Will Oregon have enough firefighters for 2025 wildfire season?

Crandall declined to return this year, saying she needed steady employment and couldn’t gamble on that amid the ongoing chaos at the agency. When she hears agency leaders insist that they haven’t compromised firefighting capacity and compares that to what she’s hearing from employees who remain with the agency, she’s incredulous.

“No one realistically thinks this is going to be an OK season, an OK situation,” she said. “It’s not just reckless and wrong, it’s dangerous.”