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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2025

Brookings, Oregon

Second Wave of Oregon Fireﬁghters Headed to California

Palisade Fire: Firefighters work hard to save homes in the Palisade fire.

BY LINDA LEE

Curry Coastal Pilot

Oregon is sending another wave of firefighters and water tenders to assist in battling the devastating fires raging across Southern California. The Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM) announced Saturday, January 11th that six additional strike teams, comprising thirty water tenders and seventy firefighters, will be deployed to aid in the firefighting efforts in California. The teams, hailing from Clackamas, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Morrow, Multnomah and Umatilla counties, will join the fifteen strike teams that arrived earlier in the week. Southern California is bracing for continued extreme fire weather provoking dangerous conditions in the coming days. "We understand the severity of this crisis and are leveraging the strength of the Oregon Fire Mutual Aid System to provide our neighbors with crucial support in combating the wildfires and safeguarding lives and property," said State Fire Marshal Mariana Ruiz-Temple. The significant deployment includes some of Oregon's newest tactical tenders, recently acquired by local fire agencies through the OSFM Engine Program. In total, Oregon has mobilized a substantial force to aid California, to include: twenty-one strike teams; seventy-five fire engines; thirty water tenders and three-hundred seventy firefighters. The deployment was authorized under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, which allows states to provide mutual aid during emergencies. The costs associated with the Oregon crews will be reimbursed by the State of California. According to the National Interagency Fire Center website, the United States Forest Service has activated eight Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with modular airborne firefighting systems (MAFFS) to assist with fire response. The eight aircraft join other municipal, county, state and federal agencies fighting wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area. As of this printing, three major fires are consuming the Los Angeles area: The Palisade fire, which is near the city Malibu and Highway 101; the Eaton fire, which is near the southern basin of the Angeles National Forest and the Hurst fire, which is located north of the city of Los Angeles along the I-5 corridor. As of January 12th, the Palisades Fire is eleven percent con-

Call To Action: Firefighters attempt to keep a commercial structure at bay.

Malibu Coastline: Homes on the beach, in Malibu, are in imminent danger. tained with 23,713 acres burned. The Eaton fire is twenty-seven percent contained with 14,117 acres burned and the Hurst fire is eighty-nine percent contained with 799 acres burned. The fires are still under investigation and no current official

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cause has been released to the public. It should be noted not to rely on social media posts for accurate information regarding the ﬁres and the general public should seek information at ofﬁcial government websites to get

complete information. If you are looking for someone impacted by the January 2025 ﬁres in Los Angeles County, or you want to inform your family of your safety wellness. Please, contact the Red Cross at (800) 675-5799.

For the latest information on the California wildﬁres, please visit the CAL Fire website at: www.ﬁre.ca.gov. This is an on-going story and will be updated when more information becomes available.

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