September 09th, 2020

OREGON WILDFIRES

Wildfire relief efforts: How to help

VOLUNTEERING

• Please click here to sign up to volunteer at the Linn County Fair & Expo's Fire Evacuation Shelter.  When you show up to volunteer, please check in at reception area in the main lobby of the Fair & Expo Center, 3700 Knox Butte Road E., Albany

DONATED GOODS

• People interested in helping area fire evacuees can drop off donations between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. at the back of the Fair & Expo Center's Santiam Building. (Enter from Price Road on the southwest side of the center and drive past the livestock buildings to the Santiam Building.) Current needs (as of Thursday afternoon): compression socks, thermometer with disposable covers, wheelchairs, diabetes glucose tabs with machines, nitrile gloves (all sizes), animal watering containers, backpacks, notebooks and phone chargers. Please check the Albany Happenings Facebook page for updated lists of needs.

FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS

• Linn County has established a Linn County Wildland Fire Fund for victims in the county.  Donations can be made by dropping off cash or checks at the Linn County Courthouse or the Fair & Expo Center.  Please make checks payable to Linn County Wildland Fire Fund.  At the Courthouse, funds can mailed to or dropped off at the Linn County Board of Commissioners Office, Room 200, 300 Fourth Avenue SW, Albany, OR.  The mailing address is P.O. Box 100, Albany, OR 97321.  On behalf of the Linn County Wildland Fire Victims, we sincerely thank you for your support.  
• ​Red Cross Cascades Region for fire relief efforts
• Salvation Army for fire relief efforts.

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Updates, resources, media coverage 

UPDATES, RESOURCES

• Updates from Linn County Sheriff's Office​
• Oregon Wildfire Resources​
• Map of fires, Oregon Department of Forestry updates​
• State of Oregon Fires and Hotspots Dashboard
• Open Red Cross Shelters
• Find resources and sign up for alerts from your county
• Find a hotel for emergency lodging
• Current air quality information
• Information about how to deal with health threats from wildfire smoke

MEDIA COVERAGE
Sept. 12

• As wildfire danger eases in south Linn County, some residents return home (Democrat-Herald)
• ​Dozens still missing, feared dead in wildfires (Associated Press, Sept. 12) 
• Detroit, Oregon, mayor: We will rebuild (Albany Democrat-Herald, Sept. 12)​

Sept. 11

• Linn County deputies stand watch over Santiam Canyon (Democrat-Herald, Sept. 11)
• Linn County 'cowboy convoy' helping to evacuate livestock from danger areas (KEZI, Sept. 11) 
• Residents on the Linn-Lane county line bracing themselves, showing community spirit in face of wildfire (Democrat-Herald, Sept. 11)

• Fire status update (Albany Democrat-Herald)
• Oregon preparing for 'mass fatality incident in wildlife recovery (KOIN)
• Clackamas County wildfire grows to 130,000 acres, moves within half mile of Estacada; weather improves (Oregon Live)
• Most of Oregon has poor air quality as smoke sticks around (Statesman Journal)

Sept. 10

• ​Oregon's deadly wildfires top 900,000 acres burned, up to 40,000 evacuated (Associated Press)
• A desperate rescue: A father's heartbreaking attempt to save his family from a raging fire (Statesman Journal)
• Wildfires threaten Silver Falls, Opal Creek other beloved natural ​landmarks (Oregon Live)
• Evacuated horses being cared for on Tangent property (Albany Democrat-Herald)​

​Sept. 9

• Santiam Canyon residents search rubble, pray for relief (Albany Democrat-Herald)
• Photos: Wildfire aftermath in Gates (Democrat-Herald)
• Gov. Brown: Oregon towns 'substantially destroyed' by wildfires (KGW)
• Governor's Sept. 9 press conference on the wildfires (KGW, Full video)
• Boy, grandmother die in fire southeast of Salem (Oregon Live)
• Holiday Farm Fire now threatens Linn County from the south (Democrat-Herald)
• Wildfire evacuation orders and resources (Democratic Herald)
• Oregon Department of Forestry closes state forests in northwest Oregon (Democrat-Herald)

Sept. 8

• ​​Residents of Santiam Canyon evacuated; smoke fills valley (Albany Democrat-Herald)
• Governor declares emergency, calls situation ‘​dangerous’  (Oregon Live)​ 
• Paige Hook, Stayton City Councilor and House District 17 candidate, offered this Facebook Live update