Fire and Forestry
Project A launches SoHelps.org after fire to fill a need for person to person support.
On September 15th, Paul Steele from Project A quietly launched a new service he calls SOHelps.org. Southern Oregon Helps is a direct person-to-person exchange website for those in the Rogue Valley, including Ashland, Talent, Phoenix and Medford Oregon during emergencies. No intermediary is involved. Create an Account, then post what you need or…
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“Mommy, are we going to die today?”
Heidi Lee Harless used to work for me many years ago. We are still friends and I’m proud of the work she does in our community. She wrote this post on FB on 9/14 and I cried when I read it. I got her permission to share it here and…
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Wildfires in Oregon: Businesses and Jobs in Evacuation Zones
Over the past several days, we’ve watched in collective fear and sadness as more than 1 million acres of our beautiful state have gone up in flames. While in recent history most wildfires have been isolated to wilderness areas, the 16 fires burning across Oregon as of September 11, 2020…
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My Valley My Home/Mi Valle Mi Hogar
Rebuilding after the Almeda Fire Rogue Valley Homes and Shelter Relief (RVHSR) initiative Executive Summary Our goal Support the populations most devastated by the destruction of homes during the Almeda Fire, especially those for whom racial and socio-economic inequities were pre-existing – such as migrant, worker, indigenous and unhoused community…
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Jackson County EOC Fire Update – Sept. 25, 2020
Resource and Recovery MARC – The MARC, the Multi-Agency Resource Center, opened on Thursday and got off to a great start. We have served several hundred impacted citizens thus far. This one-stop shop for resources includes FEMA representatives, Insurance Providers, Red Cross, Cities and others and is located at Central High…
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In the next 12 months, Rogue Food Unites plans to serve 1,281,000 meals to community members impacted by the fires
Southern Oregon is in the midst of a crisis bore from fire. The Almeda/Glenview Fire burned over 2,400 homes leaving more than 4000 people suddenly homeless and 42,000 displaced. Rogue Food Unites and our community of restaurants and food growers is responding. Rogue Food Unites collaborates with food businesses, farms,…
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Fire Damage Assessment Dashboard Now Available Online
Damage Assessment information from the Almeda and Obenchain fires can now be explored via an online data dashboard, available via the Jackson County website at: www.jacksoncounty.org/damagedashboard. This interactive mapping tool will allow anyone with internet access to quickly locate and view the extent of damage to individual properties. Making this information…
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Infostructure offices burn down, but business was not impacted and now they want to rebuild + housing.
Jeff Rhoden, co-owner of Infostructure, a phone company based in Talent, Oregon ordered the evacuation of his office once he saw the plume of smoke in Ashland, where he lives, just to be safe. He wanted to make sure his tech team could get out safely, and he told everyone…
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Oregon Wildfire Smoke “Boiling” across state
At about 5:30 pm, on September 8, 2020, I had been working in the office and started to smell smoke. I walked out on the front deck and saw great plumes of smoke rising over the trees. With that much smoke, I thought the whole hill was on fire. I…
Read MoreHunter Communications Offers FREE Internet to Southern Oregon Business Customers Devastated by Wildfires in Phoenix and Talent
Hunter will provide free fiber broadband internet connectivity to help businesses recover September 30, 2020 MEDFORD, OR – Communications network connectivity is critical to first responders and utility crews on the frontlines battling the wildfires across Oregon and the western United States. The internet is also a vital function for those companies…
Read MoreHunter Heroes Restore Fiber Broadband to Local Communities Amid Southern Oregon Wildfires
Keeping first responders and communities connected; 71,298 feet of fiber restored within 13 days; Almeda Fire, South Obenchain Fire, Table Rock Fire September 30, 2020 MEDFORD, OR. — Hunter Communications (Hunter) would like to recognize the extraordinary efforts of Hunter crews and employees, many of whom have worked virtually around-the-clock, in restoring critical…
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Foresters use active management to limit fire severity
Fire is a natural part of Oregon’s forest ecosystems. Before European settlement, res burned through the dry pine forests of central and eastern Oregon and the mixed-conifer forests of southwestern Oregon every two to 50 years. The wetter, Douglas- fir forests of western Oregon once burned every 200 years or…
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