Oregon Living With Fire (OLWF) is guided by the three goals of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
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RESILIENT LANDSCAPES
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FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES
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SAFE, EFFECTIVE, RISK-BASED WILDFIRE RESPONSE
OLWF facilitates and shares best practices that lead to advancements in community fire adaptation, resilient landscape creation and maintenance, and a more integrated wildland fire response in Central Oregon.
Oregon: Living with Fire facilitates and shares best practices that lead to advancements in fire adaptation, resilient landscape creation and maintenance, and a more integrated wildland fire response in Central Oregon.
The ultimate success of the National Cohesive Strategy and Oregon Living with Fire depends on how strategic direction and priorities can be translated into the on-the-ground, local actions of agencies, organizations, governments, and individuals with meaningful, cumulative efforts.
Today’s Central Oregon TREX Prescribed Fire Training Exchange included an apple ‘pump and roll’ drill to work on engine skills and team building. Then we learned about the importance of the shaded fuel break in the area, and toured part of the Little Lava Fire scar to discuss fire effects and ecology. Full day!
Important dirty work being done by Central Oregon TREX Prescribed Fire Training Exchange yesterday! Participants are learning first-hand the best techniques for mop-up and patrol. These critical steps to prescribed burning are done over several days. 🧹 Mop-up— Extinguishing burning material and hot spots near control lines using hand tools and water. 👀 Patrol— Monitoring for hot spots and spot fires along control lines of the burn unit. Forestry and Natural Resources Extension - Oregon State University, The Nature Conservancy in Oregon, Woodburn Fire District, Clackamas Fire, U.S. Forest Service-Deschutes National Forest 📷 Photo taken in area of Tiddlywinks trail, West of Bend, OR
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