SODA MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS, Ore. (July 6, 2022) – The Skookum Creek Fire, located approximately two miles north of the Oregon-California border, is now 100% lined and mopped up. Firefighters assigned to the incident were able to complete the mop-up process Wednesday...

JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (July 5, 2022) – Firefighters with the Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest Oregon District were kept busy over the Fourth of July holiday weekend following a thunderstorm that rolled through Jackson County on Saturday and...

APPLEGATE LAKE, Ore. (June 30, 2022) – The Collings Mountain Fire is now 100% lined following the dayshift on Thursday, and slow but steady progress is being made on the mop-up efforts, now 65% complete. Following accurate GPS mapping, the final size of the fire was...

APPLEGATE LAKE, Ore. (June 30, 2022) – Firefighters made excellent progress on the Collings Mountain Fire overnight, lining 90% of the perimeter and beginning mop-up operations. All forward progress has been stopped and there is currently no active fire on the...

JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (June 29, 2022) – The fire danger level on Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest Oregon District-protected lands in Jackson and Josephine counties will increase to “moderate” (blue) on Friday, July 1, 2022 at 12:01 a.m. Please...

JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (May 27, 2022) – Fire Season on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Southwest Oregon District begins Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 12:01 a.m. The fire danger level will be “Low” (green) and the Industrial...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (April 25, 2022) – The Oregon Department of Forestry, alongside Grants Pass Fire Rescue, Rural Metro Fire and Grayback Forestry, will be conducting pile burns on Dollar Mountain the week of April 25, pending favorable conditions. This project is the...

GOLD HILL, Ore. (March 7, 2022) – Firefighters have stopped the forward spread of an escaped debris burn, reported on the 1300-block of Sardine Creek Road, northwest of Gold Hill. Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest Oregon District, Jackson County Fire District...

CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. (February 15, 2022) – Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Southwest Oregon District firefighters responded to two small fires located approximately 10 miles northeast of Cave Junction shortly before 11 a.m. on Monday morning. When resources...

JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (Jan. 6, 2022) – The Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest Oregon District is recruiting for multiple positions for the upcoming fire season, including entry-level and experienced firefighters, dispatchers and detection...

JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. (Dec. 1, 2021) – Following a competitive hiring process, Tyler McCarty has been named District Forester of the Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest Oregon District serving Jackson and Josephine counties. McCarty, who has...