Construction Contracts Oregon Forest Fire Map In Kings
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Whether sparked by lightning or human-caused, wildfires can harm fish and wildlife habitat and damage nearby homes or other structures. They're often costly to extinguish and can negatively affect air and water quality.
WUI, or Wildland-Urban Interface, refers to areas where human development meets undeveloped wildland, making them particularly vulnerable to wildfire. In places like California, WUI compliance is required by law for building materials used in such areas.
Oregon Fire Code (OFC) 2022 based on the International Fire Code 2021 (IFC 2021)
The act takes important steps toward an effective protection system by: • identifying areas where residential development has occurred in wildfire-prone areas • classifying fire risk in those areas • establishing fuel-reduction measures for each fire-risk classification area so fire intensity around homes will be ...
In Oregon, the WUI is defined in state statute (OAR 629-044-1005 (m)) as “a geographical area where structures and other human development meets or intermingles with wildland or vegetative fuels.” The criteria for mapping that geographical area are defined in OAR 629-044-1011.
1 Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide minimum standards for dwellings and their accessory structures located in or adjacent to vegetated areas subject to wildfires, to reduce or eliminate hazards presented by such fires.
The WUI is the zone of transition between unoccupied land and human development. It is the line, area or zone where structures and other human development meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland or vegetative fuels.
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.
Fire protection systems are designed to detect, control, and suppress fires effectively. They consist of various components that work together to provide early warning, suppress fires, and ensure the safe evacuation of occupants.
The highest concentration of high risk wildfire zones are located in Oregon's southwest, central and eastern areas, ing to the map.
