THE IMMEDIATE AREA THAT ARE
CLOSED. AND SO THEY NEED TO BE
AWARE INCLUDING PARTS OF THE
WHITE RIVER ROAD IN BARLOW
ROAD. YOU'LL WANT TO CHECK
BEFORE YOU HEAD UP TO THAT
AREA. WELL BOTH CALIFORNIA AND
OREGON ARE IN A STATE OF
EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF WILDFIRES
WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW WE KNOW
AT LEAST ONE FIRE THE MOSIER
CREEK FIRE.
WAS STARTED BY PEOPLE SO
THAT MEANS GOING INTO THIS NOT
NICE WEEKEND AS PEOPLE HEAD TO
THE OUTDOORS ALL BE ONE OF
THEM THEY NEED TO BE EXTRA
CAREFUL SO JOINING US LIVE TO
TALK ABOUT SAFETY.
AND HOW THEY'RE DEALING
WITH ALL OF THESE WILDFIRES AS
CHIEF DEPUTY STATE MARSHALL.
ALL NICK MARIONETTES MISS FOR
NASA MARIANNA REST TEMPLE,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME SO
OVERALL HOW DO YOU THINK THAT
WE'RE DOING WITH THE WILDFIRES
ACROSS THE STATE RIGHT NOW I
MEAN I'VE BEEN OUT AT THE MODA
PEAK FIRE LAST WEEK AND I WAS
OUT YESTERDAY AT THE 7 MILE
HILL. ROAD FIRE. SO IT'S JUST
I MEAN RIGHT ONE NEXT TO THE
OTHER AND IT'S HAPPENING VERY
VERY OFTEN.
HERE IN OREGON. I THINK WE
GOT TO A VERY IN A PRETTY SLOW
FROM WHAT I THINK WE WERE
ORIGINALLY FORECASTING AN
EXPECTING. WHEN WE STARTED TO
SEE BECOME ONE OF THE NUMBER
ONE FIRES AT LEAST IN OUR
GEOGRAPHIC AREA. WE STARTED TO
FEEL THAT WE WERE REALLY IN
THE FIRE SEASON THEN OVER THE
LAST 24 TO 48 HOURS NORTHWEST
COURT NATION CENTER SENT OUT
ABOUT 8 TO 9 INCIDENT
MANAGEMENT TEAMS WHICH REALLY
MEANS THAT WE HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FIRE IN
OREGON AND WASHINGTON. WE NEED
THEN HAD TO BRING IN
ADDITIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
TEAMS TO HANDLE THE FIRES THAT
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THEM
DURING THE LAST LIGHTNING
BURST THAT WE SAW COME THROUGH
ON, BUT SURELY WITH THEM
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY, WE'RE
LOOKING AT A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF FIRE. YEAH WE
CERTAINLY SEEN AN THIS WEEK
AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU KNOW
WE'RE SEEING CALIFORNIA FIRES.
ABSOLUTELY EXPLODING THE
STATE YOU KNOW TO OUR SOUTH IS
DEALING WITH THIS AS WELL
WE'VE HAD SOME FIREFIGHTING
CREWS FROM OREGON GO TO ASSIST
IN SOME OF THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA SO I'M CURIOUS HOW
DO WE MANAGE THAT.
MAKING SURE WE STILL HAVE
ENOUGH RESOURCES ON HAND FOR
OUR STATE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT
ARE YOU SEEING IN CALIFORNIA
RIGHT NOW TOO.
YEAH, SO THE OFFICE OF
STATE FIRE MARSHAL DID SEND 5
TASK FORCES TO ORGAN BY OR
MUTUAL AID SYSTEM AND WE
REALLY HAVE TO BALANCE WHETHER
WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE
ORGAN CAN PROVIDE RESOURCES
BASED ON THE TYPE OF FIRE
ACTIVITY WE'RE SEEING HERE. WE
CHECK SYSTEM IN OREGON, WE'RE
VERY LUCKY. WITH THE LOCAL
FIRE SERVICE IN TERMS OF THEIR
ABILITY TO PROVIDE RESOURCES
ON ANY GIVEN DAY WE COULD GET
BETWEEN 15 TO 17 TASK FORCES.
