Resources
Your home
Like the forests and plants around it, your home is fuel for a wildfire. Studies have shown that a clean Home Ignition Zone can be just as important as a defensible space in regard to a home's survival.
Your Forest
Tree and plant spacing, arrangement, fuel type, and ladder fuels greatly influences the survivability of a home and its forested surroundings during a wildfire. Learn more about creating an effective defensible space below.
Your community
It is essential for everyone to understand wildfire risk - and to make a plan and take action to reduce risks in forests and wildland areas. To accomplish this, neighbors work together jointly to increase fire resilience at the community level.
Your Plan
Support community preparedness and evacuation. Learn more about how your emergency service personnel are engaged in wildfire issues, supporting community preparedness, and participating in preparation of local Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs).
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A Framework for Community Fire Plans
Email Invitation Example for Initial Meeting
Example Action Items You Can Do as a Community
Tips for Communicating Firewise to Neighbors
Letter Example to Residents
Contact Template
Firewise Community Risk Assessment Template
Firewise Volunteer Signup
Firewise Volunteer Hourly Worksheet -
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Your county
Counties in NE Oregon have a variety of resources available to help you stay safe during wildfire, including county specific emergency alerts and Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs).
Your adapted
landscape
Decades of fire exclusion, harvest of many large, fire-resistant trees, and development of homes in wildland areas have resulted in forests that are extremely fire-prone and less healthy. Much can be done to make North Eastern Oregon’s forests less fire prone and more resilient.