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Rum Creek Fire

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Unit Information

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Incident Contacts

  • Public Information
    Email:
    2022.rumcreek@firenet.gov
    Phone:
    541-625-0849
    Hours:
    10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • BLM Grants Pass
    Phone:
    541-471-6500

Photographs Gallery

Spanish - Smoke outlook for Tuesday, Sept. 6
Spanish - Smoke outlook for Tuesday, Sept. 6
Spanish - Smoke outlook for Tuesday, Sept. 6
Spanish - Smoke outlook for Tuesday, Sept. 6
Searching for hot spots, Sept. 6
Three firefighters are walkig across a burned slope, looking for hot areas.
Three firefighters are walkig across a burned slope, looking for hot areas.
Searching for hot spots, Sept. 6

Searching for hot spots, Sept. 6

Smoke outlook for Tuesday, Sept. 6
Smoke outlook for Tuesday, Sept. 6
Smoke outlook for Tuesday, Sept. 6
Smoke outlook for Tuesday, Sept. 6
Lunch on the fire line, Sept. 6
A firefighter is sitting on the ground in the dirt and ashes, eating a sandwich.
A firefighter is sitting on the ground in the dirt and ashes, eating a sandwich.
Lunch on the fire line, Sept. 6

Lunch on the fire line, Sept. 6

Spanish - Smoke outlook for Monday, Sept. 5
Spanish - Smoke outlook for Monday, Sept. 5
Spanish - Smoke outlook for Monday, Sept. 5
Spanish - Smoke outlook for Monday, Sept. 5
Mopping up stump hole, Sept. 5
Two firefighters are working to extinguish heat in a stump hole. One is kneeling by the hole with a hose aimed into a hole from a side root, creating a cloud of smoke and steam. The other has a tool, waiting to dig. An engine sits in the background.
Two firefighters are working to extinguish heat in a stump hole. One is kneeling by the hole with a hose aimed into a hole from a side root, creating a cloud of smoke and steam. The other has a tool, waiting to dig. An engine sits in the background.
Mopping up stump hole, Sept. 5

Mopping up stump hole, Sept. 5

Smoke outlook for Monday, Sept. 5
Smoke outlook for Monday, Sept. 5
Smoke outlook for Monday, Sept. 5
Smoke outlook for Monday, Sept. 5
Rum Creek Fire smoke outlook Sunday, Sept. 4
Rum Creek Fire smoke outlook for Sunday, Sept. 4, with a graphic of potential smoke levels.
Rum Creek Fire smoke outlook for Sunday, Sept. 4, with a graphic of potential smoke levels.
Rum Creek Fire smoke outlook Sunday, Sept. 4

Rum Creek Fire smoke outlook for Sunday, Sept. 4

Testing the sprinklers, Sept. 2
A series of sprinklers are spraying water on the roof and sides of a large house. Two firefighters in the foreground are looking to see if the sprinklers are working well.
A series of sprinklers are spraying water on the roof and sides of a large house. Two firefighters in the foreground are looking to see if the sprinklers are working well.
Testing the sprinklers, Sept. 2

Testing the sprinklers installed around a house, Sept. 2

Strategic firing on west side of fire, Sept. 1
Unburned trees stand on a steep slope with fire burning on and near the ground around them. Firefighters stand by a fire truck on a road above the slope, monitoring the fire.
Unburned trees stand on a steep slope with fire burning on and near the ground around them. Firefighters stand by a fire truck on a road above the slope, monitoring the fire.
Strategic firing on west side of fire, Sept. 1

Strategic firing on west side of fire, Sept. 1

Chipper near Crow Rd 9-2
Two firefighters are feeding brush into a wood chipper near structures off Crow Rd.
Two firefighters are feeding brush into a wood chipper near structures off Crow Rd.
Chipper near Crow Rd 9-2

A chipper is being used to reduce the volume of brush near structures off Crow Rd 9-2.

View from Grave Creek Boat Launch Sept. 2
Looking up Grave Creek, with the water, creek banks, and a bridge nearby. In the distance, smoke rises from the forested slopes.
Looking up Grave Creek, with the water, creek banks, and a bridge nearby. In the distance, smoke rises from the forested slopes.
View from Grave Creek Boat Launch Sept. 2

View looking southeast from Grave Creek Boat Launch Sept. 2. Smoke is from strategic firing on the northeast side of Rum Creek Fire.

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