SWO FIRE NEWS
The official wildfire news blog for the Oregon Department of Forestry's Southwest Oregon District
Firefighters progress on mop-up operations overnight, work continues today
JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (July 11, 2025)—Overnight, crews continued to make progress on all incidents across Jackson and Josephine counties, with control line around all fires and mop-up operations underway. Mop-up operations refer to the process of...
Continued progress across all fires as firefighters build lines around majority of incidents, many in mop-up
JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (July 11, 2025)—Resources from Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Complex Incident Management Team 3, and district resources working on non-complex lightning fires, continued to make progress across all the fires across Jackson...
Firefighters in Southwest Oregon prepare for hot temperatures, potentially increased fire activity
JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (July 11, 2025)—Resources from Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Complex Incident Management Team 3, and district resources working on non-complex lightning fires, continued to make progress last night with good overnight...
Dept. of Forestry Complex Incident Management Team 3 makes progress on lightning fires as temperatures increase
JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (July 10, 2025)—Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Complex Incident Management Team 3 assumed command of the Grizzly Complex this morning, and the Neil Creek Road Fire that is not part of the complex. ODF Southwest Oregon...
Dept. of Forestry Complex Incident Management Team 3 takes command of fires, firefighters continue to make progress
JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (July 10, 2025) – Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Complex Incident Management Team 3 assumed command of the majority of the lightning-caused fires this morning at 6:00 a.m. More firefighters, crews, and additional resources...
Firefighters continue to make progress across all fires despite hot, windy conditions
JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (July 9, 2025) – Firefighters are continuing aggressive suppression action across all fires in Jackson and Josephine counties, the majority of which were caused by lightning strikes following thunderstorms Monday night. The fire...
ODF Incident Management Team in-briefs on lightning fires this morning, aggressive attack continues across district
JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (July 9, 2025) – The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Southwest Oregon District is continuing to put up an aggressive attack on fires across Jackson and Josephine counties that were sparked by thunderstorms Monday night. In...
Aggressive initial attack continues on lightning-caused fires across Jackson and Josephine counties, ODF Incident Management Team 3 ordered
JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (July 8, 2025) – Firefighters continued an aggressive initial attack on numerous fires caused by thunderstorms Monday night, making significant progress on the largest fires initially identified, but also responding to multiple...
Firefighters responding to more than 50 reports of fires following thunderstorms in Jackson and Josephine counties
JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (July 8, 2025) – Firefighters with the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Southwest Oregon District are continuing to respond to 53 reports of smoke and fire following thunderstorms that moved through Jackson and Josephine...
Firefighters catch 10 fires following thunderstorms across Jackson County
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. (July 1, 2025) – Firefighters with the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Southwest Oregon District responded to 15 reports of fire on Tuesday following thunderstorms throughout the region on Monday night. In total, ODF firefighters found and...
Fire Danger Level Increases to High, IFPL 2 on ODF-Protected Lands in Jackson and Josephine Counties
JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (June 30, 2025) – The fire danger level on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Southwest Oregon District will increase to “high” (yellow) and the Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL) will increase to...
Firefighters extinguish 11 small fires along Table Rock Road
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. (June 23, 2025) – Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) firefighters are investigating following 11 roadside fires that were reported along Table Rock Road outside of Central Point, three in the morning and eight in the evening of June 23. All fires...
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