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Lane County emergency management briefs commissioners on 2025 wildfire outlook, evacuation software and mass‑care planning
Summary
Emergency management on July 9 told the Board of County Commissioners the fire outlook for July–October 2025 is above normal and described new evacuation‑notification links, a countywide mass‑care assessment grant and steps to improve language and accessibility supports.
Lane County emergency management briefed the Board of County Commissioners on July 9 about the 2025 wildfire outlook, new evacuation notification tools, and efforts to strengthen mass‑care planning and language access for emergency alerts.
Tiffany Brown, Lane County’s emergency manager coordinator, said outlooks for July through September and into October are “above normal” for fire potential and cited a drying trend since April. She described recent operational improvements, including integration between the county’s evacuation‑mapping software and the county alert system, which she said “is gonna cut about 20 minutes of time from the time we've established what the evacuation area is and the time we're able to send the alert out because the 2 systems talk to 1 another.”
Brown told commissioners the county has declared backyard burning restrictions and the fire…
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