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Article Title |
Newspaper Date |
Page |
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Disastrous blaze visits Rock Island |
23 Nov 1916 |
1 |
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Fire Department has early morning call |
30 Nov 1916 |
1 |
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Buschman store ruined by fire |
8 Feb 1917 |
1 |
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Mullan re-elected chief of fire department |
8 Mar 1917 |
1 |
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Women saves blazing men |
9 Sep 1926 |
1 |
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Boss barn burns to the ground |
23 Dec 1926 |
1 |
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Fire Chief finally given pay increase |
11 Aug 1927 |
1 |
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Communities need fire departments |
20 Sep 1928 |
1 |
|
Grass fire burns valuable home |
27 Sep 1928 |
1 |
|
Writer would like a fire department |
4 Oct 1928 |
1 |
|
Wichita to have fire department |
4 Oct 1928 |
1 |
|
Fire hydrants to be placed |
18 Oct 1928 |
1 |
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Milwaukie’s fire loss very small |
13 Aug 1930 |
1 |
|
Fire damages confectionery |
8 Oct 1931 |
1 |
|
Fire destroys plant of shingle mill |
5 Nov 1931 |
1 |
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Fire destroys Peterson home on Oak Street |
16 Jun 1932 |
1 |
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Fire destroys lumberyard and store at Stanley |
25 Aug 1932 |
1 |
|
Alleged incendiary fire damages empty house |
15 Sep 1932 |
1 |
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Oak Grove home destroyed by fire |
6 Oct 1932 |
1 |
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Local pulp plant destroyed by fire |
17 Aug 1933 |
1 |
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Fire Chief Mullan dies suddenly at home here |
12 Oct 1933 |
1 |
|
Fire Department cannot answer outside calls |
6 Sep 1932 |
1 |
|
Early morning fire destroys architects studio |
7 Feb 1935 |
1 |
|
Property owners plan formation of fire district |
11 Apr 1935 |
1 |
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Fire protection problem considered |
16 May 1935 |
1 |
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Proposed fire district plans are studied |
23 May 1935 |
1 |
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Councilmen and committee agree on fire district plan |
30 May 1935 |
1 |
|
Milwaukie shows small fire losses past two years |
5 Sep 1935 |
1 |
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Fire destroys shingle mill |
23 Apr 1936 |
1 |
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Milwaukie to have new fire truck |
21 May 1936 |
1 |
|
New fire truck delayed |
1 Oct 1936 |
1 |
|
Council considers extending fire protection to Island |
17 Jun 1937 |
1 |
|
Oak Grove woman dies in burning home |
6 Jul 1939 |
1 |
|
Delegation confers with City Council on fire protection |
27 Jul 1939 |
1 |
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Don Llewellyn resigns as fire chief |
