Monday, October 21, 2024

Northeast Oregon Department of Forestry Declares an End to Fire Season

La Grande, OR - As of 12:01 am, October 22, 2024, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) will terminate fire season for forestlands protected by the Northeast Oregon District. This includes over 2 million acres of private, state, county, municipal and tribal lands protected by ODF. The Northeast Oregon District includes lands in the following counties: Union, Baker, Umatilla, Wallowa and small portions of Grant, Morrow and Malheur counties.

The end of fire season means landowners protected by ODF can burn residential yard debris and burn barrels without a permit. This does not relieve landowners or forest operators of lawful responsibilities concerning the safe burning of debris or slash piles.

Landowners need to make sure they have their smoke management notifications filed and follow all forecasts for burning.  Check with your local ODF office before lighting fires.

         Specific Smoke Management/Burning Advisory Information:

·               If you are under the protection of a rural or city fire department, please be sure to follow their burning restrictions. Additionally, burning within the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) requires a permit from CTUIR. You must follow all requirements as outlined in the permit. Burn permits for burn barrels or small amounts of yard debris are not required on lands protected only by ODF Northeast Oregon District.

·               Burning slash from forestry and logging activities requires a Notification of Operation/PDM from ODF. In addition to this permit, landowners are required to obtain a smoke management permit from their local ODF office. Before burning in northeast Oregon, it is also required to obtain the smoke management weather forecast. For smoke management forecasts please call: 541-963-4040 or visit the following website:                           http://www.odf.state.or.us/DIVISIONS/protection/fire_protection/Daily/neo.htm

The Northeast Oregon District of the Oregon Department of Forestry would like to thank all our landowners, forest operators, the public, and interagency partners for their efforts in fire prevention, detection, and suppression activities this season.

For further information, call your local ODF office:

La Grande Unit             (541)963-3168

Baker City Sub-Unit     (541)523-5831

Wallowa Unit               (541)886-2881

Pendleton Unit             (541)276-3491

 

To report a fire, call the Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch Center at (541)963-7171, or dial 9-1-1.

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BMIDC MORNING BRIEFING, October 21st, 2024

 

BMIDC MORNING BRIEFING

 October 21st, 2024

BMIDC WEBSITE

10/20 (NEW) INITIAL ATTACK

Fires

Acres

Umatilla National Forest

0

0

Wallowa Whitman National Forest

0

0

Vale/PRD District BLM Baker Area

0

0

NEO Oregon Department of Forestry

0

0

WA DNR Snake River Unit

0

0

BIA Umatilla Agency

0

0

Totals

0

0

INCIDENT SUMMARY

BMIDC Incidents

10/20

No Activity

(Example)OR-UMF-000630, Spout Springs. Walla Walla R.D., T3N R38E Sect 21. Spout Springs Area 23 Mile SE of Walla Walla, WA. 1 Unknown Cause UMF Stat. Resources Responded.

Sunday, October 20, 2024

 

BMIDC MORNING BRIEFING 

 October 20th, 2024 

10/ 19 (NEW) INITIAL ATTACK 

Fires 

Acres 

Umatilla National Forest 

0 

0 

Wallowa Whitman National Forest 

0 

0 

Vale/PRD District BLM Baker Area 

0 

0 

NEO Oregon Department of Forestry 

0 

0 

WA DNR Snake River Unit 

0 

0 

BIA Umatilla Agency 

0 

0 

Totals 

0 

0 

INCIDENT SUMMARY 

BMIDC Incidents 

10/19/2024  

No Activity 

 

(Example)OR-UMF-000630, Spout Springs. Walla Walla R.D., T3N R38E Sect 21. Spout Springs Area 23 Mile SE of Walla Walla, WA. 1 Unknown Cause UMF Stat. Resources Responded. 

Saturday, October 19, 2024

 

BMIDC MORNING BRIEFING

 October 19th, 2024

BMIDC WEBSITE

10/ 18 (NEW) INITIAL ATTACK

Fires

Acres

Umatilla National Forest

0

0

Wallowa Whitman National Forest

0

0

Vale/PRD District BLM Baker Area

0

0

NEO Oregon Department of Forestry

0

0

WA DNR Snake River Unit

1

.1

BIA Umatilla Agency

0

0

Totals

0

0

INCIDENT SUMMARY

BMIDC Incidents

10/18/2024 

WA-SES-000861. Washington DNR, Joseph Creek Area, 22 miles S of Lewiston, ID.  Human Caused, DNR Stat.  Resources responded 10/18

 

(Example)OR-UMF-000630, Spout Springs. Walla Walla R.D., T3N R38E Sect 21. Spout Springs Area 23 Mile SE of Walla Walla, WA. 1 Unknown Cause UMF Stat. Resources Responded.