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2022 Fire Season

ESF4 Report

Mike Shaw, Fire Protection Division Chief, ODF

Travis Medema, Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal

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Wildfire Prevention

  • Year-round, statewide efforts to promote fire prevention, home protection, and fire adaptation
  • Wildfire Awareness Month in May

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Oregon Drought

May 2022

May 2021

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Wildfire Potential Outlook 2022

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Response Readiness

OSFM

  • Forward-leaning posture
  • Oregon Fire Mutual Aid System
    • IMTs
  • SB 762 implementation
    • Pre-positioning resources
    • Severity resource and aircraft
    • Regional mob coordinators
  • Early declaration

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Response Readiness

ODF

Complete and coordinated system

    • Staffing
    • Landowners/cooperators
    • Detection and aviation
    • Information

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Asset

Capability

Availability

Timeline

Wildland Firefighters

(Note 1)

12x FFT2 Hand Crews - each hand crew = 20 firefighters + 2x team leads (22 SMs total)

FFT2 refresher training to be accomplished at muster

At camp 96 hrs after call up

HH-60M

Blackhawk

(Note 2)

Fire Fighting

520 gal bucket

Sustain 2 aircraft

72 hours

HH-60M

Blackhawk

MEDEVAC

24/7 capable

Sustain 1 aircraft

72 hours

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CH-47 Chinook

(Note 2)

Fire fighting

1,500 gal bucket

Sustain 1 aircraft. Surge of 1 for up to 12 days

72 hours

Logistics Support Teams

3x Teams of up to 10 personnel to support hand crew logistical needs.

As Needed

At camp 96 hrs after call up

2022 Wildland Fire Capabilities

Notes:

  1. 12 x 22 SM teams, will require refresher training at time of call-up; FFT2 needs beyond 12 initial teams will require (a) 5 days from call up for refresher training (3 days muster, 1 day training, 1 day travel); and (b) 8 days from call up for initial certification training (3 days muster, 4.5-5 days train/travel).

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  • Additional Aviation capabilities available from other National Guard states via EMAC

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Statewide �Coordination

ANDREW PHELPS, DIRECTOR

OREGON OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

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Organizing Oregon

EMERGENCY

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SUPPORT

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FUNCTIONS

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Oregon & EMAC: 2020 & 2021

  • 2020 WILDFIRES, OREGON RECEIVED:
    • 263 PERSONNEL
    • 15 STATES
    • $7.6 MILLION IN COSTS

OREGON DEPLOYED:

    • 193 PERSONNEL TO CA AT $6 MILLION
    • IMT TO WA FOR COVID-19

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  • 2021 WILDFIRES, OREGON RECEIVED:
    • 233 PERSONNEL
    • TWO STATES
    • $5.8 MILLION IN COSTS

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Oregon Readiness 2022

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  • Local Alert & Warning
    • IPAWS (EAS & WEA)
    • Evacuations, Boil Water, Emergency info
    • Preparedness and community-based opt-in messages

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    • 2022 Considerations:
      • Ongoing Recovery
      • Statewide Drought
      • World Athletics Championships Oregon22
      • HB 4087

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    • Statewide Media & Interagency Coordination
    • Info coordination & alignment within Emergency Operations structure

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2022 Fire Season Briefing

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Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Leah Feldon, Deputy Director

Tom Roick, Air Quality Monitoring Manager

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Monitoring Network

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

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Coordination on Wildfire Smoke

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

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