by Web Editor | Nov 21, 2016 | News, News/PR
In response to heavy drought conditions in the Southeast region of the country, the Oregon Department of Forestry announced Thursday that an ODF Incident Management Team will be deployed Monday to the Party Rock Fire in North Carolina. Since Nov. 5, ODF has deployed...
by Web Editor | Nov 11, 2016 | News, News/PR
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos recently announced that five members of its wildfire firefighting crew are being deployed to the South to assist in the containment of wildfires burning in Virginia and Alabama....
by Web Editor | Jun 20, 2016 | News, News/PR
Massive fires that rage through the ponderosa pine forest leave a haunted wasteland in their wake. To find a stunning example, just drive on Forest Road 300 through the blackened scar of the Dude Fire, which charred 30,000 acres and killed six firefighters more than...
by Web Editor | Feb 22, 2016 | News, News/PR
More than 10 million acres of forest burned in 2015, the worst year for U.S. wildfires ever recorded. With incredibly dry conditions across the American West, fire lines were intensely hot and flames spread faster, producing some of the most dangerous conditions...
by Web Editor | Jun 24, 2015 | News, News/PR
Air tankers and helicopters were helping hundreds of firefighters battle a wildfire south of Lake Tahoe where no structures have been damaged but the California mountain town of Markleeville remained on standby for possible evacuations. About 500 personnel were...
