A wildfire strike team comes to the Rogue Valley to support local departments during wildfires
Medford Oregon Department of Forestry headquarters is hosting the team, though it will be responsive to fires that could happen to the entire ODF Southern Oregon Area.
Posted: Jul 19, 2021 6:42 PM
Updated: Jul 19, 2021 6:47 PM
Posted By: Tyler Ridgle
MEDFORD, Ore. A strike team to assist with wildfires in Southern Oregon started its time on standby at 10 a.m. July 19 at the Medford Oregon Department of Forestry headquarters. The team will stay in Southern Oregon for no more than two weeks.
Though the 11 person crew is based out of the Rogue Valley, it is here to help the entire ODF Southern Oregon Area, including the Western Lane, South Cascade and Southwest Oregon Districts, as well as the Douglas and Coos Forest Protective Associations.
Driver sent to hospital after Northeast Knox County crash
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Multi-state firefighter strike team heads for the Rogue Valley
The Oregon Department of Forestry said that engines are coming from Arizona and Tennessee, in addition to Rural Metro crews from Grants Pass.
Posted: Jul 16, 2021 5:58 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
MEDFORD, Ore. Firefighters from across the country are massing in the Rogue Valley in anticipation of extreme fire danger conditions over the next week or two. The Oregon Department of Forestry said that the strike team includes members from as far as Arizona and Tennessee, and will be on hand to help ODF resources in the area.
In full, the strike team consists of five Rural Metro Fire Type-6 engines, three of them from Yuma, Tucson, and Maricopa County in Arizona. Two other engines come from Grants Pass, and a local Rural Metro firefighter will be joined by staff from Tennessee.
1 killed, 2 injured in East Tennessee mine collapse
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MASCOT, Tenn. (WTVF) â A mine collapse killed one person and injured two others in Mascot, Tennessee.
Rural Metro Fire along with Knox County Rescue and American Medical Response responded to the call. The workers who were injured were transported to the University of Tennessee Medical Center and all other employees have been accounted for.
Both workers are being transported to UT Medical Center and all other employees have been accounted for, according to Rural Metro Fire firefighters.
The collapse is currently under investigation.
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