Current Fire Danger Level Current Fire Danger Level Current Fire Danger Level Fire Danger Regulations - HIGH Level Effective September 1, 2023 As of 12:01 a.m., the fire danger level on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest Oregon District has decreased to “high” (yellow) and the Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL) has decreased to Level 2 (two) on Friday, September 1, 2023. Read more
Forestland Classification Process Continues in Jackson County Forestland Classification Process Continues in Jackson County Forestland Classification Process Continues in Jackson County JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. (Feb. 8, 2023) – Property owners in Jackson County whose land has been newly classified as forestland within the current reclassification process will begin receiving ... Read more
Citizen Alert – Sign Up Today! Citizen Alert – Sign Up Today! Citizen Alert – Sign Up Today! Fire season is now in effect as of June 1, 2022. If you haven’t signed up for Jackson County Citizen Alert, now is the time! Read more
Jackson County wildfire risk map to require property upgrades, comment period open Jackson County wildfire risk map to require property upgrades, comment period open Read more
Bureau of Land Management: Update Efforts in Jackson County Bureau of Land Management: Update Efforts in Jackson County Bureau of Land Management: Update Efforts in Jackson County County Close-Up The Bureau of Land Management presented its plans and efforts to help maintain safe and healthy forest conditions in Jackson County. Read more
County-Wide Evacuation Alert Keyword County-Wide Evacuation Alert Keyword County-Wide Evacuation Alert Keyword Jackson County Emergency Management launched a layer to the existing Everbridge mass notification system that allows individuals to receive all Citizen Alert Level 1, 2 and 3 evacuation alerts ... Read more
“Be Ready, Be Set, Go” “Be Ready, Be Set, Go” “Be Ready, Be Set, Go” It is important to be familiar with “Be Ready, Be Set, Go” – a statewide evacuation system used to notify communities facing a threat, or potential threat, to lives and property. ... Read more
Jackson County Fire Incidents After Action Report Jackson County Fire Incidents After Action Report Jackson County Fire Incidents After Action Report Read more
Chapter 9: ...And Then It Happened 2Dec2020 Read more For the past couple of years, your Jackson County Commissioners have relentlessly worked to avoid wildfires and months filled with choking smoke. Read more
Chapter 8: Let's Get Funding Now 7Sep2020 Read more For the past couple of years your Jackson County Commissioners, Colleen Roberts, Rick Dyer and Bob Strosser have relentlessly worked to avoid a repeat of the 2018 summer months filled with choking smoke from wildfires all around us. Read more
Chapter 7: Fire All Around Us 24Aug2020 Read more To think what this summer would be like if we were using the old wildfire tactics of 2018. Read more
Chapter 6: We Are Making A Difference 3Aug2020 Read more It's been a while since citizens shared their views about smoke and wildfires. From this effort, came a proclamation that has been heard locally, in Salem, and across this nation. Read more
Chapter 5: We Live Among The Trees 20Jul2020 Read more Recently we had a few fires start and got our first reminder of what a summer filled with choking smoke and wildfires is like. Read more
Chapter 4: Our Economy Depends On It 6Jul2020 Read more Over the last couple of years thousands of Jackson County citizens have worked alongside the Jackson County Board of Commissioners and expressed their views concerning the impact of wildfire and smoke on our communities, our economy and our... Read more
Chapter 3: Our Health Depends On It 22Jun2020 Read more Over the last couple of years thousands of Jackson County citizens have worked alongside the Jackson County Board of Commissioners and expressed their views concerning the impact of wildfire and smoke on our communities, our economy and our... Read more
Chapter 2: Different Year - Stakes are High 5Jun2020 Read more 2020 will forever be known as the year of COVID-19 - For Southern Oregon we hope it will not also be known as another year of deadly forest fires and lung-congesting smoke. Read more
Chapter 1: It's wildfire season again in... 22May2020 Read more Fire season has arrived again in Southern Oregon. It may be hard to think about what might happen if we have another wildfire and smoke summer like 2018. Read more