Hot weather, gusty winds and extreme lightning activity have spread critical fire conditions across parts of Oregon, fueling the Durkee Fire in the eastern part of the state, the nation’s ...

Two senate bills are making their case as replacements to the state’s repealed wildfire hazard map. Senate Bill 83 and Senate ...

Under SB 762, homeowners living in areas that are at a high wildfire risk face stricter building codes and must reduce ...

A bill that would eliminate a controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday.

Despite a five-fold increase in state-designated danger zones, private carriers use their own risk templates for determining ...

Senate Bill 83, which seeks to repeal the controversial wildfire hazard map and the related regulations, advanced today after ...

Oregon Wild also said the order was sloppy, including the map that identified “Forest Health and Fuels Emergency Situation ...

Before committing to any out-of-state deployment, we make sure that our own fire management system is still adequately staffed and ready to respond to fires here in Oregon. Serving Oregonians is ...

Ashland, for example, has required fire-resistant building codes ... They said because the map was created by Oregon State University and the Oregon Department of Forestry in a “landscape ...

Also see: Altadena fire zones grow under new state maps ... safe landscaping around structures. Similar maps sparked a homeowner uprising in Oregon in 2022. “A tidal wave” of property owner ...