FEMA AUTHORIZES FEDERAL FUNDS TO HELP FIGHT TWO ADDITIONAL FIRES IN
OREGON
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230503/fema-authorizes-federal-funds-help-fight-two-additional-fires-oregon]


Release Date: 
9월 11, 2020 

BOTHELL, WASH. – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs
for the Pike Road Fire in Tillamook County and the Slater Fire in
Josephine County, Oregon. 

FEMA Region 10 Administrator Mike O’Hare determined that the
fires threatened to cause such destruction as would constitute a
major disaster, and on Thursday he approved the state
of Oregon’s requests for federal Fire Management Assistance
Grants
[https://www.fema.gov/assistance/public/fire-management-assistance] (FMAG). 

The Pike Road Fire started on Tuesday, burning in excess of 220
acres of state and private land. At the time of the request, the fire
was threatening over 1,355 homes in and around the communities of
Bay City, Hobsonville and Idaville. Immediate threats are to Bay
City, as well as the local water supply and watersheds in the
surrounding hills. 

The Slater Fire started in California and crossed into Oregon
on Wednesday, burning over 135,000 acres of federal and private
land. At the time of the request, the fire threatening homes in and
around the communities of Cave Junction, O’Brien and Kerby. The
fire also threatened the Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve,
timber and national forest lands.  

The number of FMAGs approved for the state of Oregon now totals 13,
most of them approved this week. 

FMAGs are provided through the President's Disaster Relief Fund and
are made available by FEMA to assist in fighting fires that threaten
to cause a major disaster. Eligible items can include expenses for
field camps; equipment use, repair and replacement; mobilization and
demobilization activities; and tools, materials and supplies. 

In addition to reimbursement funding for fighting the fire,
$1,259,362 in mitigation assistance will be available to Oregon. The
Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 authorizes FEMA to provide Hazard
Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Post-Fire funds to eligible states
and territories that receive Fire Management Assistance
declarations and federally recognized tribes that have land burned
within a designated area. 

FEMA encourages HMGP Post-Fire
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be used for the mitigation of wildfire and related hazards, such as
flood or erosion. However, HMGP is available for risk reduction of any
hazard.