Eugene Springfield fire protection could soon come from an intergovernmental entity. The proposed IGE would use city funds to run the fire department. New city manager will present updates next year.

Firefighters in Eugene and Springfield say they want to be governed by a special district because they are under resourced as part of the city budgets. To test this claim, The Register-Guard collected ...

We compared metrics from five fire departments, Eugene Springfield trailed. Firefighters want a district for more resources. Eugene Springfield Fire has less funding and staff than other departments ...