15 Apr 1943 |
1 |
|
Jack Fenton is the Milwaukie fire chief |
3 Jun 1943 |
1 |
|
Fire damages home |
7 Oct 1943 |
1 |
|
Fire protection desired for north part of county |
14 Oct 1943 |
1 |
|
Clay’s store damaged by fire |
4 Nov 1943 |
1 |
|
Rural fire protection district ordered by court |
6 Apr 1944 |
1 |
|
Crash kills pilot south of Milwaukie |
27 Apr 1944 |
1 |
|
City officials and firemen tangle on arrangements |
14 Sep 1944 |
1 |
|
Fire razes Milwaukie business establishment |
26 Apr 1945 |
1 |
|
Fire trucks to be radio equipped |
17 May 1945 |
1 |
|
Milwaukie joins in two-way radio network |
24 May 1945 |
1 |
|
Fire slightly damages Milwaukie box factory |
7 Jun 1945 |
1 |
|
Fire protection district contract accepted by City |
14 Jun 1945 |
1 |
|
Fire destroys small home owned by Archie Hamill on Glover Road Friday |
20 Jun 1946 |
1 |
|
Plans for new Oak Grove fire hall to be acted on Wednesday |
29 Nov 1946 |
1 |
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"I got a raw deal" says ex-assistant fire chief Stevens |
5 Sep 1946 |
1 |
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Ex chief’s hearing set for Friday |
12 Sep 1946 |
1 |
|
Hearing clears Irwin Stevens; back on job |
14 Sep 1946 |
1 |
|
City Manager revamps local fire department |
26 Sep 1946 |
1 |
|
Three room fire causes considerable damage at Island Station home |
24 Oct 1946 |
1 |
|
Early morning fire destroys retread shop |
23 Jan 1947 |
1 |
|
Fire causes complete destruction to residence |
30 Jan 1947 |
1 |
|
Prompt arrival of fire department averts tragedy |
15 May 1947 |
1 |
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Walter Wasson fatally burned in fire destroying home |
12 Jun 1947 |
1 |
|
Perhaps the firemen should have let the garage burn down |
26 Jun 1947 |
1 |
|
Oak Lodge voters to decide if fire equipment is to get decent housing |
21 Apr 1949 |
1 |
|
Commuters hate hot ride when trolley blazes |
28 Apr 1949 |
1 |
|
Warehouse blazes Wednesday at mushroom plant |
28 Apr 1949 |
1 |
|
Sunday morning fire does $2,000 damage to home |
18 Aug 1949 |
1 |
|
Work to start immediately on new fire hall |
1 Sep 1949 |
1 |
|
New contract with rural fire district |
6 Apr 1950 |
1 |
|
Milwaukie Fire Chief dies |
18 May 1950 |
1 |
|
Appointment of new fire chief is “hot potato” |
25 May 1950 |
1 |
|
Fire department installs radio |
15 Jun 1950 |
1 |
|
Irwin Stevens appointed fire chief |
29 Jun 1950 |
1 |
|
Police – firemen to cooperate on defense plan |
29 Jun 1950 |
1 |
|
Incendiarism suspected when series of grass fires break out on Southern Pacific tracks |
10 Aug 1950 |
5 |
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Police and firemen cooperate to save child near death |
24 Aug 1950 |
1 |
|
Resuscitator purchased by Fire Department |
5 Oct 1950 |
1 |
|
Fire at box and veneer plant does $2,000 in damages |
5 Oct 1950 |
1 |
|
Fire, water vote held |
7 Dec 1950 |
1 |
|
Election only answer to Oak Lodge Fire budget troubles |
29 Mar 1951 |
1 |
|
Fire losses Saturday highest in single day fire chief says |
29 Mar 1951 |
1 |
|
