FireFree events start April 30

As we have quickly moved into spring, fire season will also be here soon. The time to improve your defensible space is now, before fire season hits.  The upcoming spring FireFree events is a great opportunity to take advantage of and starting planning around. Creating and maintaining defensible space around your home, is one of the most effective ways of improving your homes chance of surviving a wildfire without fire department assistance. FireFree urges residents to take advantage of the free event and prepare for the upcoming wildfire season.

Visit FireeFree.org for some simple steps you can take to protect your home and community from wildfire. This spring, partners in Deschutes and Jefferson Counties will host FireFree days for local residents.

Now is the time to clean up your yards, create defensible spaces around homes and drop off that debris at FireFree collection sites FOR FREE in Deschutes and Jefferson counties. Please note the Knott landfill FireFree event will happen May 1 to May 16.  The transfer station events held at Negus, Northwest and Southwest will happen in the following weeks May 22 - June 5. 

Locations will be available across Deschutes and Jefferson Counties, find a convenient event near you:

Event Locations and Dates

Knott Landfill

Saturday, April 30 – Sunday, May 15, daily, 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Negus Transfer Station in Redmond

Saturday, May 21 – Saturday, June 4, Monday - Saturday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Northwest (Fryrear) Transfer Station near Sisters

Saturday, May 21 – Saturday, June 4, Wednesday - Saturday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Southwest Transfer Station near La Pine

Saturday, May 21 – Saturday, June 4, Wednesday - Saturday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Sunriver Compost Site in Sunriver

Friday & Saturday, May 7-8, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Box Canyon Transfer Site in Madras

May 7-8 and May 14-15, 8:30- 4:30 each day