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NOVEMBER : FIRE

Community Conversation on FIRE

Thursday - November 17, 2022 at 5:30PM 
at the Crooked River Elementary School
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Join us for this family friendly Community Conversation event. Learn from different organizations and leaders around our community on:
  • Emergency preparedness for your family and your pets
  • Statewide community wildfire mapping process - status and next steps
  • Fire in the ecosystem; its role and its control
  • Rural Rangeland Fire Protection Associations - what are they, how do they operate, and why were they formed​
  • Ways to prepare your property for resisting wildfire
Featured Guests included:
  • Rural Rangeland Fire Protection Association (RRFPA), Gordon Foster Senior
  • Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF)
  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
  • Crook County Fire and Rescue
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Invited Guest Organizations included:
  • Crook County Fire and Rescue. 
  • Crook County Public Health. Air quality measures in your home, and emergency preparedness.
  • OSU-Extension Fire Program. Learn about fire ecology and wildfire mitigation.
  • Pet Evacuation Team.  Being prepared for pet evacuation in case of emergency.
  • ​Discover Your Forest. Fire science associated with forest restoration and wildland fire risk reduction.
  • Beaver Works Oregon program. How beaver complexes buffer and slow wildlife spread.
  • Think Wild. Supporting wildlife during forest fire.
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Check back for more organizations being added.

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Thank you to Rugged Stone Studio, Prineville for capturing and producing the event footage below.

WATCH NOVEMBER'S THEMED 'FIRE' EVENT RECORDING
Featured Guests at time stamp:
  • 0:00 Russ DeBoodt, Fire Marshall, Crook County Fire & Rescue
  • 8:30 Sheldon Roden, Fire Mitigation Specialist, Prineville BLM
  • 17:17 Bend Duda, Department of Forestry
  • 30:12 Gordon Foster, Rural Rangeland Fire Protection Associations
​Followed by an audience Q&A 
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COMMUNITY FIRE RESOURCES
  • Crook County Community Wildfire Protection Plan
  • Crook County Fire Ready Guide 
  • Creating an Evacuation Plan for your Pets/Horses.

THE EVENING LINEUP
  • Doors open at 5:15pm
  • Featured Guests will present at 5:30pm
  • ​Conversation with all guests begins about 6:15pm
    with snacks and beverages
  • ​Doors close at 7:30pm
LOCATION
  • Crooked River Elementary School on 2nd Street ​
Thank you to our event Sponsors
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Thanks also to Meta for making this event possible.​
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