[Comm-Council] FW: NEWS RELEASE: Statement by Governor Ted Kulongoski on Loss of Oregon Firefighters

Fri Aug 8 14:16:29 PDT 2008

Lonn Hoklin

Public Affairs Manager

Oregon Department of Administrative Services

503.378.2627

503.428.2169 (cell)

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From: GOVERNORS Press [mailto:Governors.Press at state.or.us] 
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 2:14 PM
Subject: NEWS RELEASE: Statement by Governor Ted Kulongoski on Loss of
Oregon Firefighters

Theodore R. Kulongoski

          Governor

NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 8, 2008

Contact: 
Anna Richter Taylor, 503-378-6169

Rem Nivens, 503-378-6496

Jillian Schoene, 503-378-5040

Statement by Governor Ted Kulongoski on Loss of Oregon Firefighters

Governor orders flags to be flown at half-staff August 11 through August
15, 2008

(Salem) - Today Governor Ted Kulongoski ordered all flags at public
institutions to be flown at half-staff from sunrise Monday, August 11,
2008 through sunset Friday, August 15, 2008 in memory of the brave
firefighters and crew who lost their lives in Tuesday evening's
helicopter crash in northern California.

"Year after year we depend on these committed individuals to protect our
homes, our communities and our forests in the face of an unpredictable,
unrelenting Mother Nature.  Their dedication to this precarious job
serves us all," said Governor Ted Kulongoski. "For the families and
communities that have lost a loved one, our thoughts and prayers are
with you. We are forever indebted to you and to those who gave their
lives bravely helping others." 

The firefighters who died were part of a crew fielded by Grayback
Forestry, Inc., a wildfire contracting company based in Merlin, Oregon.
The helicopter was owned by Grants Pass-based Carson Helicopters.  The
helicopter crashed while on duty fighting the Iron Complex of fires in
the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. The crash claimed the lives of seven
Grayback Forestry employees and injured three others. The two pilots,
employees of Carson Helicopters, also were Oregonians. One was killed
and the other injured. A U.S. Forest Service employee from California
also died in the crash.

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