"Conditions may be favorable for rapid fire spread which may threaten life and property," the NWS said. "Use extra caution with potential ignition sources, especially in grassy areas. Outdoor burning is not recommended."
Summer is (more or less) here, and area fire agencies are gearing up for the impending fire season. Find info on burning, fire safety, training, and more inside.
Firefighters will light a donated home ablaze at the corner of NW Kansas City Road and Hillside Road Saturday, giving new recruits a rare opportunity to experience live fire in a training context.
Firefighters from Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, Banks Fire District, and the Oregon Department of Forestry responded to a vehicle fire near mile post 33 on Highway 6 Tuesday afternoon, keeping the flames from the vehicle from spreading into the nearby forest. No one was injured.
The Oregon Department of Forestry announced that fire season will be declared�Monday, July 11 at 1 a.m. in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association region, which stretches from northern Yamhill County to Astoria and from near Forest Grove to the Pacific Ocean.
As areas in Oregon enter fire season, this region, visited by rains and cool weather until recently, has not. Now, an Oregon Department of Forestry official says that could change
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue Chief Jim Geering. Photo courtesy FGF&R.
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue has a new fire chief.�Chief Jim Geering, who began work Wednesday,
The Game Hog Creek Fire, July 22 2021, Photo: Chas Hundley
Fire season ended in the last of the 16 million acres of Oregon forestland protected by the Oregon Department
Crews battle the fire at the crash and brush fire on Gales Creek Road near David Hill Road on Wednesday, September 8. Photo: Chas Hundley
A single vehicle crash on
