fire District as their Fire Chief to which he oversees operations of the entire district that includes career and volunteer firefighting staff, three fire stations, two on-call ambulances. He is currently a member of the Oregon Fire Chiefs Association, Treasurer of the Clackamas County Fire Defense Board, Council Member of the Clackamas County Emergency Medical Service and is an Operations Section Chief for the Oregon State Fire Marshals Incident Management Team.

Company Officers

Lieutenant Mike Penunuri

Mike Penunuri

Lieutenant

Lt. Penunuri (Pronounced pa-noon-err-eee) is a day shift staff member that was hired in March of 2000. Mikes primary role is to serve as Fire Marshal for Molalla Fire District. His other duties include, but are not limited to, equipment maintenance that includes all apparatus, compressors and gas detection equipment. Mike is also responsible for maintenance and programming of all district communications equipment, pagers and mobile data computers. Mike also serves as the Safety Committee Chair Person.
Lieutenant Byron Wakefield

Byron Wakefield

Lieutenant

Bio coming soon. Please check back later.

Lieutenant Clint Shaver

Clint Shaver

Lieutenant

Hi, I’m Lt. Clinton Shaver. I am “B” shift lieutenant. My job is to oversee daily shift operations, maps, run cards, service area maps, building and ground maintenance, pre-fire plans, and run emergency calls. I also work with the high angle team and put together order or response for the response zones inside our district.
Lt. Ethan Hupp

Ethan Hupp

Lieutenant

Ethan was hired in June 2017 and serves as the C-shift officer. He serves as the EMS Coordinator, responsible for all medical services provided by the Molalla Fire District, including licensing of ambulances, medical supply ordering, managing the District medical report writing software in coordination with other Clackamas County fire and EMS agencies, and managing the District’s involvement with several local and national medical research studies. Additional duties include shift scheduling, supervision of new career employee’s medical protocol testing, and monthly statistics related to emergency responses by the District. Ethan worked for a private ambulance company as a paramedic for several years prior to becoming a career firefighter with Molalla Fire District. He holds two associates degrees from Chemeketa in Fire Protection Technology-Suppression and Emergency Medical Technology- Paramedic.

Admin Staff

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Melissa Goodwater

Office Manager

Melissa Goodwater began her career in the Fire Service as an Ambulance Billing Clerk in 2005. She now manages the Fire District office and performs administrative and clerical support to the Fire Chief, district staff and the Board of Directors. Along with answering the phones, she is responsible for financial duties that include accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll processing. She also assists with budget preparation, grant processing, public record requests and District audits.

Molalla Fire District

  • 320 N. Molalla Avenue
  • PO BOX 655
  • Molalla OR, 97038
  • Business Hours:
  • Monday - Friday: 8am - 5pm

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