Prairie City
CWPP Community Meeting
4.9.12
Notes from Public Input:
-Pine Creek area very vulnerable
House on upper end of drainage out
of rural and very vulnerable
Many places only one road in
Steep slopes
-Road Access Issues
Dead ends, no turnouts,no brushing, steep
road grades,no evacuation routes
Inadequate bridges
Locked gates
-Road closures on FS land
-Rit 5: hockey puck fire extinguisher
Good tool for county emergency services
personnel to carry
-Dixie Creek
Wind currents blow down creek
Many absentee landowners
Many problems with structures and
improvements not being 'firewise'
-Human Safety
-Prairie City water system
-Ranch Resources and improvements
Hay, livestock, fences, fuel tanks,
equipment, supplies
-Cell Tower
Have fuels been removed from around tower?
-Rural Fire Departments
Trouble recruiting volunteers
Aging population
Loss of population
Excessive training requirements and standards
from the state
Very helpful to pay rural firefighters
something for their time
-High fuel loads in areas that could burn and
affect communities
-WUI work: start near populations centers
and work outward
-Safeguard priorities: articulate
-Develop system to provide pumper trucks
for isolated or hard to reach areas,such
as upper Pine Creek
Put fires out while small
NEO had/has a program Partners
in Protection like this provided pumpers
program was generally successful
-Partnerships between private landowners
& agencies for Rx burns
- P Hill above town a huge fire hazard
-Wyden Amendment authorizes use of
dollars on private land
-Emphasize more cooperation between public
and private landowners
-Make whole county a WUII then prioritize areas
-NRCS will follow priority setting that
comes out of revised CWPP
-Increased # of cords on firewood permits
from FS very helpful
-Need roads for fire access
For ODF as well as FS
-Closed roads provide more opportunity for
illegal drugs/marijuana to be grown
-Develop/identify more/existing water sources
-Malheur Travel Management Plan
Prioritize roads for fire safety keep open
Keep roads on ridgetops open |
