Firefighters from 25 different agencies met in Molalla on Friday, June 9 as part of a two-day Metro Advanced Wildland School.
MOLALLA, Ore. — Summer is basically here, and unfortunately that means wildfire season is too.
“It’s one thing to talk about fire, it’s a whole different thing when you’re faced with it,” said Philomath Fire & Rescue Deputy Fire Chief Rich Saalsaa. “If anything, the last 10 years, it’s taught us we used to be deployed on four and seven-day conflagrations before. Now they’re 14 and 28 days.”
It’s a big reason why firefighters from the Willamette Valley and Portland metro area are meeting in Molalla on
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