More fire hydrants to be installed; grade school protection planned first |
29 Mar 1951 |
1 |
|
Plans for fire hydrants, new truck tabled |
12 Apr 1951 |
1 |
|
Rural fire district fire cost cut heard by City |
12 Apr 1951 |
1 |
|
Oak Lodge fire department vote slated |
19 Apr 1951 |
1 |
|
Voters deny budget in Oak Grove |
3 May 1951 |
1 |
|
City to buy new engine for firemen |
17 May 1951 |
1 |
|
First bill paid on new ambulance |
9 Aug 1951 |
1 |
|
Ambulance to start runs here Saturday |
30 Aug 1951 |
1 |
|
Five blazes keep firemen on the go |
28 Sep 1951 |
1 |
|
Stevens is laid off on gas charge |
2 Oct 1951 |
1 |
|
Firemen to ask court about county fire district |
2 Oct 1951 |
1 |
|
Hearing on suspension called |
5 Oct 1951 |
1 |
|
58 calls answered by fire department |
2 Oct 1951 |
8 |
|
Firemen would “talk”, but fear reprisals by chief, council |
9 Oct 1951 |
1 |
|
Fire zone fight to go another round Tuesday at Oak Lodge, Oregon City mad |
16 Oct 1951 |
1 |
|
Volunteer firemen need drivers, helpers, cash |
16 Oct 1951 |
1 |
|
Budget troubles seen for county fire district |
19 Oct 1951 |
1 |
|
Puderbaugh seen top man for chief’s job here |
8 Nov 1951 |
1 |
|
Puderbaugh to be named Milwaukie fire chief |
22 Nov 1951 |
1 |
|
Firemen praised for saving lives of young K.P. pair |
3 Jan 1952 |
1 |
|
Fire suits sought by volunteers |
15 May 1952 |
1 |
|
Fire chief Puderbaugh pleads to City Council for new department car |
15 May 1952 |
1 |
|
Puderbaugh quits; Lillis seen top man |
26 Jun 1952 |
1 |
|
Puderbaugh lashes Council and Auxiliary on stating his reasons for resigning |
3 Jul 1952 |
1 |
|
Bob Lillis named fire chief first of August; vote not unanimous |
31 Jul 1952 |
1 |
|
Rural fire district ok’s new contract |
11 Sep 1952 |
1 |
|
Controversial rural fire district election scheduled for Monday |
3 Dec 1953 |
1 |
|
Voters pass both fire propositions |
10 Dec 1953 |
1 |
|
Fire guts Persyn store |
28 Jan 1954 |
1 |
|
Rural fire station costs lower than estimated |
6 May 1954 |
1 |
|
New rural fire station begun |
8 Jul 1954 |
1 |
|
New rural fire station begun (photo) |
15 Jul 1954 |
1 |
|
Fire department gains two surplus trucks for use |
26 Aug 1954 |
1 |
|
City acquires two fire trucks (photo) |
16 Sep 1954 |
1 |
|
Apartment fire (photo) |
30 Sep 1954 |
5 |
|
Firemen answer call to plywood plant Monday pm |
21 Oct 1954 |
2 |
|
Firemen severely burned in effort to save property |
17 Feb 1955 |
1 |
|
Firemen save life of girl by prompt aid |
3 Mar 1955 |
1 |
|
Matches + children = disaster |
31 Mar 1951 |
1 |
|
Firemen save gas victim |
5 May 1955 |
1 |
|
Pupils evacuate school quickly when fire starts |
12 May 1955 |
1 |
|
Firemen begin home survey in Milwaukie |
12 May 1955 |
8 |
|
Workmen burned in flash fire at saw chain company |
2 Feb 1956 |
1 |
|
Fireman Warren Nott drowns saving father and son in Kellogg Lake skating accident |
9 Feb 1956 |
1 |
|
Fireman Warren Nott benefit fund gets underway |
19 Feb 1956 |
1 |
|
Crippled box plant starts production |
5 Jul 1956 |
1 |
|
Disastrous fires hit rural area |
21 Nov 1957 |
1 |
|
Joseph Butler home burned in Monday afternoon blaze |
17 Jul 1958 |
1 |
|
