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.

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

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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 

COMMUNITY FIRE RESOURCES

• Crook County Community Wildfire Protection Plan
• Crook County Fire Ready Guide 
• Creating an Evacuation Plan for your Pets/Horses.

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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

Thanks also to Meta for making this event possible.​