ODF’s Aggressive Attack Keeps Multiple Fires Small

ODF’s Aggressive Attack Keeps Multiple Fires Small

Since Monday, the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Southern and Eastern Oregon Area firefighters have responded to over 100 new fire starts, both lightning and human-caused, and anticipate more to come during the holiday weekend. Through the agency’s aggressive initial attack tactics, most of the fires have been contained to an average of about half an acre. In the Southern Oregon Area (all ODF-protected land from around Eugene down to the …

ODF’s aggressive initial attack keeps multiple fires small

Salem, Ore. – Since Monday, the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Southern and Eastern Oregon Area firefighters have responded to over 100 new fire starts, both lightning and human-caused, and anticipate more to come during the holiday weekend. Through the agency’s aggressive initial attack tactics, most of the fires have been contained to an average of about half an acre. In the Southern Oregon Area (all ODF-protected land from around Eugen…