OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY COMPLEX INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM DEPLOYED TO THE MARKS CREEK FIRE Oregon Dept. of Forestry Prineville, Ore. – Today, the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) 2 was deployed to the Marks Creek Fire located 21 miles northeast of Prineville. This fire is burning on the Ochoco National Forest and is impacting ODF-protected lands. Combined with a lack of available regional complex incident management teams, ODF’s CIMT 2 was ordere

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