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Cedar Creek Fire Aerial View 2 from helicopter 8-23-2022
Fire line EMTs like this one are working across the Cedar Creek Fire area.
Contract sawyers like this one are helping firefighters create fuel breaks along many forest roads around the Cedar Creek Fire.
An aerial view of the Slapjack Fire above Hills Creek Reservoir on August 22. Fireline has been completed around the fire perimeter. Photo by James Osborne, PNW3
Contracted equipment like the machine at left is being used to stack logs cut during the creation of fuel breaks along forest roads near Oakridge.
Incident Meteorologists like Genki Kino launch weather balloons on the Cedar Creek Fire to collect site-specific data that may be difficult to get. The instrument is tracked by a radio receiver and transmits data that includes temperature, relative h
Know befoe you go! Many trails around Waldo Lake are closed because of the Cedar Creek Fire.
Smoke column above Waldo Lake
The Boeing Vertol 234 is the civilian version of the Chinook helicopter.
Paddle boarding at Waldo Lake amidst the smoke from the Cedar Creek Fire