Category: Public Service Announcements

For those that don’t know, FireFree is a educational campaign geared to empower home owners to reduce the threat of wildfire around their home. As a token of their work, we offer FREE yard debris disposal days in May for those who are keeping their homes fire safe.

This year the Westside Transfer location will be open Friday 5/4, Saturday 5/5, Friday 5/11 and Saturday 5/12 from 7:30 am to 4 pm-ish each day. This site is located on SW Simpson Ave next to the Parks and Rec maintenance office. Yard debris can be disposed of for FREE here during these days. Knott Landfill will also be open for FREE yard debris disposal 5-3 to 5-12 except for Sunday 5/5.

What I hope for you as representatives of your neighborhoods to do is pass this information onto any and all residents, friends, neighbors, etc you know. The more this information spreads the more people will use it and the safer our community becomes. Also, we offer FREE home assessments to anyone who wants one, all they have to do is call me and I will schedule a time to come out and look at their home and give them ideas on how to make their home more fire safety, inside and/or out.

More information on FireFree can be found at: www.firefree.org and www.bendoregon.gov.

As we get closer to the dates I will send this information out again. Thank you for helping keep our community safe!

Dan Derlacki

Deputy Fire Marshal
City of Bend Fire Department

In celebration of a unique and innovative partnership with the City of Bend, Cascadia Green Building Council announced today that its CEO, Jason F. McLennan, will deliver a free public lecture on January 30.

The lecture is sponsored by Bend’s Mayor Jeff Eager and the City Council. McLennan, an internationally renowned speaker, will discuss community transformation and the future of architecture and design. He also will address opportunities for Bend to embrace restorative development principles.

McLennan’s visit to Bend kicks off a unique collaboration between the City and Cascadia along with Cascadia’s parent organization, the International Living Future Institute. The Institute is a nonprofit organization that developed and administers the Living Building Challenge™, the world’s most progressive and stringent building standard. Living Building Challenge projects are quickly emerging around the world and demonstrate the highest level of environmental performance currently possible.

The City’s partnership with the Institute began in late 2010, when a group of Bend’s leading architects, planners and engineers came together to enter the Institute’s Living City Design Competition. What emerged was the Bend Living City Project, which was supported by the action items of the BEND 2030 Vision. The Project has since made an important contribution to Bend’s long-range planning. The City now hopes to work with the Institute to apply the Living Building Challenge framework to future planning projects yet to be determined.

“We’re excited about this phenomenal collaboration,” says Mayor ProTem Jodie Barram. “The BEND 2030 Vision, a Central Area Plan that needs re-invigorating, and the Institute’s ability to look at sustainable systems in a way that will benefit Bend long term can be transformative.”

The lecture will be at the Tower Theatre, 835 Northwest Wall Street, Bend. Doors open at 6 PM and the lecture begins at 6:30. RSVP today to save your seat: http://livingcity.eventbrite.com/

A Public Service Announcement
From the City of Bend Fire Department

Bend Fire and Rescue reminds everyone to please keep fire hydrants visible and accessible during the winter months. With significant snowfall finally here, we need your help. This is particularly true where streets and parking lots are plowed. Snow plows can’t always direct the snow away from hydrants. You can help by keeping snow cleared away for at least three feet around fire hydrants when you notice they are obstructed. Also, keep a path clear from the hydrant to the road. By doing this, firefighters can quickly find and use the fire hydrant to fight a fire. If this is not done, precious time may be lost resulting in increased loss of life and property.

We would also like to remind everyone to keep the path to and from buildings, including homes and businesses, clear of excess snow. By doing so, you improve the fire department’s access to the building in the event of a fire or medical emergency. Also, keep all emergency exit routes clear and keep emergency exit doors from becoming blocked by snow.