About Corbett Firewise
At the initiative of local Fire Marshall Dave Flood, a local Firewise chapter was started in late spring of 2022 with the goal to serve the Northeast Multnomah County communities of Corbett, Springdale, Aims, Latourell, Bridal Veil, and Larch Mountain.
Dave gathered several passionate community members that formed a board and had an inaugural board meeting on May 24th, 2022 - the official start of the Corbett Firewise chapter.
Since then Corbett Firewise met with partner organizations and governmental agencies, involved them in several public meetings to inform the community and get people to participate, and started collecting participating community members’ hours. So far, it looks like we’re on track to meet - and hopefully exceed - the required hours for this year to get us recognized as a Firewise Community!
We’re looking forward to getting many more community members involved, work on a plan for the coming years, and together reduce the impact of wildfires.
The crew
BOARD MEMBERS
Dave Flood
Dave (Corbett) is the Fire Marshal for the Corbett Fire District and an NFPA certified Home-Risk Assessor.
Tim Kurkinen
Tim is the Facility Operations Director at Menucha Retreat and Conference Center in Corbett. He is an arborist and an NFPA certified Home-Risk Assessor.
“Wildfire preparedness is a discipline. Every effort to prepare strengthens our community.”
Roel Uleners
Roel (Corbett) is a volunteer with MCSO's Community Patrol, focused on emergency management, and an emergency medical responder (EMR).
“Firewise is an absolute win-win: I love how we can each contribute to minimize the impact of wildfires and build community at the same time!"
Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky
Jasmine (Springdale) is a firefighter/EMT with Corbett Fire, a board member for the East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District, and an NFPA certified Home-Risk Assessor.
"Becoming Firewise-certified is a great way to make sure that the actions we take individually add up to meaningful wildfire resilience for the entire community."
