State partners with insurance industry to help Oregon homeowners with wildfire prevention

State Fire Marshal Mariana Ruiz-Temple signed a memorandum of agreement Friday with Roy Wright, CEO of the South Carolina-based Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, which oversees the “Wildfire Prepared” certification program. The program offers homeowners in California, and now Oregon, certificates for undertaking specific wildfire prevention work around their homes. For more information, read the article by Alex Baumhardt from Oregon Capital Chronicle.