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.

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News

Reduced Industrial Fire Precaution Level and Fire Danger Level

Tuesday, September 17^th, 2024, 3:34:40 PM PDT
Lakeview, Oregon - LAKEVIEW, ORE - With recent cooler temperatures and moisture received over the last week, Fire Management Officials within the South-Central Oregon Fire Management Partnership (SCOFMP) are reducing Industrial Fire Precautions (IFPL) to level II, and the Fire Danger level to HIGH, Effective Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 12:01 A.M.

IFPL II means a Partial Hootowl: The following may operate between the hours of 8 p.m. and 1 p.m. local time: Power saws except at loading sites, Cable yarding, Blasting, and Welding or cutting of metal.

The fire danger level applies to all private, county, and state wildlands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Klamath-Lake District, as well as the Fremont-Winema National Forest, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District, Crater Lake National Park, and the Sheldon Hart Mountain and Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complexes.

Public Use Restrictions (PURs) for lands managed by the Fremont-Winema National Forest and Bureau of Land Management Lakeview District will be reduced from their current levels.

Effective Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 12:01 am: Campfires will be allowed in designated areas only. Chainsaw use is prohibited between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Chainsaw use is allowed at all other hours. A 1 PM shutdown is required with a 1-hour Fire Watch to follow. The operator is responsible for having a shovel, fire extinguisher, and/ or gallon of water readily accessible at all times.

For the full text of all current Public Use Restrictions, please visit https://scofmp.org/restrictions.shtml

Regulated Use Closures on state and public lands within South Central Oregon will remain in effect. The public is responsible for ensuring that they have reviewed and are aware of the restrictions in place for the landscape they plan to recreate or work on. For all agencies, violation of these prohibitions could result in citations, fines, and even imprisonment, depending on the agency and order. For more information on the ODF Public Regulated Use Closure, please visit https://www.oregon.gov/odf/fire/pages/restrictions.aspx.

In addition, the Oregon Department of Forestry will be dropping all industrial fire restrictions associated with extreme fire danger. Those additions include required shut down for mechanized harvest with high rotary saws, tracked equipment, and slash buster equipment. All other fire season requirements for industrial operations are still in place.

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