For the next several days, Central Oregon Fire Management Service is once again partnering with structural firefighting departments around the region to provide an immersive scenario-based wildland firefighting program designed to increase firefighters’ understanding of wildland firefighting suppression tactics, mutual aid and the dynamics of interagency response in an emerging wildfire incident.
Over 100 participants from fire departments ranging from Crescent to Warm Springs will be in attendance in Sunriver, officials said Friday. The course began on Saturday with a classroom portion to familiarize participants with wildland firefighting procedures, communications and tools, followed by two to three days of live-fire response exercises.