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County and city outline wildfire preparedness: alerts, fuel reduction and evacuation planning
Summary
Deschutes County and the City of Bend briefed elected officials on joint wildfire preparedness, including Deschutes Alerts registration, prescribed burns, fuels reduction (including a 200-foot fire break at Juniper Ridge), increased home risk assessments and interagency exercise planning for evacuation and response.
Deschutes County and City of Bend emergency-management and forestry staff told the joint meeting they are coordinating alerting, fuels reduction and evacuation planning ahead of a likely warmer, drier July, and urged residents to register for Deschutes Alerts.
Nathan Gariby, lieutenant overseeing county emergency management, Kevin Moriarty, Deschutes County forester, and Carrie Carl, City of Bend director of risk and emergency management, gave a multi-agency briefing on preparedness steps, communication and on-the-ground mitigation.
Gariby emphasized that many wildfires are human-caused and that reducing human ignitions is central to reducing community risk. "Human caused…
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