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A proactive program providing the tools, funding, and education needed to help our communities coexist safely with wildfire.
The Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Fire Adapted Oregon program strengthens community wildfire resilience across Oregon. The community wildfire risk reduction team offers local support, assistance for funding opportunities, education, and training. Achieving a fire-adapted Oregon requires working collaboratively with a wide range of partners to develop strategies. The program uses statewide data and promotes defensible space and community resilience best practices.
A wildfire-adapted community is one where its members are informed, prepared, and actively involved in planning and actions to safely live alongside wildfire. These communities understand wildfire risks and take proactive steps to protect homes and critical infrastructure, and the surrounding natural areas. Being wildfire-adapted is not a one-time achievement but an ongoing process of mitigation and adaptation. Communities that embrace this approach can protect lives, homes, and neighborhoods, reduce firefighting costs, and allow fire’s natural ecological benefits.
There are several elements that create a wildfire-adapted community. Each element works together, no single element more important that the other. Explore the different aspects below of what it takes to build community wildfire resilience.
Creating buffer zones around homes to slow the spread of fire.
Implementing safety standards for building and land use.
Ensuring communities meet established wildfire safety regulations.
Coordinating local and state resources for effective fire suppression.
Empowering fire professionals and volunteers with specialized skills.
Public outreach to increase wildfire awareness and preparedness.
Developing long-term plans for localized risk reduction.
Securing grants and funding for community protection projects.
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Supporting projects that reduce wildfire risk
Building local wildfire partnerships
Conducting wildfire risk assessments
Educating and planning for defensible space
Assisting with community wildfire protection plans (CWPP)
Leading local fire prevention campaigns
Helping secure grants for wildfire risk reduction
Conducting community-based wildfire risk assessments
Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, Tillamook
Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington
Benton, Linn, Marion, Polk, Yamhill
Coos, Douglas, Lane
Curry, Jackson, Josephine
Harney, Klamath, Lake, and Malheur
Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson
Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Morrow, Umatilla
Baker, Grant, Union, Wallowa, Wheeler
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