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1 re< enl st.ih* lori'stn department stud\ showed th.it m.m\ homes in nir.d I .me < mmh .ire ,it
risk trnm wildfires
Rural homes at risk from wildfire
Prevention steps outlined
By Wendy Fisher
I'hc Willamette Valley is .1
high risk area for homede
stroving wildfires smiihir to
those that hurned >1)0 homes in
( alitornia earlier this summer
aitording to a recent stuck hv
the Oregon Forestry Depart
merit
I he stuck showed more than
•4. till) homes and buildings in
east I ..me ( anility and about
<),H00 m the west part ot the
uiuiih located in what forestry
personnel call 1 oral forest 111
terlac ing areas" wooded and
brush tilled areas
The forestry department
wants to use- the study ot high
risk areas as a tool to encourage
home and building owners to
make the surrounding land less
vulnerable to tire said Doug
I let her the forestry depart
men! s public affairs direc tor
\\ : e asking folks to take
tins seriously Decker said.
it's sobering to sec1 tile shots
ot the Santa Barbara homes
People need to take this into
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(Inc problem lli.it iorestrs do
partmunts l,nc is the mi roasing
mmibor ill humrs being built in
11iHh lisk. nri'iis Aeeordmg tu
thf forestry department .mil I hi'
I S i wrest Sors ii e. Ibis utli’ii
tori os firelighters tu relinquish
i uiitrul ul .1 ni.iiii wilill.mil tim
in lort’sl lim in nrili’i' to light .1
strui turi' Ini'
Nrithfi thr stall' iorestrs ilr
part merit not tin- l un-si Servile
trams ils Itmtighli’rs tu light
strut turi’ liivs and tin’s du nut
liavt’ thr ri’simiii’s tu du su
l lii’ii only responsibilities am
furi’st in wildland tiros. Hoi koi
said
it a rural prnportv owner s
home hi building were to < ati h
tiro. Ins or hoi only linpo to
savo it is tho loi al tim station
\ tiro station s first rosponsi
liilitv is to savo a burning strui
turo said linn o l.amb. i hint ot
tho Collage drove I no Hopart
mold In mans rural areas,
hovsos’or. thoro aro no tin* sta
tions
It stato n estis department
firefighters won* coidroutod
IT
u ith ,1 burning strut tun ami no
fire station svete itearbs dies
ssntild divert thnir attention to
tin? strm turn lirt'. I)ei ket said
!hmevet Forest Sers it e tire
fighters are authorized to vv.itoi
How n a burning house m build
illg only it it threatens to
spread to a national forest
Ihes are not allowed to entel
tile strut tore
We have no authorits to
tight strui tine tires It s kind ol
a tone liv situation. said 1 lu
berl \lupes forest Serviie as
sistant fire stall ollii el
Mapes added that the proh
I**iii ot homes in forested or
brushy areas is less common in
the W illamette National Forest
I lei ii it is east ot die i list ade
Range
lu mails i ases tlie I-orest
Service, the state torestrv de
partmeiit and local fire depart
incuts work together to light
tires Ka( li has tin nothin its to
retpiest help Iron! the other oi
gani/ations
t he I-orest Service lias pub
lished a booklet titled Ptotei !
ue: sour 1 loiue from U ildtue
tor owners ol homes and build
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