Dean Drabin


Bachelor Complex Fire Update, 9/15/2024

Bachelor Complex, Flat Top and Firestone Fires Update September 15, 2024   Quick Facts: Bachelor Complex Size: 10,801 acres            Start Date: Sept 8, 2024 Location: Mt Bachelor, 20 miles SW Bend, OR Personnel: 520                                        Quick Facts: Firestone & Flat Top Fires Firestone Size: 9,188 acres    Start Date: Sept 6, 2024 Location: North of Fort Rock, OR Flat […]


Bachelor Complex Fire Update, 9/14/2024

Bachelor Complex, Flat Top, and Firestone Fires Update September 14, 2024   Quick Facts: Bachelor Complex Size: 10,801 acres                   Start Date: Sept 8, 2024                   Location: 20 miles SW Bend, OR Personnel: 436                                       Quick Facts: Firestone & Flat Top Fires Firestone Size: 9,117 acres     Start Date: Sept 6, 2024               Location: North of […]


Bachelor Fire Complex Update, 9/13/2024

Bachelor Complex, Flat Top, and Firestone Fires Update September 13, 2024    Quick Facts: Bachelor Complex Size: 10,333 acres        Start Date: Sept 8, 2024     Location: Mt Bachelor, 20 miles SW Bend, OR Personnel: 365                                       Quick Facts: Firestone & Flat Top Fires Firestone Size: 8,787 acres     Start Date: Sept 6, 2024          Location: North of Fort Rock, […]


OWW1 Status Improvement

Good news!  Due to progress made in dealing with the Little Lava fire, our status has changed from Evacuation Level 1, to normal. Bachelor Complex, Flat Top and Firestone Fires Update September 12, 2024   Quick Facts: Bachelor Complex Size: 10,332 acres                    Start Date: Sept 8, 2024                   Location: Mt Bachelor, 20 miles SW […]


Bachelor Complex Fire Update

A community meeting is planned for tonight at 6:00 pm at the Sunriver School Cafeteria.   Bachelor Complex, Flat Top and Firestone Fires Update  September 11, 2024    Firefighters continued to work on suppressing the Bachelor Complex, Flat Top and Firestone Fires which actively burned on Tuesday. The Deschutes County […]


Attention: OWW1 Level 1 Evacuation Notice

We are now under a Level 1 Evacuation Advisory (Ready.) This means that you should have whatever you need to take with you packed and ready to go should an actual evacuation take place.  Don’t wait to gather your things together until it’s too late to do so.  Communities on […]


Public Information Email

Hello!   Please find an update for the Bachelor Complex, Flat Top and Firestone Fires for Tuesday, September 10, 2024 attached and copied below.    Thank you.   Public Information Officers NW Team 3   _____________________________________________________________________________   Bachelor Complex and Flat Top and Firestone Fires Update September 10, 2024   […]


Little Lava Fire Info

Note: the Level 1 Evacuation Advisory (Be Ready) below applies to communities on the west side of the Deschutes River (Sunriver, Spring River, DRRH, River Meadows, etc.): not to communities on the east side of the river (OWW1, OWW2)  However, residents are advised to continue to monitor the situation (on […]


Wildfire Home Protection Workshop

Upper Deschutes River Communities From:udrc@udrc.org To:Dean Drabin Thu, Aug 8 at 10:33 AM www.udrc.orgPO Box 3042Sunriver, OR 97707501(c)3 OrganizationWildfire Home Protection Strategies WorkshopSaturday, August 24, 8 am to 12 pmLa Pine Activity Center, 16450 Victory Way, La Pine, OR 97739Free 4-hour workshop on reducing wildfire risk for homes in and […]