Local fire officials are speaking out on the Governor’s controversial comments on the Oklahoma Forestry Service.

Stitt said he lost a ranch in the blaze. He later fired Mark Goeller, the head of the Oklahoma Forestry Service. Goeller has said nothing was held back after Stitt criticized his agency’s response.

The Oklahoma governor described the state’s volunteer and paid firefighters as heroes but insisted that they were let down by ...

Stitt also said he tasked Agriculture Secretary Blayne Arthur and Public Safety Secretary Tricia Everest to assemble a report ...

State Forester Mark Goeller stepped down afterward, and Stitt has now confirmed that resignation was at his request. Now, a ...

The governor said Oklahoma Forestry Services only used half of available resources during the March wildfires. The former OFS ...

The chief of a local volunteer fire department wants Gov. Kevin Stitt impeached following threats from the governor to ...

Stitt hasn't wavered in his criticism of the Forestry Services' response over the past few weeks, since he announced the ...

"Why do I even have a Department of Forestry?" OK Gov. Keving Stitt said, adding he's considering scrapping it.

In the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that tore through Oklahoma on March 14, 2025, Governor Kevin Stitt's decision to fire Oklahoma Forestry Services (OFS) Director Mark Goeller has spurred ...

Stitt claimed that the forestry division withheld nearly 50% of available resources during the March wildfires.

Stitt said only “half” of the Forestry Service’s resources were deployed during the state’s worst wildfire outbreak, which he ...