Oregon Department of Forestry Multi-Mission Aircraft Making Strides in Early Wildfire Detection
Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Partenavia P-68 Observer has had many uses in the last 40 years, but its most ...
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ODF Firefighters in Forest Grove Get Practice Run With New Tool
FOREST GROVE, Ore. (KPTV) - With fire season at Oregon’s doorstep, firefighters with the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Forest ...
Fire officials brace for ‘above average’ conditions
Fire season is already more than a month ahead of schedule, according to ODF Ahead of another day of expected ...
Night-vision helicopter will tackle Southern Oregon wildfires
Conditions are ripe for a bad wildfire season in Southern Oregon, but a helicopter with night-vision capabilities will be among ...
How Oregon Is Fighting Wildfires with Technology
The Oregon Department of Forestry has been busy. As wildfires raged across Oregon in 2020, the agency was tasked once ...
Erickson Aero Tanker Spotted Dropping in Southern Oregon
Deputy Chief Mike Hussey of Jackson County Fire District 3 recognized his firefighters just couldn’t move fast enough as they ...
7 dead, 60 people unaccounted in Oregon wildfires as disaster’s toll begins to come into focus
Gov. Kate Brown issued a stark warning this week about casualties from historic wildfires that have scorched a million acres ...
Night SEAT proficiency flight planned Friday night
A one-hour proficiency flight for Oregon Department of Forestry’s single-engine air tanker will occur Friday night at the Grant County ...
ODF plans phase two of night SEAT operation evaluations
Oregon Department of Forestry began phase two of evaluation of night single-engine air tanker (SEAT) operations July 15. Phase two ...
Western Fire Season Milder than Previous Devastating Years
Some of the nation's aerial firefighting companies are already predicting fewer wildland fires this year, in contrast to the numerous ...
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