Jacob Powell

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Crops & Livestock , Assistant Professor of Practice

[email protected]

Expertise: Beef Cattle , Field Crops , Fire , Rangeland Conservation and Management

Locations: Sherman County , Wasco County

Department/Unit: Crop and Soil Science - Crops Unit

Content by Jacob Powell

Wildfire Defensible Space for the Farm and Ranch

This is a webinar recording from May 2021 covering wildfire defensible space for homes and agricultural operations. Ariel Cowan, OSU Regional Fire Specialist for the Central Region, covers the home ignition zone (HIZ) and steps ...

Jacob Powell | Aug 2021 | Video

Emergency Action and Wildfire Prevention Plan - Word Template

Oregon OSHA created new requirements in 2019 for producers with employees who engage in suppressing wildfires on agricultural operations. Producers must have an emergency action plan and fire prevention plan. This template is designed to help producers create the emergency action and fire prevention plans that are required. This document is a Microsoft word document that can be edited and customized directly or printed and written in by hand.

Jacob Powell | Aug 2021 | Educational document

Emergency Action and Wildfire Prevention Plan - PDF Template

Oregon OSHA created new requirements for producers with employees who engage in suppressing wildfires on agricultural operations. Producers must have an emergency action plan and fire prevention plan. This template is designed to help producers create the emergency action and fire prevention plans that are required. Even without employees these plans can help better prepare any farm of any size for the threat of wildfire. This document is a fillable PDF that can be filled out on your computer or you can print it out and write directly on it.

Jacob Powell | Aug 2021 | Educational document

2021 Oregon Agricultural Wildfire Refresher

This course provides an overview of fire prevention, wildfire suppression, fireline safety, and fire behavior in dryland crops and rangeland. This course is one option for farmers and ranchers to complete an annual agricultural wildfire refresher in 2021 to meet Oregon OSHA requirements for producers with employees who engage in fire suppression on their property. This course should take about 90 minutes to complete and there is a course certificate available at the end of the course.

Jacob Powell | Aug 2021 | Online resource

Preventing and Responding to Combine Fires

Jacob Powell | Jul 2021 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

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