Oregon Wildfire Updates

On Thursday, 15 Oregon strike teams arrived in Los Angeles, California, to help with the wildfires. Eleven of the teams started working on Friday morning. Oregon Firefighters In California Three hundred firefighters and 75…

Eighteen firefighting strike teams from Oregon will arrive in Los Angeles today (Thursday) to help quell the disastrous wildfires that have destroyed the California Palisades, killing at least five people and continuing to spread. …

To tackle the challenges of wildfires, several Oregon state agencies are working with local and federal partners to protect residents and landscapes. Residents in properties identified as high-hazard areas in the wildland-urban interface…

Three Oregon Republican State Representatives are proposing a bill to prevent utility companies from increasing rates to customers embroiled in long-standing lawsuits involving the cost of wildfire culpability. Their proposal follows an…

President Joe Biden has approved a Major Disaster Declaration for Oregon following last year’s financially crippling wildfire season. Federal Funding Available on a Cost-Sharing Basis FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)…

The brutal Oregon 2024 wildfire season which ravaged 1.9 million acres and cost $350 million will be tabled at an emergency session of lawmakers on December 12. Governor Asks for $218 Million Governor Tina Kotek has asked for…

Oregon has been allocated more than $5 million in federal funding to prevent increasingly frequent and severe wildfires that threaten homes, businesses, and “our way of life,” Senator Jeff Merkley announced yesterday (Thursday). The…

A group of researchers has published the results of their research in a paper, The Economic Costs of Climate Change for Oregonians: A First Look, which tallies the costs of climate change in Oregon. Should the current rate of emissions…

Oregonians who own property in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) zones will soon receive notifications about precautionary measures from the Department of Forestry (ODF). They will then be given 60 days to lodge appeals. The ODF began…

The Bigelow Fire burning in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest has grown from initial estimates of 25 acres to 55 to 60 acres, but it remains a low-intensity fire. Firefighting efforts are underway, and no structures are in danger at…