Featured Resources
A Chronological List of the Featured Resources Posted on our Home Page
Lane County Alert Me
Lane County tested its emergency alert system on May 21st at 1:15 pm. If you did not receive a text or email alert, you need to sign up or update your account. To do this, click on the Lane County Alert Me link above.
Defensible Space
Fire Season is coming right up, especially if it doesn’t start raining soon.
The Oregon State Fire Marshal’s (relatively) new Defensible Space Check List has clear illustrations and is organized into “Structure” (“house hardening”), “Defensible Space”, and “Other considerations” sections.
ODF Prescribed Fire Liability Program
A new ODF (Oregon Department of Forestry) program provides liability coverage for prescribed fires and cultural burns in Lane County and throughout Oregon.
Watch Duty app, https://www.watchduty.org
Maps wildfires and their status in real-time. Notifications can be set by county.
Several SBNA members have found Watch Duty to be the best way to quickly find about wildfire in our area and to get notifications of nearby fires.
ShakeAlert
ShakeAlert® sends out a cell phone alert as soon as the beginning of an earthquake is detected in Oregon, Washington, or California. The alert could give you enough time to climb down from a ladder, turn off a chain saw, get under a table before the shaking arrives reaches you.
Outdoor Pile Burning
There were already several grass fires in the Eugene/Springfield area last month. Before you burn, think about wildfire and grass fire prevention, even at this time of year.
Lane County No Spray Program
Property owners can request that no herbicides be used on their adjacent right-of-way.
Eugene Rural Fire Protection District #1
Eugene Rural Fire Protection District #1 consists of 5 elected (unpaid) Board of Directors who meet monthly to assure our ongoing contract for emergency response provided by Eugene Springfield Fire & EMS. This Eugene Fire District serves all of south Willamette Street and Fox Hollow Road from Cline Road to Bill’s Bench.
The Lane Fire Authority covers lower Fox Hollow Road and McBeth Road. lanefire.org
SBNA Scheduled Events
Click here to see what’s is happening (and when)
Balancing Fire Safety and a Healthy Forest
Forest, open space, & wildlife make this a wonderful place to live. However, these features put our homes and properties at high fire risk during the dry season.