The pool is open!
Free Yard Waste Disposal - May 23rd to May 3oth
Dumpsters will be available at our garbage facility - Soft yard waste only please (pine cones and needles, small branches) - No large branches or garbage please. Dumpsters will be open 24hrs.
Free Driveway Chipping - May 29th
Branches neatly stacked with butt ends toward main road - Max branch size 6’ long - 10” diameter. Pile size 3’x3’, have stacked by street by 8am, May 29th -
Sign up here:
https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/1ca72a890ea2456eb1a120f7189c7ade
Please join us at the next SMRC Board Meeting
The next meeting will be on June 15th at 5pm The May meeting will be by
Winthrop Library
Zoom invitations will be sent out the week before. Watch for the email. Hope to see you there.
OCEC WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN
OCEC operations staff will be monitoring the weather and conditions as we move into the heat of summer and will notify the membership via text alert or email when conditions warrant a change to our system processes. We are currently in normal 'Green' operations.
If you have not already signed up for our text message alerts, please call
(509) 996-2228 during office hours or go to the Member Services section of ocec.coop to sign up for the text alerts.
We encourage all members to have their own wildfire preparedness plan in place including establishing your own loss of power emergency plan for your household.
Below is our Wildfire Mitigation plan weather alert matrix.
Okanogan County Alerts notification.
As of Friday, October 25, 2024 at 12:01 AM (midnight) the Okanogan County Burn Restriction will be lifted.
Natural vegetation may now be burnt within unincorporated areas of Okanogan County.
It is strongly encouraged to call Okanogan County Sheriff Dispatch at 509-422-7232 option 4 before burning.
Be sure to check with your city, town, and DNR for their current burning rules/restrictions.
Visit the DNR website at www.DNR.wa.gov for their current fire danger level and outdoor burning restrictions for lands managed by DNR.
(DNR burning restrictions may apply to your private property if you are assessed a DNR Fire Control tax. This can be found on your county tax statement).
ALL fires SHALL be attended to at ALL times
On the Colville Reservation contact Mt. Tolman Fire Center for burning rules/restrictions, 509-634-3100
Visit the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest or the Colville National Forest Websites for fire danger and outdoor burning restrictions for lands managed by the Forest Service.
For Air Quality burn bans go to DOE and climate information.
BURN RESPONSIBLY, do not be the one trying to explain how your controlled burn turned into an uncontrolled burn, and be a good neighbor and don’t let it smolder.
View Okanogan County Burn Ban WEB page here.
Issued: 2024-10-23 5:00 PM
Click here for more information on this alert.
If you have any questions or if you received this notification in error, please contact Okanogan County Emergency Management em@co.okanogan.wa.us