Fire chief gives 1958 loss report |
22 Jan 1959 |
1 |
|
Two dead in flash fire at Jones’ home |
16 Apr 1959 |
1 |
|
Construction of fire hall set by City |
21 Apr 1960 |
1 |
|
Area blasts Portland “trick” plan to force fire district annexation |
21 Mar 1962 |
1 |
|
$150,000 fire bond vote proposed by Milwaukie council |
12 Mar 1964 |
1 |
|
Clay Products fire causes $30,000 damage |
2 April 1964 |
1 |
|
Fire fund election set Friday |
23 April 1964 |
1 |
|
Fire Bond Issue approved |
30 April 1964 |
1 |
|
Bids opened on Fire Bond in Milwaukie |
4 June 1964 |
1 |
|
Tossed smoke makes blaze |
22 July 1964 |
1 |
|
Fire Week spotlights prevention |
30 Sept 1964 |
5 |
|
Rural firemen display readiness |
7 Oct 1964 |
8 |
|
Fire idles Veneer Co. |
14 Oct 1964 |
14 |
|
More water needed for fire fighting |
16 Dec. 1964 |
2 |
|
Old sawmill burns |
14 April 1965 |
7 |
|
Milwaukie gets first of two new firetrucks |
16 June 1965 |
16 |
|
barn blaze blamed on youth |
14 July 1965 |
1 |
|
Milwaukie fire chief quits position |
17 Nov 1965 |
1 |
|
Razed Clackamas plant to be rebuilt immediately |
21 Nov 1965 |
1 |
|
Blaze claims ambulance driver's life |
19 Dec 1965 |
1 |
|
Grief strikes as home burns |
8 June 1966 |
1 |
|
New Milwaukie Fire Chief to beef up prevention |
15 June 1966 |
1 |
|
Five Firemen down in Oak Grove blaze |
10 Aug 1966 |
1 |
|
Ex-Milwaukie patient cited in Fair fires |
9 August 1967 |
1 |
|
Low Humidity, Summer heat busy Fireman |
30 August 1967 |
1 |
|
Fire Fighters give greetings and warnings |
27 Dec 1967 |
1 |
|
Early morning fire guts Jenning Lodge Home |
14 Feb 1968 |
1 |
|
Acid Flow, Fires Busy Fire Fighters |
20 March 1968 |
1 |
|
Milwaukie Apartments burn, $30,000 Damage |
27 March 1968 |
1 |
|
Fire Loss at $200,000 in Tar Plant |
3 April 1968 |
1 |
|
County Budget Group asks Help with 68-69 Budget |
1 May 1968 |
4 |
|
One of Seven Prposed '68-'69 Budgets Defeated |
8 May 1968 |
1 |
|
Fire Trucks Collide, Injure Three |
31 July 1968 |
1 |
|
Retiring Marshal honord by Fellow Fire Fighters |
8 Jan 1969 |
1 |
|
Council Accepts Letter in Probe of Fire Department |
9 April 1969 |
1 |
|
Fire District Set Hearings, Votes |
7 May 1969 |
1 |
|
Serial levy set for Thursday |
12 May 1971 |
1 |
|
Polls ready for second public safety levy vote |
9 Jun 1971 |
1 |
|
Firemen’s charges to be investigated |
15 Aug 1979 |
1 |
|
Rescue vehicle arrives – city’s dream comes true |
11 Mar 1982 |
3 |
|
Firefighting agencies mull service merger |
21 Jul 1983 |
6 |
|
Chief defends merger of fire departments |
27 Oct 1983 |
1 |
|
Fire board hears merger arguments |
23 Nov 1983 |
1 |
|
Blaze guts stores here |
29 Dec 1983 |
1 |
|
Fire station costs soar over limit |
9 Feb 1984 |
1 |
|
Board okays huge boost in outlay for fire station |
16 Feb 1984 |
16 |
|
Happy Valley firefighters reject whopping pay hike |
23 Feb 1984 |
1 |
|
Happy Valley’s firemen spurn fat 17.5% pay offer |
26 Apr 1984 |
1 |
|
Fire chiefs would merge management operations |
3 Oct 1985 |
1 |
|
Blaze, stoked by furious wind, ravages McFarlane "mountain" |
10 Oct 1985 |
2 |
|
Fire districts would share new firehouse |
9 Jan 1986 |
3 |
