Roughly 50 firefighters from Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest Oregon District took part in live fire training sessions Thursday and Friday on a 30-acre field at the corner of Truax and Newland .
Calling it a “recipe for trouble” that could become “a four-alarmer,” U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden sounded the alarm this week over the Pacific Northwest’s 20% vacancy rate for wildland firefighters.
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After attacking nearly 400 rural fires and stopping them all from becoming major wildfires, local firefighters said cooperation and aggressive initial attack efforts were key to a successful 2021 fire.