AND THE TYPE OF FIRE THAT
WE'RE SEEING HERE IN OREGON IS
NOT THE TYPE OF BUYER THAT YOU
SEE IMPINGING IMMEDIATE
JEOPARDY INTO A COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE REALLY THOSE WILD
LAND FIRES OUT IN THE
WILDERNESS THERE ARE FEW HOMES
AND STRUCTURES.
BUT WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT
THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT
WE HAVE TO CHECK THOSE TYPES
OF FIRES.
ALSO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT
OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH AND
IN CONSTANT CONVERSATION WITH
ONE ANOTHER LOSING 200 HOMES
ON ONE FIRE AND THAT'S JUST
ONE FIRE ALONE. WE HAVE TO ASK
OURSELVES BASED ON THE WEATHER
THAT WE'RE SEEING MODERATING
THE TYPE OF FIRES THAT WE'RE
SEEING. WEATHER MAKES BETTER
SENSE TO USE THOSE RESOURCES
TO HELP STATE PROPERTY AND
PEOPLE RATHER THAN SITTING
HERE BASED ON THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. BUT CERTAINLY OUR
PRIMARY FOCUS IS HERE TO
OREGON ON KNOWING THAT WE FEEL
COMFORTABLE THAT WE CAN HELP
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AT
THIS TIME.
AND WE DID TALK ABOUT HOUSE
AT LEAST MOSIER CREEK FIRE WAS
HUMAN-CAUSED WHAT DO YOU THINK
IS LEADING THAT IS IT
CAMPFIRES IS IT PEOPLE WHO ARE
YOU KNOW WORKING OUT WITH
EQUIPMENT AND HOT TIMES. WHAT
IS THE MOST COMMON SEEING AND
WHAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW.
WHAT I THINK IMPORTANT FOR
IN THE FIRE SERVICE IS THAT
75% OF WILD LAND FIRES ARE
STARTED BY HUMANS AND THAT ON
ANY GIVEN YEAR. WE ARE SEEING
AN UPTICK THIS YEAR. UPWARDS
OF 83 TO 85%. IN FIRES AND
HOMES WERE SEEING UPTICKS OF
FIRES AND KITCHEN, SO I THINK
A LOT OF IT IN TERMS OF
STRUCTURES HAS TO DO WITH
PEOPLE BEING HOME. AS IT
RELATES TO WILD WE ARE SEEING
AN UPTICK AS WELL SO LIKE I
SAID ABOUT 10%. I THINK WHAT'S
MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE THERE
MAYBE YOU THERE, BUT IT'S
REALLY OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF
CAMPFIRES WE DON'T LEAVE THEM
UNATTENDED, WE'RE NOT USING
EQUIPMENT IN. GRASS HIGH HEID
FLAMMABLE HIGH TEMPERATURE
SETTINGS.
BETTER EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE
USING IS MAINTAINED ANYTHING
THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP
OURSELVES SHOULD WE NEED TO
CALL 911 IS REALLY WHERE WE
NEED TO AIR YEAH YOU OFF WE'RE
ALMOST OUT OF TIME, BUT I DID
WANT TO ASK YOU YOU KNOW WE
WERE REALLY CONCERNED GOING
INTO THIS FIRE SEASON.
HOW ARE CREWS WE'RE GOING
TO BE ABLE TO TO MOVE AROUND
AND FIGHT THESE FIRES GIVEN
COVID-19 CONCERNS.
I'M JUST REAL QUICKLY HAVE
YOU SEEN ANY COVID-19 SPREAD
AMONG FIRE CREWS. DO THE
SYSTEMS WE PUT IN PLACE APPEAR
TO BE KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE.
YEAH WE HAVE NOT SEEN
SIGNIFICANT SPREAD WE HAVEN'T
SEEN ANY CASES I WAS ON MOSIER
CREEK FIRE. AND WHAT WE'RE
DOING IS CREATING THIS
PHYSICAL DISTANCING MASK
WEARING AND DOING EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO PROTECT OUR
FIREFIGHTERS AND THE
COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE
SERVING.
OKAY THAT'S AT LEAST SOME
GOOD NEWS TO KNOW AS WE SEND
OUR CREWS OUT WORKING VERY