SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon has finalized its statewide maps of wildfire hazard zones and the wildland-urban interface, with the final versions now accessible on the Oregon Explorer website.

The yearslong process to produce a map that designates every part of Oregon as low, moderate or high risk of wildfires came about following the historic 2020 Labor Day wildfires that killed nine ...

Oregon Humane Society and Greater Good Charities. Two people and their two cats are without a home following a fire Saturday morning, according to the Vancouver Fire Department. A driver was ...

Sen. Jeff Golden (D-Ashland) plans to reintroduce a bill to help wildfire-affected communities. Golden’s past attempts failed, but wildfire funding remains a priority for lawmakers.

The maps classify the wildfire hazard for every taxable property in the state, triggering some new requirements for home hardening and buffer zones. Oregon finalized a new system for managing ...

The two maps showing wildfire hazard levels and the wildland-urban interface were released by the Oregon Department of Forestry and developed by Oregon State University scientists. Under a state ...

Oregon homeowners who live in certain high-risk wildfire areas defined by the state must now meet new building codes and reduce vegetation around their homes under new “wildfire hazard maps ...

Oregon property owners who are receiving notices from the state that their property is in a zone with high wildfire risk and in a ...

At least 370 firefighters from Oregon are being deployed to southern California to assist in wildfire suppression for the raging fires around Los Angeles that have killed at least five and burned ...

“Oregon and California have a strong partnership supporting each other,” Ruiz-Temple said. “We both understand that fire does not recognize map lines, and we are ready to help each other ...

Oregon homeowners living in certain areas at high risk of wildfire will face stricter building codes and mandates to reduce vegetation on their properties under new “wildfire hazard maps ...