CENTRAL OREGON DISTRICT WILDFIRE NEWS

The official wildfire news blog for the Oregon Department of Forestry's Central Oregon District

Central Oregon is Home to the First and 100th Oregon Firewise Community

August 11, 2016

August 10, 2016 Contact: Alison Green, Program Director Project Wildfire, FireFree 541-419-1116 Deschutes County’s residents in the wildland urban interface (WUI) have been embracing their responsibility of living with wildfire...

Human Caused Fires on the Rise as Fire Danger Becomes Extreme in Central Oregon

August 4, 2016

[Central Oregon] So far this year fires caused by lightning are significantly less than the ten year average in central Oregon. After the last three challenging fire seasons which started early in the summer firefighters should feel relief, except human...

The Dalles Unit: IFPL 3 to be in effect for MH-1 July 29, 2016

July 29, 2016

Click Map for Statewide Current Fire Restrictions STATE OF OREGONDEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY INDUSTRIAL FIRE PRECAUTION LEVEL 3CLOSEDOWN ORDER Number 03 Effective 12:01 a.m., PDT, July 29, 2016 By virtue of the authority vested in me by ORS 477.625, ORS 477.670, and OAR...

MH-1 and MH-4 Industrial Fire Precaution Level 2 as of July 25, 2016

July 28, 2016

Click map for statewide map of current fire restrictions. STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY INDUSTRIAL FIRE PRECAUTION LEVEL 2 CLOSEDOWN ORDER Number 02 Effective 10:00 a.m., PDT, July 25, 2016 By virtue of the authority vested in me by ORS 477.625,...

Wildfire Evacuation Planning

July 20, 2016

Ready, Set, Go! These are familiar words at a track meet, but in the case of a wildfire, Ready, Set, Go has a much different implication. Here in central Oregon we are settling into a much quieter beginning to fire season than we have seen in recent memory—but all...

Limited Moisture Not Enough to Reduce Fire Danger

July 8, 2016

While central Oregon is in a pattern of cooler than normal weather, and has received precipitation over the last twenty-four hours, fire danger remains high. The US Drought Monitor for Oregon issued on July 7, 2016, indicates that most lands within the Central...