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About Umpqua Valley Fire Services

In 2005 two lifelong friends, Doug Schulze and Earl Pennington, started Umpqua Valley Fire Services in Roseburg, Oregon. As the supplies arrived at Doug's garage, the first calls rang in across the phone line that was newly installed. Products rolled out to customers in our Step Van that they purchased from Snap-On in Portland, Oregon during Christmas of 2004.

In May 2005, Earl and Doug were offered to purchase A-1 Fire Protection, a well-known business in Lane County and the South Coast areas. They both felt it was an honor to be offered a well-established business and a great opportunity for their families. In June 2010 they purchased Bay Area Fire in Coos Bay. Today, the company has offices in Roseburg and in Springfield, and a Service Tech that lives in the Coos Bay-North Bend area on the South Coast.
Umpqua Valley Fire Services/A-1 Fire Protection has the best service employees that cover from Brookings north to Lincoln City, Douglas County, Josephine, Jackson, Klamath, Lane Counties, and Deschutes Counties, and North to the Salem Keizer area. They are a safety and service company that supplies a broad range of high-quality products and services for business throughout Oregon. They offer Fire Extinguisher Sales and Service, Kitchen Fire Suppression Systems, Fire Sprinkler Service and Repair, Cylinder Hydro-testing, Back Flow Testing, and FM 200 Clean Agent Systems.

They remain an independent, family-owned company with a motivated workforce that focuses 24 hours a day, seven days a week on their customers' needs.

Umpqua Valley Fire Services/A-1 Fire Protection is motivated to help people by building relationships. As President Doug Schulze said, "Our business is thriving due to the dedication of our valued employees and their willingness to share their knowledge and compassion for others.”
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