Lane County EOC Response HOLIDAY FARM FIRE Report 27 10/08/2020 @ 1400 through 10/09/2020 @ 1400 1. SITUATION (Situation Update, Actions Taken) ● McKenzie River valley experienced significant wildfire events starting on 09/07/2020 at 8:17 pm starting at Holiday Farm and moving westward resulting in widespread evacuations, human life loss, structure loss, disrupted communications, and…
This morning at Roaring Rapids Pizzeria in Eugene, the unofficial mayor of Blue River, Melanie – “If you don’t know who I am you shouldn’t be eating this pizza” – organized a community meeting for evacuated residents of Blue River to discuss the cleanup, moving back upriver and plans to rebuild. Emily Reiman from the…
You can donate directly to the McKenzie CDC above who will direct funds to recovery efforts in the McKenzie River valley. Use the Paypal Donate button above to help support the residents of the valley so badly scarred by the Holiday Farm Fire. The Holiday Farm Fire burned over 170,000 acres in the McKenzie River…
You can donate directly to the McKenzie CDC above who will direct funds to recovery efforts in the McKenzie River valley. Use the Paypal Donate button above to help support the residents of the valley so badly scarred by the Holiday Farm Fire. If you are worried about looters or people trespassing on your property…
You can donate directly to the McKenzie CDC above who will direct funds to recovery efforts in the McKenzie River valley. Use the Paypal Donate button above to help support the residents of the valley so badly scarred by the Holiday Farm Fire. Today Lane County have opened up a scheme allowing fire damaged…
At 2:30 p.m. on Friday, October 2nd Lane County Government hosted a live webinar on their Facebook page. The video of the event is embedded below and covered FEMA assistance, debris management, and long-term housing plans with updates from: • FEMA • Red Cross • Lane County Emergency Management • Lane County Waste Management •…
FEMA has just finished its Disaster Response, Recovery, and Long-Term Recovery Webinar Series for communities impacted by the September 2020 Oregon wildfires that I shared with you on Sept 24th here. This has been an incredible resource for those tackling the aftermath of the fires and looking to use FEMA’s resources to help. Sorry for…
At this Saturday’s co-operators’ taskforce meeting in Rainbow, Shane Kamarath from the Forest Service shared some information about where residents are able to safely and legally dispose of forest slash debris. The location for forest debris that is coming from the Forest Service Residence Cabins will be placed on an existing slash pile that is…
The firestorm that started over Labor Day Weekend has wreaked havoc in communities across Oregon. Know that YOU are not alone. The Fire Program along with its partners will host a series of post-fire webinars related to natural resources topics. Webinars will start on October 1, 2020. More webinars will be added as they get…