2020 Clackamas Wildland Fires: Difference between revisions

A series of large wildfires starting in mid-August 2020 and burning [[wikipedia:2020_Oregon_wildfires|throughout Oregon]] coalesced into the state's largest deployment of wildfire response resources and one of the most destructive wildfire seasons in Oregon's history. Clackamas County was particularly impacted. "The two large fires that impacted Clackamas County were the Clackamas Fire Complex (11,210 acres) and the Riverside Incident (138,054 acres, 139 structures lost and 4 injuries)."<ref>Clackamas Fire District #1. (2021). ''[https://clackamasfire.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-21-AAR-Executive-Summary-Final.pdf 2020 Fire Siege: After-Action Review]''.</ref> '''On request from Clackamas County Emergency Management, NET volunteers operated an evacuation center from September 11 to September 18.''' This deployment was the first time NETs operated independently on a large incident, covering multiple response capabilities. This article is an After-Action Report for the deployment.