News Release from Oregon Dept. of ForestryPosted on FlashAlert: June 13th, 2016 10:58 AMOregon Department of Forestry Incident Management Team 3 Link Smith, Incident Commander Information: www.facebook.com/odfcentraloregon http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4772 Note: This will be the final update from this team. Sisters, OR — The Oregon Department of Forestry’s Type 1 Incident Management Team, led by Incident Commander
Read moreAkawana Fire UpdateJune 10, 2016, 7:30 a.m.Contact: Tom Fields, Oregon Dept. of Forestry, 503-983-8897 Sisters, OR – Residents in the Lake Billy Chinook area are breathing a little easier this morning thanks to a change in the weather and the persistence of fire crews on the Akawana Fire. Level 2 evacuation notices have been lowered
Read moreNews Release from Oregon Dept. of ForestryPosted on FlashAlert: June 9th, 2016 8:02 AM Sisters, OR — Incident management teams from the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) and the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office (OSFM) are currently serving in unified command on the Akawana Fire burning 13 miles north of Sisters. The fire is currently
Read moreNews Release from Oregon Dept. of Forestry – Posted on FlashAlert: October 23rd, 2015 9:30 AM Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Central Oregon District is terminating fire season at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. Widespread rain across the district last weekend, combined with forecasted cool, moist weather patterns has brought an end to another
Read moreNews Release from Oregon Dept. of Forestry – Posted on FlashAlert: October 20th, 2015 3:51 PM This summer as thousands of firefighters dug lines to contain blazes across the Pacific Northwest, wildfire investigators did their own digging behind the scenes – searching for clues to how the fires started. While arson is always on the
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