DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore.- Over 240 people are assigned to the 12 fires burning in the Diamond Complex on the Umpqua National Forest in Douglas County. According to the Interagency Incident Management Northwest Team 7, the 12 fires total over 3,000 ...
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore.- Another fire in the Umpqua National Forest is prompting evacuation notices. The Boulder Flat Fire, also known as Incident 289, is burning in the Soda Springs/Pine Bench area of the forest. The US Forest Service for the ...
MEDFORD, Ore.- The community has seen a decent number of fires so far this fire season, but all that smoke has some unforeseen benefits! According to forest scientists at Oregon State University, wildfire smoke is helping to protect vulnerable tree ...
CENTRAL POINT, Ore.- The residential structure fire burning in Central Point Tuesday afternoon has been contained and mopped up. Jackson County Fire District 3 was alerted to a fast-moving grass fire in the 4200 Block of Grant Road in Central ...
MEDFORD, Ore.- The Medford City Council approves of an ordinance to purchase an aerial ladder firetruck called a Tiller for over $2M. A Tiller is a firetruck with a significantly reduced turn radius which makes navigating around bikes and pedestrians ...
SISKIYOU COUNTY, Cal.- A new fire burning near Montague is prompting evacuations. CAL Fire Siskiyou says the Bogus Fire is 200 acres and 0% contained. Multiple fire departments, along with 88 personnel and four helicopters from CAL Fire, are responding ...
ROGUE RIVER, Ore. – Activist in Oregon are putting their bodies on the line again to protect trees between Rogue River and Gold Hill. Recently, this same group successfully held a different protest at the Poor Windy Timber Sale, preserving ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — According to the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), fire season is starting on June 1 and with it comes multiple regulations. The fire danger level is set to start off as low in Jackson and Josephine ...
CALIFORNIA – With recent rainfall and weather conditions CalFire announced the suspension of burn permits to be lifted. Californians with current and valid agriculture and residential burn permits can now resume burning on permissible burn days with no restriction on ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – The fire danger level for the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest is about to increase. The U.S. Forest Service said on July 3, public use restrictions will be enforced across the forest as the fire danger level shifts ...