A recent wildfire in the Tillamook Forest. photo: ODF OREGON – With temperatures expected to be in the low 80’s and high 70’s for much of the state this weekend, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) is warning that conditions in April and May have been unusually dry and could[Read More…]
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Local, state agencies kick off Wildfire Awareness Month in May
A recent wildfire in the Tillamook Forest. photo: ODF OREGON – May 1 kicks off Wildfire Awareness Month, a public safety marketing campaign held by the nonprofit organization Keep Oregon Green and local, state, and federal fire agencies and other organizations, according to a press release from the Oregon Department[Read More…]
Small brush fire burning in the Tillamook Forest
An Oregon Department of Forestry truck in Gales Creek taken August 7, 2018. Photo: Chas Hundley TILLAMOOK FOREST – Crews from the Oregon Department of Forestry and Forest Grove Fire & Rescue are responding to reports of a small brush fire on private forestland near the Standard Grade area in[Read More…]
State, local agencies ask residents to refrain from outdoor burning
A controlled burn in the Tillamook State Forest from 2016. Photo: Chas Hundley Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. OREGON – It’s not a law, but a coalition of agencies, including local Washington[Read More…]
Some Washington County fire crews still assisting at California wildfires
A Forest Grove Fire & Rescue vehicle at the Ranch Fire in California. Photo: FGF&R. CALIFORNIA – While some of the 15 Oregon teams comprised of more than 60 fire & rescue agencies sent to aid during a series of wildfires in California have returned home, crews from Washington County[Read More…]
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue members join almost 300 Oregon firefighters to fight California wildfires
Banks Fire District Brush Rig 13 and a crew of three prepare to head to California. Photo: Banks Fire District CALIFORNIA – As more than 200,000 people flee the path of wildfires in Northern California, 15 crews from Oregon, including staff and equipment from Banks Fire District, Forest Grove Fire[Read More…]
Gales Creek home destroyed in fire
The home on Lyda Drive in flames. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue GALES CREEK – A home on Lyda Drive was destroyed in a fire the afternoon of Friday, October 25, according to Forest Grove Fire & Rescue. The occupant of the home and a dog safely evacuated the[Read More…]
Home on Lyda Drive burning in Gales Creek near Highway 6
The home on Lyda Drive in flames. Photo: Walt Wright GALES CREEK – A home near the junction of the Wilson River Highway — signed also as Highway 6 — and the western end of Lyda Drive is in flames, according to Forest Grove Fire and Rescue. Highway 6 was[Read More…]
Fire season comes to an early close
Members of Forest Grove Fire & Rescue put out a small brush fire between Watts and Dilley on Tuesday, July 30. Photo: Chas Hundley FOREST GROVE – Just over two and a half months since it was officially declared, fire season is over in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association,[Read More…]
ODF looking for more lightning caused wildfires in Columbia Co., asks for public assistance
A Douglas-fir tree struck by lightning in Columbia County. Photo: Oregon Department of Forestry VERNONIA – Oregon Department of Forestry officials now say that the number of confirmed fires from lightning strikes early Thursday morning has grown to six, with crews investigating reports of three more smoke plumes. A storm[Read More…]
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