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Insurance Help is Available Now
If you need help understanding your insurance coverage or plan or are struggling to get help from your insurance company, Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services has FREE help available through consumer advocates. You can contact consumer advocates at 888-877-4894 or by visiting dfr.oregon.gov. The non-profit United Policyholders also has insurance resources, including for disaster recovery. Visit www.uphelp.org to…
Get Involved – House Special Committee On Wildfire Recovery – May 21st
We hope you took the opportunity to get your voices heard at the last Public Hearing on May 7th which covered Senate Bill 745 & Blue River’s ability to form a Sanitary District. The next chance for McKenzie River residents to participate in the House Special Committee On Wildfire Recovery is May 21st at 10am….
Lane County Building Permit Update
The table below shows how many building permits are in review and have been issued for properties located within the Holiday Farm Fire area. So far, Lane County Land Management Division has waived $1,073,300 in fees for fire survivors and has issued all requested refunds. This data is updated once per month. View this information,…
Are You Ready to Evacuate?
Source: LaneCountyOR.gov September is National Preparedness Month. We encourage everyone in Lane County to use September to focus on preparedness and end the month more ready for an emergency or natural disaster. Emergency Alerts Part of being prepared for an emergency is knowing how you will receive emergency alerts and life safety information. Lane County uses…
FEMA is Here to Help the Uninsured
FEMA’s financial assistance is geared to helping the uninsured and they encourage anyone who has lost their home in the wildfires to register on their system immediately. Details on how to do this are below. Registration is mostly online but uninsured victims of the wildfires can also speak to a human representative who will help…
Volunteers Help to Hack Comms Solutions for the McKenzie Valley
Oregon Internet Response (OIR) has been busy over the past weeks developing and operating the Upper McKenzie Emergency Wireless Internet Network (UM-EWIN). While details seem faint, estimates are that it will take around 3 Months providers such as Centurylink and Spectrum to restore normal services to the area. So the OIR’s goal is to step…