Douglas County residents gather at a defensible space town hall in August 2022 at the Roseburg Public Safety Center. Release of the wildfire risk map has been postponed by the Oregon Legislature after complaints and concerns from Oregonians were made clear during a series of public forums throughout the summer.
Douglas County residents gather at a defensible space town hall in August 2022 at the Roseburg Public Safety Center. Release of the wildfire risk map has been postponed by the Oregon Legislature after complaints and concerns from Oregonians were made clear during a series of public forums throughout the summer.
The Oregon Department of Forestry held a series of public forums to discuss the Oregon Wildfire Risk Map during the 2022 summer, which was met with concerns and complaints.
The initial direction, was an old fashioned map, where large tracts of land were identified as Wildfire Hazard, others no so much. You could have a home deep inside miles of sand never to catch fire, but labeled high hazard. The insurance industry uses modern data in the form of Geocodes. This data can be purchased down to roof tops, so each structure can have a risk analysis. We encouraged the state to look to modern technology, look to what the insurance industry is using. Hope they listened.
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The initial direction, was an old fashioned map, where large tracts of land were identified as Wildfire Hazard, others no so much. You could have a home deep inside miles of sand never to catch fire, but labeled high hazard. The insurance industry uses modern data in the form of Geocodes. This data can be purchased down to roof tops, so each structure can have a risk analysis. We encouraged the state to look to modern technology, look to what the insurance industry is using. Hope they listened.
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