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Legislators hear case for sustained funding for Oregon Hazards Lab
Summary
Supporters asked the House Higher Education Committee to approve sustained state funding for the Oregon Hazards Lab at the University of Oregon, citing the lab’s seismic monitoring, ShakeAlert early-warning integration, and a public wildfire camera network used by first responders and the public.
Supporters told the House Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development that continued state funding is needed to sustain the Oregon Hazards Lab (OHAZ) at the University of Oregon, which operates seismic stations, a public wildfire camera network and other detection systems used by first responders and the public.
Representative Nancy Nathanson, sponsor of House Bill 3,219, told the committee that OHAZ operates roughly 250 seismic stations as part of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network and that the lab’s public-facing wildfire camera network is among the largest in the country. “We do a lot of planning and budget work to address emergency response, mitigation, and resilience,” Nathanson said, urging sustained…
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