SCOFMP & LIFC

The South Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership is an interagency fire management program that provides comprehensive wildland fire service to south central Oregon and northwest Nevada.

The partnership strives to achieve a more efficient, effective and integrated interagency fire management program for all participating agencies on the land administered and protected by each agency. Dispatching is performed by the Lakeview Interagency Fire Center (LIFC).

Mission Statement

The mission for Lakeview Interagency Fire Center (LIFC) is to provide high quality service to all of our partner agencies in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible while providing for firefighter safety at all times. All actions will be consistent with land and resource management objectives and current incident management direction.

Recorded Message of Fire Restrictions for Camping, Woodcutting, etc. (541) 947-6259

Fire Area Emergency Closures

News

Fire Season Ending Klamath & Lake Counties

Tuesday, October 22^nd, 2024, 4:30:19 PM PDT Contact: Teresa Williams (541) 883-5681
Lakeview, Oregon - [Klamath Falls] The 2024 Fire Season will officially end for Klamath and Lake Counties. Fire management personnel from the Oregon Department of Forestry, Klamath-Lake District and Walker Range Patrol Association in cooperation with other local fire agencies and departments will declare the termination of the 2024 season as of 12:01 am Friday, October 25th, 2024. Fire Season for the area has been in effect since June 7th.

The ending of fire season lifts the ban on open debris burning in Klamath and Lake Counties. Logging Operation requirements including watchman services and fire equipment on site, in effect on private, county, and state lands have also been lifted.

Check with your local rural structural fire district for burning regulations within their districts and the county health departments for air quality restrictions. The Oregon Department of Forestry, Klamath-Lake District does not issue or require burn permits on lands solely protected by them when fire season is not in effect.

Fire managers from the Klamath-Lake District, Oregon Department of Forestry ODF, in cooperation with other local wildland fire agencies and structural fire departments, would like to remind the public that just because fire season has been terminated, fire starts and spread may still occur under the right conditions. Please continue to use fire safe practices all year-round.

Landowners need to remember that any burning escaping their control is their liability and they could be billed for the fire suppression costs. Be cautious, be fire safe.

The Oregon Department of Forestry and Walker Range Patrol Association would like to thank its cooperators, landowners and the people of Klamath and Lake Counties for their assistance in preventing fires during 2024.

Fire Season Ending Klamath & Lake Counties

Tuesday, October 22^nd, 2024, 4:30:19 PM PDT Contact: Teresa Williams (541) 883-5681
Lakeview, Oregon - [Klamath Falls] The 2024 Fire Season will officially end for Klamath and Lake Counties. Fire management personnel from the Oregon Department of Forestry, Klamath-Lake District and Walker Range Patrol Association in cooperation with other local fire agencies and departments will declare the termination of the 2024 season as of 12:01 am Friday, October 25th, 2024. �Fire Season� for the area has been in effect since June 7th.

Fire managers from the Klamath-Lake District, Oregon Department of Forestry [ODF], in cooperation with other local wildland fire agencies and structural fire departments, would like to remind the public that just because fire season has been terminated, fire starts and spread may still occur under the right conditions. Please continue to use fire safe practices all year-round.

Landowners need to remember that any burning escaping their control is their liability and they could be billed for the fire suppression costs. Be cautious, be fire safe.

SCOFMP Reduces Industrial Fire Precaution Level to I

Wednesday, October 16^th, 2024, 2:22:02 PM PDT
Lakeview, Oregon - The South-Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership will be lowering the Industrial Fire Precaution Level to I and reducing the fire danger level to Moderate. The Regulated Use and Public Use Restrictions will be lifted for the Fremont-Winema National Forest, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, and all private, county, and state wildlands protected by the Klamath-Lake District, Oregon Department of Forestry and other lands managed by the partnership, effective Thursday October 17, 2024 at 12:01 a.m.

The Bureau of Land Management Lakeview District is also lifting Public Use Restrictions with a single exception. On the BLM Lakeview District, Public Use Restrictions in the Klamath River Canyon remain in effect.

To find more information about the Fire Restrictions please visit: https://scofmp.org/restrictions.shtml

Industrial Fire Precaution Levels IFPL are based on current and expected fire conditions. The decision to transition to an IFPL I and reducing the fire danger level to a Moderate was made based on current temperatures, relative humidity, fuel moisture levels, and projected weather conditions over the coming weeks.

Please continue to be vigilant and use caution when recreating on public and private lands.

It is the responsibility of the individual operating on public land to know the precaution level for the day. Failure to comply with Regulated Use/Public Use Restrictions may result in the issuance of a violation notice

Information on the IFPL may be found here: https://scofmp.org/ifpls.shtml.

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