Oregon no longer imposes a statewide defensible-space mandate after SB 83 (2025) repealed the wildfire hazard map and its requirements. Clearing brush around your home is now voluntary but strongly recommended; local fire districts may adopt their own defensible-space standards.
Under the 2021 SB 762 program, Oregon had begun requiring defensible space around homes in mapped high-risk wildfire zones. In July 2025, Senate Bill 83 repealed the statewide Wildfire Risk Map and the associated building and defensible-space requirements and property disclosures, returning wildfire mitigation authority to local jurisdictions. As a result, Lane County residents are no longer under a state defensible-space mandate. The Oregon State Fire Marshal is developing a model defensible-space code that local governments and fire districts may choose to adopt. Best practice remains clearing dead vegetation, keeping firewood and combustibles away from structures, and maintaining a buffer around buildings, especially on forested rural land.
No statewide defensible-space penalty currently applies; any enforcement depends on standards a city or fire district adopts locally.
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