Oregon Sends More Firefighters To North Carolina
(Salem, OR) -- Oregon is sending eleven more firefighters to help North Carolina battle wildfires. Last weekend, Oregon sent 26 firefighters. This deployment will make 37 Oregon firefighters in all. Five members of the crew are from southwest Oregon, two are from central Oregon, two from northwest Oregon and two from the Forest Grove district of the Oregon Department of Forestry. They'll be on assignment for two weeks. This is part of an interstate compact to send help when another state needs firefighting crews.



