New lightning-caused wildfires
prompted the Oregon Dept. of Forestry to deploy two of its incident management
teams July 30, one to multiple fires in the John Day Unit of the Central Oregon
District, and the other to fires in the Southwest Oregon District.
ODF Team 1 was
dispatched to the Haystack Complex of three fires located near the communities
of Dayville, Spray and Monument.
ODF Team 2
went to the Salt Creek Fire within the Beaver Complex about 10 miles north
of the community of Central Point. Multiple fires make up the complex, but
Salt Creek is the fire of primary concern. The Oregon National Guard Dispatched
three
helicopters in support of the Beaver Complex.
ODF has bolstered
its firefighting capacity with some overhead (fire-line supervisors) drawn from
Alaska, along with fire engines obtained from other states to maintain adequate
initial attack capability. These resources help enable the department to
continue to support suppression operations on large fires.