Big Levels Fire fully contained; some closures remain in effect
After 12 days, the Big Levels Fire is fully contained Wednesday, officials said. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the ...
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Bigger fires, longer seasons challenge current ways of fighting wildfires in rural Oregon
As the Oregon fire season trends longer and fires burn larger, those who work with Oregon’s rural forest protective ...
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Oregon’s bigger, more severe fires worry those tasked with fighting them
“When I first started, a two or three thousand acre fire was a big fire,” McCarty told the Daily Yonder. “One of the fires that my instant management team was on this year was 180,000 acres.
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Pre-Incident Planning for Big Box Fires for Small Fire Departments
Big box stores bring numerous economic benefits to small towns but also introduce significant firefighting challenges.
Strong winds, high fire danger is expected in Denver with snow in Colorado's mountains
High winds across the Front Range will lead to near-critical fire weather along all of I-25. While this is going on, snow ...
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Fires spark concern
Such an investment in the community not only improves the lives of those who make use of a shelter, but it reduces the chances of injury to firefighters called out to fight big fires in old houses ...