(Photo | Courtesy of US Forest Service)
A Field Demonstration of new fire-suppression technology with unique capabilities will take place today and Friday. Details are as follows:
Dates and Times
Thursday, April 22, 1-4pm
Friday, April 23, 9am-12pm
Location and Directions
Take Highway 97, Exit 153 toward Sunriver Resort and Mt. Bachelor
Travel on Mt. Bachelor road for 4.2 miles
Turn right on Forest Service Road 41 to Besson Day Use Area (~ 2 miles to site)
Purpose
Demonstrate new fire suppression technology with unique capabilities including:
- Adaption to logging equipment (forwarder with log grapple)
- Capable of operating in rugged, steep terrain (~ 50 percent untethered, ~80 percent tethered)
- Quickly deployed on fire-site
- Provides equipment support for hand-line fire crews
- 2,600 gallon water tank
- 160-foot water spray capability
- Suction pump for stream and other water sources
- Foam application
Field Demonstration Sponsors
- U.S. Forest Service
- Ponsse North America, Coburg, OR
- Miller Timber Services, Philomath
- OR Intermountain Wood Energy, Redmond
- Central Oregon Forest Stewardship Foundation: facilitating on-the-ground demonstration projects and creating opportunities for knowledge exchange and peer-to-peer learning.
For more information, contact Loren Kellogg at 541-207-2693.
