The Rum Creek Fire in Josephine County is threatening lives, structures, and property as fire behavior continued to increase over the last few days. Saturday, the Oregon Office of State Marshal (OSFM)…
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Rum Creek Fire grows to 8,000 acres pushed by gusty winds
With the growing complexity of the Rum Creek Fire, the Northwest 13 Incident Management Team was joined by two state agencies to form a unified command of the suppression operation. At end…
Additional resources ordered for Rum Creek Fire
Firefighters worked through the night to protect the area between Rand and Galice, and aerial reconnaissance this morning confirmed no structures or homes were lost in those communities. Additional resources were ordered,…
Conflagration declared for Rum Creek Fire in Josephine County
Oregon Governor Kate Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act overnight in response to the Rum Creek Fire burning outside the town of Galice in Josephine County. The fire is estimated at 4,700…
Oregon fire service staffing grants help keep fires small and away from communities
In June, our office awarded nearly $6 million in grants to the Oregon fire service to boost staffing capacity through the summer. We’ve been sharing stories from the fire service on the…
OSFM to pre-position resources in Deschutes, Klamath counties this week
Recent lightning and the elevated threat of wildfire in Central and Southern Oregon have prompted the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal to pre-position two structural task forces of firefighters and equipment…
Air support helps slow brush fire in The Dalles
Thursday afternoon, the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal assisted Mid Columbia Fire Rescue on the MP 87 Fire in The Dalles. According to the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office Level 2 “Get…
UPDATE: Oregon firefighters working around the clock on California’s McKinney Fire
The Oregon task forces mobilized to California have continued their great work on the McKinney Fire. Today, August 4, the Linn and Marion County teams headed back out for another 24-hour shift….
OSFM pre-positions task force in Southern Oregon
The combination of hot weather and forecasted lightning in Southern Oregon prompted the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM) to pre-position a structural task force of firefighters and equipment in Klamath…
OSFM mobilizes task forces to McKinney fire in California
The Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM) mobilized three structural task forces at the request of California to the McKinney Fire. The fire is burning in near Klamath, California. The task forces…