Fire officials say firefighters are now camped out in several locations on the fire. They say this will help crews maximize site work time.
Crews are working to keep the Goff Fire from crossing the Butte Fork of the Applegate River and containing the fire east of the Goff Butte along the Boundary National Recreation Trail. A lightning strike sparked the Goff Fire on Aug. 5. It has burned 21,482 acres and is 24 percent contained.
Fire managers have also embedded paramedics in each area and have positioned two medical extraction teams at trail heads. The extraction teams are made of emergency medical technicians and and firefighters equipped to transport injured firefighters away from the fire line.
A helicopter is located at the Hello Helibase and it can fly in, lift the patient from the ground and take the patient to a medical facility.
Fire managers have put these teams in place because the terrain in the fire area is treacherous and it takes time to get an injured firefighter out.
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