Wildfire Risk Reduction
Community Preparedness Series
JCLS is hosting free programs across several branches to help you understand wildfire risk, protect your home, and prepare your household for wildfire season with confidence.
Available Locations and Dates
Join us at one of the locations below to learn how to mitigate fire hazards around your home and prepare for large-scale emergencies like wildfire. Representatives from the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office and Jackson County Emergency Management will help us learn how to be Firewise in our communities.
🔥 Spotting Fire – A JCLS Original Mini-Documentary
Written and Directed by Ryan Pfeil
Jackson County is intimately acquainted with wildfire season. In Spotting Fire, we explore how wildfires in Southern Oregon have been monitored for more than 100 years — from early fire lookout towers to today’s advanced detection technology.
Featuring new interviews alongside archival photographs and footage, Spotting Fire is the first original short-form documentary produced by Jackson County Library Services.
Things to Learn Now
🏡 Learn About Defensible Space
Defensible space is the area around your home where you reduce or remove materials that can catch fire. Oregon’s OSFM promotes defensible space and offers guidance and programs to help communities prepare.
Fire Adapted Oregon Overview →⚠️ Understand Evacuation Levels
Know what Level 1, 2, and 3 mean ahead of time so you can make fast, informed decisions if an emergency occurs.
Evacuation Levels & Wildfire Prevention Tips →🔔 Sign Up for Emergency Alerts
Oregon encourages households to sign up for county emergency alerts through OR-Alert so you receive timely updates.
Sign Up for OR-Alert →Resources
These trusted Oregon resources are a good place to start for prevention, planning, and community-level readiness.
- Oregon State Fire Marshal: Fire Adapted Oregon Community wildfire resilience, training, planning, and risk reduction support.
- OSFM: Prevent Wildfires Evacuation levels, common causes, and prevention tips (debris burning, equipment, travel, camping, outdoor cooking).
- Oregon Wildfire Response & Recovery Statewide wildfire readiness information and links.
- OR-Alert Sign up for local emergency alerts.
Note: Evacuation orders are issued by local law enforcement. If you feel threatened, do not wait for an evacuation order.