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Additional firefighters
hired for summertime
By Travis Bishop
Emerald Contributor
In .m effort to become flutter
prepared for the fire season, the
(' S f orest Servii e hired .in ad
ditional 400 firefighters for the
Southern (Jregon region
forest Dispatcher Jon .Skeels
said Hit) of the firefighters are
from the Kugene area "The
fining really lias nothing to do
with the local area It is based
on the firefighting needs of the
entire region." fie said
Whereas in years pas! the
forest Service has waited until
the middle of tfit* fire season to
do additional hiring, they are
trying to become more pro-ac
live this year by hiring addi
tional workers before they are
needed. Skeels said
The hiring process consisted
mainly of a physical step test
th.it simulates the rigors of up
hill walking Additionally, ap
plicants had to complete the I t)
Pre-employment certification
that declares them legally tit to
work in tfie country, according
to a forest Service news re
lease.
About to t()() people applied
for the additional jobs in the
Eugene area this year by taking
the step test, compared with
last year when roughly twice
that many applied About 180
people successfully completed
the step test and were hired.
Applicants passed the step
test at nearly twice the rate of
last year's applicants. Skeels
said. The group that applied
this year is generally younger
than in the past, which ac
counts for the difference, he
said.
Although he didn't have an
exact tally. Skeels said there
were a large number of stu
dents from both Oregon State
and the University of Oregon
applying this year. .is well as a
large group lust out of high
school
The newh hired firefighters
will hi’ split into two groups
and sent to three days ol train
ing at the Naval Reserve in
Central Point Ore The first
group will start training on |ul\
id with the second group tol
lowing on August (
While in training, the new
firefighters will he students of
the basic hour Wildland
firefighter Course, Skeels said
In that program, the trainees
will learn fire behavior, how to
dig lire lines, in addition to life
in the fire i amp he said
During training sessions,
crews will not he allowed out
side of i amp Shelter, food and
recreation will he provided, hut
the trainees will tie expected to
firing their own belongings
such as hoots, jacket, pants,
shirt and money for their ow n
personal use
Upon completion ol the
training session, workers could
end up virtually anywhere in
the continental United States.
Skeels saiil It's really hard to
tell where they will end up. In
years past, we've sent crews to
Nevada, California, Washing
ton, Oregon. Yellowstone and
Montana." he said
After they complete the train
ing course, the newly-hired
firefighters will he on-call until
the time of an actual fire dis
patch.
While training, the new em
ployees will be paid $t> HH an
hour. After their training, their
wages increase to $7.'IH an
hour.
Still reeling in paper work
from a rash of lightning fires
earlier this month. Skeels is
looking forward to the end of
the hiring process Til just he
glad when it's finished up." he
said.
Resort area
threatened by
forest fires
Sl'NKIVKK (AP) A
fire burning near the
Simmer resort area today
( aused some roads to fir
closed, but didn't mime
diatelv threaten any
homes or other buildings
Meanwhile. .1 small tire
m logging slash outside
Veneta was controlled
and the state Department
of forestry mobilized in
preparation for dry light
lling strikes expei led bit
ei m the d.iy
Fire crews working
through the night
scr.ili lied a line around
the trill acre area on the
I)eschutes National f orest
w here the Wake Huttr fire
yvas burning three to lour
miles southwest ot
Sunriver. but it wasn't
declared 1 untamed, said
I’ S Forest Service
spokeswoman I .aurie
Johnson.
Four air tankers and
two helicopters joined in
the fight with too people
Fire crews yvere working
to establish .1 hose line
around the fire to bolster
the fire trail, Johnson
said
"We re trying to have
extensive use of water
and fire retardant." she
said.
The fire was burning
through mixed conifer
and ponderosa pine and
wasn't .m immediate
threat to any buildings in
tfie Sunriver resort area,
she said.
A fire camp was being
set up at the Fall River
airstrip and Forest Ser
vice roads -JO. -tl! and 4Ti
m tfie Sunriver area yvere
blocked. Johnson said
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