Gooding Fire

09/03/2026

Our Gooding Fire family is saddened by the loss of one of our own. Jerry was a dedicated member of the Gooding Fire Department for 41 years. He was a mentor and leader to countless younger firefighters over the years, but most of all he was a great friend. We will miss his humor and if you knew Jerry he always had a story to tell! Jerry we will miss you and your legacy will remain here forever! Our thoughts are with the Freeman family during this difficult time.

Celebrate the life of Gerald "Jerry" Freeman and join others in sharing memories, stories, and condolences.

08/29/2026

Gooding Fire has had a very busy week. Started off Monday night with the passing of thunderstorms. With the storms came abundant lightning which ignited multiple fires in the Bell Rapids area. We responded to help our neighbor’s in Bliss on a brush fire.

Early Wednesday afternoon Gooding crews, along with Hagerman Fire, responded to assist on a structure fire in Bliss.

While that fire was being fought we were alerted of semi on fire at MM 155 on Hwy 26. When crews got on scene not only was the semi on fire but we also had a brush fire on both sides of the highway. BLM was notified and sent what they could but due to other fires they were only able to send limited resources. Incident command called mutual aid from Wendell Fire, Hagerman Fire and Jerome Rural Fire. The brush fires and semi were brought under control in about an hour.

As we were clearing from that incident, BLM was requesting assistance in Ritchfield on the Wildhorse fire. We sent one Type 4 brush truck to assist.

I would like to give a huge shout out to all the firefighters who answered the calls to help our community and our neighboring communities. Their heart and dedication does not go unnoticed! 🚒

08/14/2026

On Tuesday our Support Water tender returned home from the Big Rock Fire in Ririe, ID. That assignment was for 7 days. Early the next day on Wednesday we received new orders for a preposition assignment in Boise. Our tender is in a task force with a group of wildland engines from around the state. Today they were assigned fire patrol In the Placerville area.

08/11/2026

08/05/2026

An update on our deployment crews. Our type 6 brush truck is still in Ketchum on patrol checking camp grounds and on the lookout for new fires.

Our Type 4 brush truck returned home today from being on The Big Brush Fire. They were in Silver City for 5 days thinning vegetation around homes.

Also today we sent one firefighter in a support water tender to the Big Rock Fire in Ririe, ID. 🚒

07/30/2026

Last night at drill Firefighter Talon Hale’s 6 month probationary period came to an end and was voted on as a regular member by his peers. Talon first came to us as a Jr Firefighter and has worked hard to get to this point. Keep up the great work Talon!

07/30/2026

This morning we sent a type 4 engine and crew to the Big Grass Fire in Malheur & Owyhee counties. They are part of a task force that are currently in Sliver City. As of this evening the task force was forming an action plan to put into place.

07/28/2026

This morning at 0846 hours we responded to a brush fire north of town on BLM ground. When fire command got on scene the fire was approximately 2 acres in tall sage and cheat grass slowly spreading to the east and the west. The first engine was able to stop fire progression and keep it at 2 acres. 2 more engines arrived on scene and got the area mopped up. BLM did arrive on scene after the fire was contained. Great work by our crews for a quick stop!

07/27/2026

DEQ has issued a burn ban until further notice. This means no open burning is allowed at all. This includes camp fires.

07/23/2026

At 10:32 this morning, we were paged to a brush fire north east of town. Initial crews on scene found a fire burning on private ground and was encroaching on BLM land. Within a couple minutes the fire had moved onto BLM ground in tall mature sage brush. Incident command called for mutual aid from Wendell and Bliss to assist, along with BLM. Before BLM crews arrived Gooding and Wendell crews were about to get all the way around the fire and and kept it to just over 5 acres. Crews remained on scene for four hours mopping up hot spots. The fire starting from an arking line from a power pole. Big thank you to Wendell and Bliss Fire and to our crew for an aggressive inital attack and keeping the fire small!