Approximately 80,000 Oregon homes and other buildings are in areas of high or extreme wildfire risk.
Oregon Public Broadcasting | By Julie Sabatier | Published July 1, 2022 at 3:51 PM PDT
Remains of the devastation from the 2020 Beachie Creek Fire are still evident in the small town of Gates, Feb. 26, 2021.
Approximately 80,000 Oregon homes and other buildings are in areas of high or extreme wildfire risk. That’s according to a new map the Oregon Department of Forestry released Thursday. This means that those property owners may be subject to new building code and defensible space requirements to mitigate the risk of future wildfires. The new requirements are still going through a public process and property owners can appeal their risk classification. OPB reporter Cassandra Profita fills us in on the details.
Listen to the report here:
https://www.klcc.org/2022-07-01/new-wildfire-risk-map-has-implications-for-oregon-homeowners
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