fire season

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – As fire season gets closer, people in Josephine County gathered to learn from an expert about how they can protect their home and minimize damage to their communities. In a report released this year by U.S. Forest Service, …

ASHLAND, Ore. — With fire season less than two months away, fire agencies are working to reduce the risk to your home this summer. From last fall until Thursday, the Ashland Forest Resiliency Stewardship Project has conducted controlled burns on 2,000 acres …

GOLD HILL, Ore. — Rogue River Fire District responded to a Honda Accord completely engulfed in flames Friday night. A driver on Interstate 5 had called 911 to report the fire. Firefighters quickly arrived with two engines to the 3500 block of …

SALEM, Ore. — As agencies prepare for the upcoming fire season by conducting controlled burns, new rules are going into effect surrounding the smoke they put off. In January, the new rules were adopted by the Oregon Board of Forestry and approved …

ASHLAND, Ore. — Federal agencies are getting ready to get back to work in the forests next week doing controlled burns. Because of the government shutdown, controlled burns weren’t able to take place on forest service and BLM lands. But some federal …

WHITE CITY, Ore. — Firefighters from across the state are building houses… only to watch them go up in flames. It’s part of a training held each year by the International Association of Arson Investigators. “If we don’t know how fires start… …

With the partial government shutdown not allowing agencies to burn on federal lands, one non-profit, The Lomakatsi Restoration Project, is still getting work done on private lands. Program Director, Shane Jimerfield, says they’re partnering with landowners, the Bureau of Land Management, and the …

WILLOW CREEK, Cal. – The year has just begun, but crews are already battling a 30 acre fire in Northern California. Cal Fire reports they are working on a blaze off Pilot Ridge Road and USFS Route 1 southwest of Willow Creek, in …

HORNBROOK, Calif. — Few know what it feels like to lose everything, whether it’s your home, possessions, memories. But for those living in Paradise, California, it’s now their reality. A local town is still going through that same process…four months after the …

PARADISE, Calif — American Red Cross volunteers from Medford and Grants Pass drove down to California yesterday. Right now, they’re setting up a warehouse to get emergency supplies to people who need them. Afterwards,  they will go to affected areas where they …