(Salem, OR) -- Nearly two-dozen Oregon firefighters are helping battle wildfires in North Carolina. Oregon has sent 21 firefighters to North Carolina to help out. Oregon has a mutual aid agreement with North Carolina and when there aren't significant fires burning in Oregon, crews are sent to other states to help. The crews went to Ashville for a briefing, and they were moved into fire operations immediately. The firefighters are from the Douglas Forest Protective Association, Coos Forest Protective Association and other Oregon Department of Forestry Protection Districts.