Please tell us how we can connect the best with you and your family!
Complete our Community Connection Questionnaire so we can better serve you.
- What is this questionnaire for? As Malden and Pine City rebuilding efforts and projects begin to become a reality we want to be sure that you and your family are connected and involved in ways that are meaningful to you. Your voice is important and we want to ensure that you are heard and that you participate as you wish. This information will help shape the Long Term Recovery Organization (LTRO). If you would like to talk with Scott Hokonson, Project Director, Long Term Recovery please email babbroadfirerecovery@gmail.com.
- Who should take this questionnaire? We encourage all Malden and Pine City Residents, community partners, state and national agency partners to complete the questionnaire.
- What if I don’t want to answer a question? All questions are optional and any question may be skipped if you opt not to answer. It might take about 10 minutes to complete.
- We care about you! Thinking about the fire damage and recovery process may bring up difficult thoughts and memories. If you need someone to talk with, please call Washington Listens to just talk it through at 1(833) 681-0211.
Long-Term Recovery Effort
A multitude of generous individuals and organizations have come together to assist and help unite the residents of the Malden and Pine City communities in the aftermath of the Babb Road Fire on September 7, 2020. In the wake of the destructive path that the wildfire left behind, the community is coming together to rebuild.
Contact us if you have questions about the recovery effort. Email us if you would like to meet with a Disaster Case Manager (DCM).
Read more about the DCM process and the people serving you by clicking here.
Stop by the office if you need to talk to someone.
LTRO Board Members, who are also residents, are taking turns staffing the phone if you would like to talk to a neighbor. Call 509-508-9806.
IMAGE: Hank Cramer has retired from the Emergency Management Division, Washington State Military Dept., but continues to volunteer his time for the LTRO.
The public is invited to virtual long-term recovery meetings the third Wednesday of each month from 7-9 p.m. Further instructions and links to these meetings are on our Facebook Page in events.
Get Help
Fire recovery resources and answers to many of your questions are available by clicking here.
Please contact Hank if you want make an appointment with a Case Manager.
To speak to a long-term recovery board member, please call 509-508-9806.
If you are feeling overwhelmed and just need someone to talk with, please call Washington Listens at 1(833) 681-0211.
How to Volunteer
Individuals or organizations who are interested in volunteering to help our community rebuild, please contact Doug Arlt, our Volunteer Coordinator, for opportunities.
Or call 509-508-9806 and we will put you in touch with Doug.
We are grateful for all the support.
Donate
Innovia Foundation and United Way of Whitman County have created emergency fire relief funds to assist those affected by the Babb Road Fire.
Please direct your charitable dollars to those organizations.
Stories & Updates
House panel rejects GOP effort to include ‘MALDEN Act’ in Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending package
This article first appeared in the Spokesman-Review. Article by Orion Donovan-Smith . Photos by Jess Tinsley. WASHINGTON – Late Tuesday night, House Democrats rejected a Republican effort to add legislation inspired by the fire that destroyed the Eastern Washington...
Leaving Malden and looking to the future, young couple gets married and saves for home to start a new life
This article first appeared in the Spokesman-Review on September 12, 2021. Article by Emma Epperly Photos by Jesse Tinsley. Music drifted over a Spokane Valley backyard as Sage Butler walked down the stairs in a gown, smiling at her fiancé, Jason Hoover, who tearfully...
Marquis of Whitman County: Malden leaders have big dreams for future
This article first appeared in the Spokesman-Review on September 11, 2021. Article by Emma Epperly, Photos by Jesse Tinsley. Children play among lush green pine trees as hikers come off the John Wayne Trail to pick up lunch and a U.S. Postal Service truck rumbles by –...
Donations
The following organizations are accepting monetary contributions on our behalf. If you have other items to donate, please email us.
Innovia Foundation has established the Wildfire Emergency Response Fund – Eastern Washington to provide emergency relief to nonprofit organizations and businesses supporting communities, individuals and families adversely impacted by the 2020 wildfire season.
United Way of Whitman County has created the Whitman County Fire Community Relief Fund to assist those affected by the firestorm that leveled Malden and Pine City and destroyed homes in the Colfax area during the September 7 Babb Road Fire.
Get in Touch. Get Involved.
Send us a message if you need recovery assistance or have ideas about helping our community rebuild.
Tell us how we are doing. We want to hear from you.
Pine Creek Community Operations
P.O. Box 47, Rosalia, WA 99170
Office Hours: M-F, 9 a.m-5 p.m. Tel: 1-509-508-9806
214 W. Moreland Avenue, Malden, WA