August 3, 2022 3:50 a.m.

The Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal is holding a series of townhall meetings to talk about the 2022 Oregon Defensible Space Code, its developments, timelines and upcoming opportunities for community input.

A release said OSFM has been working through a process with the Oregon Defensible Space Code Development committee to develop the new code based on the framework established through Senate Bill 762. To continue what the agency calls an “open and transparent process”, seventeen meetings are being held starting this week.

Roseburg’s meeting is Thursday night from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Umpqua Room at the Roseburg Public Safety Building.

In June, the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon State University released the Oregon Wildfire Risk Map. Oregon Senate Bill 762 directs the OSFM to establish minimum defensible space code standards and where those may apply, which are areas identified in both the high or extreme risk and in the Wildland Urban Interface.

OSFM has set up a special section on its website dedicated to the defensible space code development process. More information is available at: https://www.oregon.gov/osp/programs/sfm/pages/oregon-defensible-space-code.aspx