Fire Season 2022

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

- Oregon Office of Emergency Management (OEM) hosted a fire season kickoff call last week. Information was shared regarding wildfire plans, outlooks, available resources, etc. Briefing notes and slides are attached. You can view a recording of the presentation here (enter passcode o8YKYmB#):

Wildfire Smoke 2022

- Where there’s fire, there’s smoke. Some information regarding wildfire smoke was recently shared with local public health and may be useful to others. See links below.
- OHA and DEQ host Wildfire Smoke Coordination Calls during periods of major smoke activity. Sign up to receive notifications here
- Northwest Interagency Coordination Center fire outlooks reports
- Oregon Department of Human Services Community Cleaner Air Space grant and contact Karel Spencer at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
- Oregon State University’s Santiam Canyon Health Impact Assessment
- University of Oregon’s Oregon Wildfire Smoke Communications and Impacts: Evaluation of the 2020 Wildfire Season report