The highest concentration of high risk wildfire zones are located in Oregon's southwest, central and eastern areas, ing to the map.
As Oregon's largest fire department, ODF's Fire Protection Program protects 16 million acres of forest, a $60 billion asset. These lands consist of privately owned forests as well as some public lands, including state-owned forests and, by contract, US Bureau of Land Management forests in western Oregon.
To get work, you need a contract. Wildland fire contracts are awarded at the local, regional, state and federal levels. Finding them can be a chore, but you can start at your state forestry agency website and the federal agency sites for USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau of Land Management.
To get work, you need a contract. Wildland fire contracts are awarded at the local, regional, state and federal levels. Finding them can be a chore, but you can start at your state forestry agency website and the federal agency sites for USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau of Land Management.
Those looking at listings can navigate to the website Riskfactor, type in any address and see a flood and fire score for that property. The assessment shows both current risk as well as future risk. The fire factor scale begins at 1, designating no modeled exposure of being in a wildfire.
To become a contract firefighter, you need to have similar training and qualifications as any other firefighter, and often firefighters who have worked in municipal fire departments transition to contract work. Employers usually require a high school diploma or GED certificate.