|
Firefighters blame youths for house leveling blaze |
3 Jul 1986 |
4 |
|
Thriftway fire blamed on arson |
21 Aug 1986 |
3 |
|
$100,000 fire mars Rose Villa |
4 Dec 1986 |
6 |
|
Milwaukie eyes Portland, others for fire pact |
29 Oct 1987 |
2 |
|
Oak Grove building gutted by fire |
25 Nov 1987 |
4 |
|
Fire director to resign after Chief’s raise |
2 Jun 1988 |
1 |
|
Fire destroys two Clackamas firms |
14 Jul 1988 |
4 |
|
Woman pleads guilty to Oak Grove arson |
25 Aug 1988 |
1 |
|
Clackamas, valley, S4 fire merger needs more study |
29 Sep 1988 |
1 |
|
3 Fire districts meet on merger |
22 Dec 1988 |
1 |
|
O.C.; fire officials attempt to keep Holcomb firehouse open |
26 Jan 1989 |
7 |
|
Panel OK’s merger, holds Park Place annex |
16 Feb 1989 |
7 |
|
Informal pact reached to keep Holcomb firehouse |
23 Feb 1989 |
7 |
|
Milwaukie, districts eye fire service combos |
16 Nov 1989 |
8 |
|
District wants Carver fire site to clean up |
30 Nov 1989 |
3 |
|
District admits mistakes in Carver fire watch |
7 Dec 1989 |
2 |
|
Arson probed in Carver fire |
28 Dec 1989 |
1 |
|
OSHA goes after Precision Castparts - fire hits facility |
29 Mar 1990 |
1-2 |
|
Local fire districts consider merger |
10 May 1990 |
1 |
|
Fire districts 71 and 1 plan merger |
14 Jun 1990 |
1 |
|
Oak Grove FD puts stop to district merger talks |
9 Aug 1990 |
1 |
|
Fire Officials plan consolidation of districts |
23 Aug 1990 |
1 |
|
Fire districts close in on consolidation |
13 Sep 1990 |
8 |
|
Fire districts wonder what public is thinking |
11 Oct 1990 |
1 |
|
Fire districts unity, taxpayers will benefit |
29 Nov 1990 |
1 |
|
Lynch named as O.C. fire chief |
13 Dec 1990 |
5 |
|
Fire department merger sought |
17 Jan 1991 |
3 |
|
Arson activity plagues Gladstone area |
7 Mar 1991 |
1 |
|
OC to charge fee for fire code inspections |
13 Jun 1991 |
1 |
|
Milwaukie/Oak Lodge to join fire-related duties |
20 Jun 1991 |
2 |
|
Oak Lodge Fire District fires chief |
30 Jan 1992 |
1 |
|
Milwaukie announces new fire station closure plan |
16 Apr 1992 |
13 |
|
Fire district seeks $10 million tax base |
2 May 1992 |
5 |
|
Chief warns of fire danger in Newell Creek |
30 Jul 1992 |
6 |
|
Oak Lodge hero honored for saving family |
8 Oct 1992 |
1 |
|
Gladstone Fire Dept. showing hefty expansion |
5 Nov 1992 |
6 |
|
Disaster strike, but its just pretend |
12 Nov 1992 |
1 |
|
OC approves March election for fire department |
14 Jan 1993 |
5 |
|
Clackamas county fire deaths showing slight increase |
28 Jan 1993 |
4 |
|
OC and Clackamas join |
28 Jan 1993 |
4 |
|
Fire district settles suit |
6 May 1993 |
1 |
|
Fire district mulls new user fee system |
15 Jul 1993 |
20 |
|
Beavercreek and Fire District #11 to merge |
23 Dec 1993 |
2 |
|
Beavercreek and Clackamas merge districts |
10 Feb 1994 |
3 |
|
Milwaukie, Oak Grove, may join fire squads |
21 Apr 1994 |
1 |
|
Oak Lodge hopes to get new fire lodge |
19 May 1994 |
3 |
|
Fire districts join ambulance service |
23 Jun 1994 |
1 |
|
County sends their finest |
1 Sep 1994 |
1 |
|
Police/Fire levy on ballot in Milwaukie |
9 Mar 1995 |
1 |
|
Levy failure means losing City Hall Station, 9 firemen |
15 Mar 1995 |
