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A woodland scene in western Oregon
Fire Protection, Southwest Oregon District
Fire Protection
Fire prevention sign reading that the current fire danger level is low
Public use fire danger level is LOW
Fire Season Information
 
Fire season on the Southwest Oregon District is over, and the fire danger level is “low” (green). The district provides wildland fire protection on 1.8 million acres of state, private, county, city and Bureau of Land Management forestlands in Jackson and Josephine counties.
 
See the open burning page for information about backyard debris burning.
 
See the Southwest Oregon District's blog about fire protection, and sign up with Twitter to receive bite-size tweets about local wildfire activity.
 
For regulations on national forest lands in Jackson and Josephine counties, contact the Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest.
 
For regulations on ODF-protected lands in Klamath and Lake counties, see the Klamath Falls Interagency Fire Center's website or call ODF's Klamath-Lake District office.
 
For regulations on lands in Douglas County, contact the Douglas Forest Protective Association (private, state, county and BLM lands) or the Umpqua National Forest (national forest lands).
 
For more information about fire season regulations on private, state, county or BLM lands in Jackson and Josephine counties, contact the ODF Southwest Oregon District unit office in your area:
  • Medford Unit, 5286 Table Rock Rd., Central Point. Phone: (541) 664-3328
  • Grants Pass Unit, 5375 Monument Drive, Grants Pass. Phone: (541) 474-3152

Additional information
Rogue Valley Fire Prevention Cooperative
 
About regulated use restrictions
 
Industrial closures and public regulated use proclamations 
 
IFPL guidelines
 
Closure zone map (pdf) (Note: ODF Southwest Oregon District regulated use areas are SW-1, SW-2, SW-3, SW-4, SK-3, RR-1, RR-2, and RR-3)
 
Fire weather forecast (Southwest Oregon, NWS)
 
ODF fire statistics
 
Southwest Oregon District fire season start/end dates (40+-year history)
 
Smoke management information (ODF, statewide)
 
Prescribed Burning
 

 
Page updated: October 14, 2009

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