Heat Smoke Fire Annual Dispatch

Climate change events are steadily taking the foreground as the most widespread life safety threat in the Portland Metro region. The purpose of this page is to help NET volunteers track on information and resources year to year concerning extreme heat events. Extreme heat events cause heat-related illnesses and deaths, wildland-urban (WUI) fires, and wildfire smoke inundation. This page is also intended to clarify the role of NET volunteers in responding to extreme heat events.

Heat Smoke Fire 2026

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Video: RJIS meeting on heat, fire, smoke public messaging

2026 Informational Materials

Release Date	Title	Authoring Agency
2026.06.02	Message to City Employees re Heat Prep	PBEM
2026.05.28	PBEM Small Business Bulletin "Heat Preparedness" article	PBEM
2026.05.26	Regional Joint Information System meeting materials re: Heat Fire Smoke public messaging	R-JIS
2026.04.__	Oregon Air Quality Activity Guide for Children and Youth	Oregon Health Authority
2025.12.19	Heat Adaptation and Management Report	Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
2023.04.__	Home Forward Indoor Temperature Assessment (press article here)	PBEM/Home Forward

2026 Relevant Heat Fire Smoke Events

Date	Event
2026.05.27	COAD Heat Tabletop Exercise
2026.05.27	McCullough Research Wildfire Presentation

2026 Heat Fire Smoke Media

Date	Articles
2026.05.20	AccuWeather predicts ‘persistent wildfire risk’ in the Northwest in 2026
2026.05.20	Wildfires in western U.S. likely to be bigger, more powerful in 2026, report finds