wildfire – SHiNA

Our May 16th, 2024 General Meeting was a Community Conversation at Hilyard Community Center focused on Wildfire Response. The conversation was focused on the following questions:

• What agencies provide what response if Eugene South Hills catches fire this summer?
• What evacuation routes are designated?
• Where have fire breaks in the south hills been created?
• What is involved in maintaining them?
• What other mitigation work has been done?
• What can a homeowner do to minimize risk?

The video of the entire meeting can be found on Youtube here.

Explaining each agency’s role are panelists from

Eugene Springfield Fire
Oregon Department of Forestry
Eugene Parks and Open Spaces
City of Eugene
Northwest Youth Corps

A big thank you to John Q of Whole Community News for making the video available.

The SHiNA Board wants to acknowledge and thank Ian Appow of ECO Solutions for organizing this event. And last but not least, the well-prepared panelists, experts and leaders of their agencies.

A Community Conversation about Reducing Wildfire Risk and the SW Hills of Eugene

SHiNA General Membership Meeting
Wednesday, May 15 at 6:30 p.m.
Free and open to the Community

Hilyard Community Center
2580 Hilyard Street, Eugene

Please join us for the second in our series of Community Conversations on Emergency Preparedness on the topic of wildfire relative to the South Hills Neighborhood Association. A major part of being prepared is learning about what steps we as a community can take to reduce the opportunities for wildfires to start and spread. This meeting will feature representatives from local agencies speaking from each of their unique perspectives within their roles and organizations to provide insight on better adapting to the risk of wildfire in the South Hills area of Eugene. Handouts available.

Presented/Facilitated by Ian Appow, ECO System Solutions

Panelist from Eugene Springfield Fire, Oregon Department of Forestry, Eugene Parks and Open Spaces, City of Eugene, Northwest Youth Corps

Tag: wildfire

May, 2024 Wildfire Response Meeting – Video Available

May 15th General Meeting: Reducing Wildfire Risk