JOHN DAY – Fire safety trainings for people who work forest fires will be offered this Saturday, April 28, and on May 12 at the Malheur Forest Office on Patterson Bridge Road.

Jeff Pendleton, fire management officer, said the sessions will include Oregon OSHA Fire Training, the annual Fire Refresher and Fire Shelter Deployment Refresher.

The programs will be offered from 8 a.m. to noon on each day.

The annual refresher courses are mandatory for anyone who might go to the fireline on a National Forest fire. That includes drivers, fallers, tender operators, dozer operators and others doing similar work.

Oregon OSHA training is required only once and does not need to be repeated as long as proof of completion is available.

Participants should call Malheur Dispatch at 541-575-3107.

Information on emergency equipment rental agreements for 2007 also will be available soon.

Anyone interested in signing up should call the front desk of the federal building in John Day or the Prairie City or Emigrant Creek Ranger district offices.