We Must Repeal SB-762

Senate Bill SB 80 was said to be course corrections to the admitted failure of the Wildfire Map required by SB 762. Changes included revising the map from Wildfire Risk to Wildfire Hazard. A change without distinction. At the same ...

(updated 03/06/2025) On February 17, Governor Kotek delayed processing of appeals until the end of the legislative session. This order was given to allow the legislature to make changes to the Wildfire Map requirements. The governor did not extend the ...

The Wildfire Risk Map was originally released in June of 2022 and after many complaints was withdrawn on August 4, 2022. The map is required to show five risk categories: no risk; low risk; moderated risk; high risk; and extreme ...

Defensible Space requirements are added by SB 762. To reduce the spread of fire, vegetation must be modified to at least meet the standards of the International Wildland- Urban Interface Code. In Extreme Risk Areas a 100-foot radius from structures ...

Changes in SB 762 repealed part of the current rules on State Forestry Fire Protection costs to property owners. The law allowed “the forester may consider and include the special or additional cost of fire protection for property owners within ...

The primary piece of SB 762 is the adoption of the Wildfire Risk Map that has be delayed until 2023. The Risk Map places a designation on each property that is one of five classes. These classes are 1) no ...

SB 762 in Sections 25-27 provides that the Oregon Department of Forestry shall develop rules so that a person may conduct a prescribed burn that crosses property lines if the person secures permission of all property owners that the fire ...

Utility companies can be either private companies such as Pacific Power or  can be a consumer owned utility. Both of these types of utilities are covered in SB 762 to require that a plan be submitted and approved by the ...

Land Use is a Section of the new legislation that requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) to identify updates to the Statewide land use planning program and local comprehensive plans and zoning codes to incorporate wildfire risk ...

The State Fire Marshal’s Office is the responsible agency for administration of Defensible Space.  However, local jurisdictions may be authorized to administer the code requirements. These agencies must periodically report compliance at the tax lot level to the State Fire ...

SB 762 requires structure hardening in areas shown as high or extreme fire risk and in an area shown as Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) which means that new building codes will be adopted to require standards for materials and construction features ...

People became aware of SB 762 when they received a letter from the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) notifying individual property owners that their property was shown on a Wildfire Risk map as being designated as High or Extreme Risk ...