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Letter: Using 747 Supertankers to fight fire could prevent disaster

Here we are, at the beginning of what could prove to be worst wildfire season ever, and the world’s best firefighting tool sits unused and not ready to go because of decisions made by the U.S. Forest Service and states not to use it. Unfortunately, in 2002 two Lockheed C-130 Hercules airplanes crashed while fighting fires, one in California and one in Colorado. In 2004, the U.S. Forest Service made the decision not to use the large tanker firefighting airplanes, instead relying on helicopters and smaller planes. The 747 Supertanker would have really helped on these fires: The 2020 Oregon fires burned 1,221,324 acres, killed 11 people and burned 3,000 buildings. At Canby, in the middle of the day the streetlights and outside lights of businesses were on because of the darkness from the smoke. On July 12, 2017, lightning started the Chetco Bar Fire, near Brookings, and it burned 191,125 acres. In 2017 the Eagle Creek Fire, near Cascade Locks, burned 50,000 acres and most likely

Pamplin Media Group - Leave fireworks out of Fourth of July plans, firefighters urge

Leave fireworks out of Fourth of July plans, firefighters urge Planning on lighting fireworks this Independence Day? You may want to reconsider. Fire departments and elected officials are begging, pleading and urging residents to not light fireworks this Fourth of July, citing the danger given recent extreme weather. Triple-digital temperatures in the Pacific Northwest this week, along with a statewide drought, have made the likelihood of fireworks related fires rise dramatically. Fireworks on the Fourth of July are a time-honored tradition for thousands of Oregonians, but some local cities are banning the practice, out of an abundance of caution. In Washington County, Tualatin and Forest Grove have both banned the use of fireworks in their cities, as has Portland, Wilsonville, Gresham, Milwaukie, Bend and parts of Southwest Washington.

In Wildfire Country, It s Time to Lay Off the Fireworks

In Wildfire Country, It s Time to Lay Off the Fireworks
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