Community Planning Organizations & Home Owners Associations

Wildfire is a community issue, and preparedness is a community effort.

Our Purpose.

We support Mt Hood Corridor Wildfire Partnership from a residential perspective.

  • Help each other address local wildfire mitigation challenges.

  • Communicate from Wildfire Partnership to residential communities.

  • Provide coordinated feedback to the Wildfire Partnership from a residential perspective.

Particpating Communities.

  • Bull Run Community Association CPO

  • Firwood CPO

  • Government Camp CPO

  • Hoodland CPO

  • Mt Hood Forest Cabin HOA

  • Rhododendron CPO, Rhododendron Water Association

  • Timberline Rim HOA

  • Wapanitia HOA

  • Zigzag Village HOA

Meetings.

We meet the second Wednesday of every month at 11 am before the regular Wildfire Partnership Meeting.

Location: Hoodland Fire Station | 69634 US-26, Welches, OR 97067

Virtual Option: Contact Walt Mayberry at least 1 hour before meeting for Zoom link

Next meeting: Wed, 1/8/25 @ 11 am, Hoodland Fire Station
Topic:  GMRS/Ham Radio Overview and Coordination for Emergency Communications

Recent Meetings.

Click links for meeting notes

12/11/2024 - Jay Wilson, Clackamas Co Disaster Mgmt - Evacuation planning and general Q&A

11/13/2024 - Bob Jenks, CUB - Power and Communications in Emergencies

10/9/2024 - Community Debris Removal, Resource List, Updates

9/11/2024 - Joint Partnership meeting

8/14/2024 - Draft Hazard & WUI Maps (joint Partnership meeting)

7/10/2024 - ODF Hazard Map Background

6/12/2024 - Cell/Wifi Resiliency During Emergencies & PSPS with Nick Walden Poublon; CERT in Mt Hood Corridor

5/8/2024 - Lessons from Santiam Fires, Goals for Coming Year

4/10/2024 - Jim Trett, Mayor of Detroit Lake - 2020 Wildfire in Santiam Canyon

3/13/2024 - Lessons from Response to January Storm, Affordable Housing

2/14/2024 - Kayla Bordelon & Jen Warren, Public Education Outreach & Engagement Workgroup - past and future outreach

1/10/2024 - Review direction and progress of CPO/HOA Workgroup

12/13/2023 - Jen Warren, OR Fire Marshal Office, SB762/80 Update

11/8/2023 - Jeremy Goers, USFS - general education and discussion of USFS wildfire management; Brentwood Reid - future of Wildfire Partnership

10/11/2023 - Scott Kline on Firewise, Letter - Cellular Communication Resilience in the Face of Emergency and PSPS Events

7/12/2023 - Situational Awareness, Public Safety Power Shutoff Impact on Communications

6/14/2023 - AntFarm, ODF Grants, Emergency Communications, Wildfire film, MOU signoff, Feedback on Wildfire Fair

5/10/2023 - Wildfire Preparedness Fair, Feedback on Evacuation Walkthrough, Partnership MOU

4/12/2023 - organizational, introductions, purpose, members, meetings, future topics

If you'd like more information about the CPO/HOA work group we'd love to hear from you.