More firefighters are providing extra assistance as the Bee Rock Creek Fire in McDowell County has grown to more than 500 acres with 10% containment.

On Friday, Sisters Ranger District firefighters plan to conduct up to 20 acres of prescribed burning 3 1/2 miles southeast of Sisters, just east of Forest Service Road 16. Ignitions are slated to ...

Rural Fire Service information line: 1800 679 737 Note: On occasion Fire Danger Ratings may not adhere to FBI thresholds above due to agency discretion in setting FDRs.

The six standard components of the FWI System provide numerical ratings of relative wildland fire potential. The first three components are fuel moisture codes that follow daily changes in the ...