Originally published on July 15, 2021 5:51 am
On Wednesday the fire continued to expand east from Klamath into Lake County. 2,000 residents were under some form of evacuation notice according to emergency managers and several thousand structures were considered threatened by the fire.
After a week of uncontrolled growth, firefighters had reached 5% containment.
Sixty-four members of the Oregon National Guard have arrived in Klamath County to help law enforcement with evacuations and road closures, and to keep people out of burned areas.
“We are usually the last in and the first out,” says Major Stephen Bomar, director of public affairs for the Oregon Military Department. “When all other state and commercial resources are limited, that’s when the Oregon National Guard is usually requested.”
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Jun 28, 2021
Photo: Oregon National Guard
The 2020 wildfire season in Oregon was one of the most devastating and costly for the state while also impacted other Western states; all during a surge in the coronavirus pandemic. The fires burned more than a million acres of land, destroying homes and business, and claimed the lives of 11 people.
To prepare for the current season the Oregon National Guard completed initial Wildland Fire certification training more than 110 Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen to become “Red Card” certified at Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center from June 21-25, 2021.
In recent years the training had been conducted at the Department of Public Safety and Standards and Training in Salem, but this year the training was held at Camp Rilea.
Jun 28, 2021
Photo: Oregon National Guard
The 2020 wildfire season in Oregon was one of the most devastating and costly for the state while also impacted other Western states; all during a surge in the coronavirus pandemic. The fires burned more than a million acres of land, destroying homes and business, and claimed the lives of 11 people.
To prepare for the current season the Oregon National Guard completed initial Wildland Fire certification training more than 110 Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen to become “Red Card” certified at Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center from June 21-25, 2021.
In recent years the training had been conducted at the Department of Public Safety and Standards and Training in Salem, but this year the training was held at Camp Rilea.
Jun 28, 2021
Photo: Oregon National Guard
The 2020 wildfire season in Oregon was one of the most devastating and costly for the state while also impacted other Western states; all during a surge in the coronavirus pandemic. The fires burned more than a million acres of land, destroying homes and business, and claimed the lives of 11 people.
To prepare for the current season the Oregon National Guard completed initial Wildland Fire certification training more than 110 Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen to become “Red Card” certified at Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center from June 21-25, 2021.
In recent years the training had been conducted at the Department of Public Safety and Standards and Training in Salem, but this year the training was held at Camp Rilea.