2 |
|
Oak Lodge Fire District says: “94 was a good year” |
15 Mar 1995 |
10 |
|
Three alarm fire damages church, arson suspected |
20 Jul 1995 |
A2 |
|
Voters approve Oak Lodge fire bond |
21 Sep 1995 |
A1 |
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From the ashes |
2 Nov 1995 |
A1 |
|
Community rallies around fire victims |
4 Jan 1996 |
A3 |
|
Milwaukie fire chief resigns |
9 Feb 1996 |
A1 |
|
Afternoon fire kills Oregon City woman in her home |
31 May 1996 |
A1 |
|
Oak Lodge Fire District seeks $3.28 million budget |
7 Jun 1996 |
A4 |
|
Fire Chief’s comments draw angry union response |
28 Jun 1996 |
A1 |
|
City of Milwaukie Union bargaining breakthrough |
28 Jun 1996 |
A4 |
|
Faithful fire engine faces retirement |
2 Aug 1996 |
A5 |
|
Clackamas, Milwaukie fire departments head for merger discussions |
22 Nov 1996 |
A1 |
|
City hires chief to oversee fire operations |
14 Feb 1997 |
2 |
|
Goodwill comes forth after home destroyed by fire |
7 Mar 1997 |
1 |
|
Milwaukie's Lake Road fire station to be closed due to budget cuts |
18 Jul 1997 |
10 |
|
Survival in a flash: Our reporter gets a lesson in firefighting danger |
19 Sep 1997 |
1 |
|
Station changes could mean longer wait for help |
26 Jun 1998 |
4 |
|
Council votes to close station |
17 Jul 1998 |
1 |
|
Firefighters have plan to prevent homeless victims |
28 Aug 1998 |
1 |
|
OCFD fund-raisers eye thermal imaging camera |
11 Dec 1998 |
1 |
|
Proposed South End fire station stirs neighbor protest |
6 Jan 1999 |
1 |
|
OC reconsiders Portland Road station site |
10 Feb 1999 |
2 |
|
Historic 7th Street fire station gets some new innards |
10 Feb 1999 |
13 |
|
New site proposed for contested South End station |
3 Mar 1999 |
1 |
|
OC Fire Department handed to Tualatin Valley |
17 Mar 1999 |
1 |
|
It’s official: OC firemen are part of TVF&R |
7 July 1999 |
4 |
|
City/Church dispute puts Station 205 in limbo (again) |
7 July 1999 |
5 |
|
Former OC fire chief Davis abruptly leaves new Gresham post – for TVF&R |
11 Aug 1999 |
1 |
|
Disaster! (The prequel) |
15 Sept 1999 |
1 |
|
OC Fire (finally) unveils thermal-imaging camera |
3 Nov 1999 |
5 |
|
Post Christmas fire claims gifts, home |
1 January 2000 |
4 |
|
Historic fire station back in business – with better parking |
19 Jan 2000 |
1 |
|
Early-morning fire turns up Milwaukie meth lab |
19 Jan 2000 |
5 |
|
First-time filmmakers spread safety message to kids |
12 Apr 2000 |
7 |
|
Industrial Accident |
26 Apr 2000 |
4 |
|
Money requested for fire, roads, schools – but does a ‘double-majority’ of voters care? |
10 May 2000 |
1 |
|
Fire Guts SE Linwood Apartment |
14 Jun 2000 |
5 |
|
Two Burned in Produce Warehouse Electrical Explosion |
12 Jul 2000 |
5 |
|
Fire Destroys Paint Booth in Oak Grove |
12 Jul 2000 |
5 |
|
Forest – and fire management: burning out of control? |
12 July 2000 |
7 |
|
Students of Disaster |
6 Sept 2000 |
1 |
|
Fire officials question AMR response time, call for |
27 Dec 2000 |
1 |
|
After fatal blaze, mobile park embraces fire safety |
2 July 2003 |
1 |
|
Remembering Chief Ames |
23 July 2003 |
1 |
|
County to craft wildfire plan |
13 April 2005 |
1 |
