Life Jacket Lending Program

Life jacket, life vest, Personal Flotation Device (PFD) – whatever you call it, it only works if you wear it!

McKenzie Fire & Rescue and the McKenzie River Guides Association proudly support the Life Jacket Lending Program. With the primary goal of keeping everyone safe around recreational water. The life jacket program has been a huge success with the McKenzie River community and its many visitors.

How did our program start? With a tragedy. Click below for more Information.

History of Life Jacket Lending Program

USCG Approved Type II or III Life jackets in all sizes are available for the day at the following locations:

Riverview Market | 35286 Camp Creek Rd, Springfield | 541-747-0321
Mather’s Market | 38477 McKenzie Hwy, Springfield | 541-726-8570
McKenzie Feed & Tackle | 39355 McKenzie Hwy, Walterville | 541-741-0191
The Leaburg Store | 42840 McKenzie Hwy, Leaburg | 541-896-0500
Vida Community Market (Everyone’s Market) | 45602 McKenzie Hwy, Vida | 541-896-3261

***Available during the spring and summer***

All jackets are collected, cleaned, sanitized, fabric protected and stored each fall. With the opening of fishing season in April the jackets are distributed to participating businesses.

The life jackets are lent on an honor system. Please return them when you are finished on the river so others can use them too.

Website Accessibility Policy

McKenzie Fire & Rescue is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, McKenzie Fire & Rescue has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at 541-896-3311

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

McKenzie Fire & Rescue has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, McKenzie Fire & Rescue regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at 541-896-3311.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.