Burning & smoke management

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​The goal of community response plans are to promote communication between the entities that conduct prescribed fire, the local public health authority, vulnerable populations, and the general public.

A community response plan (OAR 629-048-0180) should be tailored to the unique needs of the community that it serves. At a minimum, the plan must include:

1. A description of populations in a Smoke Sensitive Receptor Area (SSRA) community that are vulnerable to the health effects of short-term smoke;
2. Adequate means by which the public, especially vulnerable populations in the SSRA community, will be notified in a clear and reliable way of anticipated smoke impacts in a timely manner;
3. Adequate options for protecting the health of vulnerable populations (or helping such populations to protect themselves) from short-term exposure to smoke; and
4. A plan and program for communications between the entities that conduct prescribed fire, the local public health authority, and the community’s public and vulnerable populations who may be impacted by smoke.

CRP development to​olkit​

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Current Commun​​​ity Response Plans

• Ashland Community Response Plan
• Oakridge Community Response Plan
• Bend Community Response Plan
• Wallowa Community Response Plan

Smoke Sensitive Recept​​or Areas (SSRAs)

• OAR 629-048-0140

Map of Smoke Sensitive Recepto​​r Areas

• ​​View the SSRA map​

• ​​​​Fuel consumption calculation aids 
  
• Fuel moistures 
  
• Days since significant precipitation
  
• Upper air soundings
• Salem
• Medford​
• Air quality monitoring information
  
• USFS ​Smoke Management Photographic Guide​
  
• ODF weather information​

• Daily plans 
  
• Daily accomplishment ​
  
• Registration for last seven days 
  
• Accomplishments for last seven days
  
• Prescribed fire map ​

• ​​​Digita​​​l Photo Series (DPS), a web-based project to provide the Natural Fuels Photo Series data in electronic form
• Stereo photo series for quantifying forest residues in the Douglas-Fir-Hemlock type of the Willamette National Forest
• Photo series for quantifying natural forest residues in common vegetation types of the Pacific Northwest
• Handbook for Inventorying Down​ed Woody Material
• Guidelines for Estimating Volume, Biomass, and Smoke Production for Piled Slash
• Predictions of fire behavior and resistance to control: For use with photo series for the Douglas fir-hemlock type and the coastal Douglas-fir-hardwood type
• Predictions of fire behavior and resistance to control: For use with photo series for the ponderosa pine type, ponderosa pine and associated species type, and lodgepole pine type​
  
• Stereo photo series for quantifying forest residues in coastal Oregon forests; second-growth Douglas-fir, western hemlock type, western hemlock--Sitka spruce type, and red alder type​
• Predicting duff consumption from prescribed burns on conifer clearcuts in western Oregon​
• ​ Piled fuels biomass & emissions calculator 
  
• SIMPLE Fuel-Loading Tool​*Experimental - doesn’t work on phone/tablet Google browsers
• SIMPLE Transect tally sheet and instructions
• SIMPLE Transect video​ 

​​​​​​​​Complaints shall be investigated, appropriately treated, recorded, and the complainant informed of the investigation results in a timely (consistent with other workload), courteous, and professional manner. Data gathered through complaint investigation shall be reported periodically in accordance with OAR 629-048-0450. 

A complaint is any report of smoke alleged to be from forestry activity that may adversely impact public health or protected visibility. Any grievance, tip, information, or inquiry which (1) calls into question forest prescribed burning practices such that an onsite investigation is deemed necessary, or (2) appears likely to be a recurring problem such that documentation seems necessary should be treated as a complaint.​

​Complaint form instructions:

• ​Note:​ Th​e form does not work from iOS platforms (iPhones/iPads). If using Mac OS, download the form with Adobe Acrobat Reader.​
• Access the form using the button below, down​​load to your computer, and complete the top portion.
  
• Once completed, use the submit button provided on the form or email the completed form to stacy.mccarter@odf.oregon.gov​, or print and return to: 
  Oregon Department of Forestry
  Stacy McCarter
  2600 State Street
  Salem, OR 97310
  

Slash pile smoke complaint​ form​

​For smoke complaints other than slash or timber burning, visit Oregon Department of Environmental Quality​.​

• ​​​Smoke Management Data System 
  (For best results, use Internet Explorer/Edge browsers.)
• Data System Guide​​
  

• ​​Western Oregon & Deschutes National Forest (subscribe via email)
• Klamath Falls & Lakeview (subscribe via email)
• Northeast Oregon (subscribe via email)​​
• Standard guidance matrix

• ​​Smoke registration instruction for landowners
  
• Smoke registration form - Fillable Excel
  
• Smoke registration form - Printable Excel
  
• Smoke registration form - Printable Word
  
• Smoke registration form - Fillable form part 1
• Smoke registration form - Fillable form part 2
• Smoke registration form - Fillable form part 3
  
• Online smoke audit forms​
• Intrusion report guidance A-E​
• Intrusion report guidance F​
• Smoke intrusion ​report form 1-4-1-301
  
• Aerial smoke monitoring form - Fillable Excel