More National Guard Complete Training Tonight

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Salem, Ore. – This evening at 6:30 PM, 250 additional members of the Oregon National Guard will complete their week of wildland firefighter training at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem.

Today’s training activities were all hands on and conducted in the foothills of the Academy’s 235 acre campus.

This deployment was ordered by Governor Kate Brown under “Op Plan Smokey” to support the efforts of the Oregon Department of Forestry.

“Op Plan Smokey” is an agreement that has been in place for many years that allows the Oregon National Guard to support wildland firefighting efforts when all other public and private resources are depleted.

Their week of basic fire training includes two courses needed for qualification as a wildland firefighter by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, S-130 Firefighter Training and S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior.

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This is the basic wildland fire training course required of all (public and private) firefighters in the United States before they can work on the fire lines.

The training includes a variety of topics including fire behavior, incident command, watch outs, fire orders, fire shelters, hazards, terminology, use of water, mop up/securing line, communications, suppression, and others. Today’s ten-hour, hands-on, field day conclusion included pumps, hose lays, hand line construction, mop-up(wet), mop-up (dry), and engines.

The Airmen and Soldiers are from the 142nd Fighter Wing in Portland, the 173rd Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls, and the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team based at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas.

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