Multnomah County Office of Emergency Management is at Enhanced Operations level, engaged in Camp Creek Fire Response. The Camp Creek Fire is currently along the Clackamas and Multnomah County border, entirely in the Bull Run Watershed. The Camp Creek Fire Inciweb website, Camp Creek Fire Facebook page and Portland Water Bureau have up to date information. Other resources regarding wildfires can be found on the MCEM wildfire page.

MCEM also participated in a number of meetings to address the emergency, including:

The Multnomah County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) was updated on August 3 and can be viewed on the Multnomah County Emergency Management website at https://www.multco.us/em/wildfire-and-wildfire-smoke-mitigation-planning.The previous plan was adopted in 2011.

The CWPP is a multi-jurisdictional plan, and represents the work of a large number of stakeholders seeking to create a roadmap of pre-disaster actions that can be taken to reduce risks from future wildfire and wildfire smoke events. Among the groups who collaborated in this plan were: fire districts across the county: local, regional, state and federal land management agencies; power utilities; and public health and human services departments. These stakeholders, and many others, came together to identify risks across the county and develop priority mitigation action items.

The adoption of the updated plan makes entities within Multnomah County eligible for the Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG), a US Forest Service cost-share program administered locally by the Oregon Department of Forestry. The grant has the purpose of implementing risk reduction projects identified in CWPPs, and closes on October 31.

Please contact David Lentzner at david.lentzner@multco.us with any questions about the plan update or CWDG grant.

Many may know Amy Wolfe through her position as an Operations Intern. Recently, Amy was hired to serve in Planning Division as our newest Emergency Management Planner.

Amy obtained her Bachelor's degree from the University of Oregon in Geography. Her professional background encompasses over a decade of working in the customer service, hospitality, and event planning industry. She decided to pursue a career in the emergency management field following her position in disaster relocation services. In June 2023, she graduated from Portland State University with a Master's degree in Emergency Management and Community Resilience. With her passion for people, community building, and emergency management, Amy is ecstatic to be a part of the Multnomah County Emergency Management team. To contact Amy, email amy.wolfe@multco.us.

MCEM Operations staff made several visits to local communities this summer. Events included a discussion with a youth group at the Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Center and two presentations/discussions at Hacienda residences in the Cully and Rockwood neighborhoods.

At these events, we covered preparedness for current emergencies in the County such as hot weather and air quality from local fires, Alert and Warning systems and general emergency preparedness. In these community presentations, Multnomah County emphasizes the importance of community building as a key part of emergency preparedness. A diverse personal and community web helps spread the burden of disaster preparedness and response. No one should have to prepare for a potential disaster alone, and building a strong, diverse community in “blue sky” time is an important component to being prepared and building resiliency.

Multnomah County is committed to partnering with our local community groups to prepare for disasters and create more resilient communities. If you are a part of a community group that would like Multnomah County to visit and discuss preparedness, please fill out an Emergency Management Presentations and Materials request form. Language interpretation for presentations is available, as are resources in multiple languages.

The National Coalition for Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response (NCAPER), Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC), and Performing Arts Readiness (PAR), in partnership with Kentucky Humanities, are hosted a series of workshops on Disaster Preparedness and Recovery for cultural heritage and arts communities.

All sessions are recorded and available for viewing. See below for session details and a registration link. View past recording(s) here .

You can view upcoming training opportunities through the following events calendars: Multnomah County, the Regional Disaster Preparedness Organization (subscribe option), the State of Oregon (subscribe option), and the State of Washington.