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The Oregon Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire voted unanimously Tuesday to eliminate the state's ...
Senate Bill 83, which seeks to repeal the controversial wildfire hazard map and the related regulations, advanced today after ...
The Oregon Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire voted unanimously Tuesday to advance SB 83, marking another ...
On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire voted unanimously to advance Senate Bill 83.
Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) firefighters are making their way home following a two-week deployment to help contain ...
Kim Kosmas, a senior public education officer with Portland Fire & Rescue, talks on Beat Check about what the city is doing ...
Cal Fire has released new fire hazard severity zone maps for public review and comment, including maps for Tulare County, Woodlake, and Porterville. The new maps will impact future building ...
California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ... The state of Oregon’s release of its own hazard maps in 2022 sparked a political backlash in many of the state’s rural counties.
The maps are part of a 40-year-old program in which the state Forestry and Fire Protection Department, or Cal Fire, periodically documents areas that are most prone to having a wildfire within the ...
Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps that categorize areas in Southern California as moderate, high or very high risk. The new maps, which factor in elements like vegetation and terrain ...