MEDFORD, Ore. – The Anvil Fire, burning in the Grassy Knob Wilderness in Curry County is about 135 acres in size with no containment. The updated numbers coming to us from Oregon Emergency Management. That’s up from this morning’s update ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden was in Medford Saturday, talking about fire season and federal firefighters. Senator Wyden met with fire officials about the current wildfire outlook for Southern Oregon. Wyden said this year’s fire season ...
WHITE CITY, Ore. – The 4th annual Rogue Girls Fire Camp is underway in White City. 14 young women, ages 16-to-20, are getting the chance to experience life as a firefighter. The three day camp will test a variety of ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The Josephine County Foundation is celebrating one million dollars donated to local rural fire departments. JCF as a part of its annual awards banquet Tuesday is celebrating the million dollars it raised over the last five ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – For the first time since 2018, new recruits with Rural Metro Fire Department took part in a Burn to Learn event on Saturday. These teams of new firefighters worked together to extinguish multiple fires in a ...
SEATTLE, Wash. Local firefighters participated in the LLS Firefighter Stairclimb in Seattle. The charity event had 2,000 firefighters from around the world, climb the tallest building in Seattle, standing almost 800 feet tall. Firefighters climb the 1,300 steps of the ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – It doesn’t matter what day it is; you can always count on firefighters to be on duty. We caught up with some local firefighters on Christmas to see how they spend the holidays. Firefighters told us ...
SOUTHERN OREGON, —Some off-duty southern Oregon firefighters are assisting with Hurricane Ian relief efforts. It’s all happening through Reach Out Worldwide, a non-profit founded by deceased actor Paul Walker. The group responds to natural disasters with groups of volunteer first ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Governor Kate Brown ordered all flags to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on October 9th for National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day. The day is about remembering firefighters like Logan Taylor, who died in August ...
YREKA, CA.– Two firefighter camps have been established around Yreka, one at Yreka High School and one at Montague Elementary. A spokesperson said he’s amazed at how the camps were put together in a matter of days. The camps have ...