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 and disaster preparedness challenges.

  • Communicate from Wildfire Partnership to residential communities.

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

Particpating Communities.

  • Bull Run Community Firewise

  • 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 for the Zoom link

Next meeting: Wed, 10/8/25 @ 11 am, Hoodland Fire, Welches.
Note: During fire season on Aug 13 and Sept 10, we will have joint meetings with the full Partnership at 1 pm. There will be no 11 am meeting.

Recent Meetings.

Click links for meeting notes

9/10/2025 - Oregon Livestock Council Emergency Response Team, Karla Hoggan (joint w/Partnership)

8/13/2025 - Home Insurance in the Face of Wildfire, Matt Ramage, OR Div of Financial Regulation and Pano AI Wildfire Camera Update, Zach Littlefield, PGE (joint w/Partnership)

7/9/2025 - Clackamas County Evacuation Plan, Emily Murkland & Jay Wilson, Disaster Management

6/11/2025 - Goals, past and coming year; Hoodland GMRS repeater field trip

5/14/2025 - HB3743; OSFM update - SB83, IBHS partnership

4/9/2025 - HB3743, GMRS, Community Energy Project, Firewise, CCVOAD

3/13/2025 - Followup on Red Cross discussion, GMRS Emergency Communication.

2/12/2025 - Red Cross in Mt Hood Corridor Emergency Preparedness and Response - Jana Norton, American Red Cross Volunteer Lead

1/8/2025 - GMRS/Ham Radio Overview & Coordination, Terry Niedermeyer & Malia Kupillas

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.