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State Fire Marshal highlights 2024 wildfire mobilization, engine program and community risk reduction
Summary
The Oregon State Fire Marshal's office briefed the Senate committee Jan. 21 on mobilization costs from the 2024 wildfire season, the agency’s community risk reduction efforts, and policy bills to stabilize funding and recovery cost recovery authority.
Travis Madema, chief deputy for the Oregon State Fire Marshal, told the Senate committee Jan. 21 that the department is focused on mobilization funding, community risk reduction and modernizing systems after a historic 2024 wildfire season.
Madema said Oregon’s fire service comprises roughly 306 fire agencies and 11,000 firefighters. He reported 2024 wildfires burned about 1,900,000 acres in the state, generated 17 conflagrations and produced 27 immediate…
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