Mitigation is acting now to reduce future risk. You can repair/rebuild safer and stronger after wildfires and straight-line winds and Community Education and Outreach can help you on your recovery journey.
Amid all the work involved in recovering from wildfires, there are lessons to be learned about how to reduce the severity of future fires. Here's a look at what a recent fire teaches us about prevention and mitigation.
Glenn Ahrens |
Oct 2020 |
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Photo: Alicia Christiansen (Cropped from original)
Q: We have been dealing with wildfire smoke/ash and low air quality for over a week. Given the clearing that has occurred just today after a much-appreciated rain, can we open our windows (as opposed to our filtered air system)? If not, how will we know when it is safe to do so?
Under normal circumstances, reforestation projects take a lot of effort to pull off. But they are even more difficult now in the wake of widespread forest fires that have increased the demand for seedlings.
Amanda Brenner |
Sep 2020 |
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Photo: Judith Ann Kowalski (Cropped from original)
Every four years or so, noble firs produce a bumper crop of cones. One recent collection effort at two seed orchards yielded about 5,000 cones, enough seed for about 700,000 seedlings.
Chal Landgren, Judy Kowalski |
Sep 2020 |
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Photo: Oregon Department of Emergency Management (Cropped from original)
Be ready, be set, go! During a wildfire, a three-tier evacuation warning system is put in place for residents whose homes are threatened. Knowing what each tier means can help residents better navigate an evacuation.
Carrie Berger, Oregon Department of Emergency Management |
Sep 2020 |
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