by Staff | Jul 19, 2022 | Fire, Relief/Aid
Wildfires in Blaine County have damaged thousands of acres since last week. Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) team members have been called on to assist in feeding those fighting the wildfires, which are only 30 percent contained. According to Oklahoma Baptist DR...
by Staff | Apr 25, 2022 | Fire, Relief/Aid
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) will be assisting in the aftermath of the McBride fire in New Mexico. An initial DR team will depart May 1 to Ruidoso, N.M. where the fire started April 12 around 2:30 p.m. on Warrior Road, according news reports. The fire quickly...
by Staff | Feb 23, 2022 | Fire, Relief/Aid
BOLDER, Colo.—Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) continues to engage in disaster response after wildfires ravaged a thousand homes in Boulder, Colo., on December 30 last year. The fire caused more than 35,000 people to be displaced. “Sunday through Wednesday...
by Brian Hobbs | Nov 21, 2018 | Fire, Press Release
PARADISE, Calif.—Following the tragic campfire that ravaged the town of Paradise, Calif. and has killed more than 70 people, California Baptists reached out to Oklahoma Baptists to send their “highly-trained and experienced” chaplains. “We’re sending some of our most...
by Emily Howsden | Apr 24, 2018 | Fire
VICI—Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) “ash out” crews are serving families in western Oklahoma after aggressive wildfires that began April 12 swept hundreds of thousands of acres. Don Williams, DR state director, said preliminary DR figures estimate nearly 100...
by Staff | Apr 13, 2018 | Fire, Press Release
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) trainee volunteers have been active in the month of April. According to Don Williams, state DR director for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, volunteers have served in a number of ways. “Our feeding unit from Elk City,...
