Vision
Short Term
- Emergency coordination center/classroom facility
- Emergency vehicle operator course (EVOC) and driver skills pad
- Fire training tower
- Continuation of state government functions
Long Term
- High bay/indoor drill and training space
- Covered gun range
- Urban search & rescue prop
- Class A burn building; 2-story
- Shoot house/reconfigurable maze (simulations facility)
- Virtual de-escalation training
- Train car derailment and rescue prop
- Off-road driving course
- Multi – purpose scenario area
- Wildland fire training
- Vehicle extrication prop
- Fire drafting pit – fire truck pump certification
- Rescue – confined space & trench prop
- ARFF – Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting prop
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) lab
- Roof training prop – fire, SWAT/rappelling, smoke, etc.
- Emergency supply cache
Funding CORE3
Invest in Oregon’s Future
of which, $22 MILLION has already been secured
Contributions to Date
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Secured in Congressionally Directed spending for Design & Engineering
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$9.5M investment by Oregon legislature in 2022; $500K investment from Oregon State Fire Marshal; $10M investment by Oregon legislature in 2025
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Deschutes County BOCC dedicates 300 acres of land (valued at $13M) for CORE3
Timeline & Milestones
CORE3 Staff, Partners, and Legislators
Members of the CORE3 Executive Council putting the final touches on the CORE3 site plan layout with architectural consultants.
CORE3 Background
The Problem
Growing threats of large scale disaster and insufficient facilities to meet our emergency preparedness, response and recovery needs.
- Central Oregon, Oregon, and the Pacific Northwest are facing growing threats from natural disasters and other “shocks” that severely impact our households, communities, and economy, including large-scale wildfire, flooding and landslides, future pandemics and public health crises, and the anticipated Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.
- In the event of a major natural disaster such as a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, Redmond, OR will play a critical role in response and recovery operations at the state and national level.
- The region lacks a dedicated, multi-disciplinary & multi-agency coordination center for emergency operations.
- Central Oregon has insufficient facilities to meet existing, mandatory training needs of local, state, and federal public safety and emergency management personnel.
The Solution
Central Oregon Ready, Responsive, Resilient Center (CORE3)
CORE3 is envisioned as a flexible multi-use space to house:
- A dedicated, multi-agency coordination center for emergency operations that serves the region’s and the state’s critical emergency coordination needs in a major incident like large-scale wildfire evacuations or Cascadia.
- A training facility to meet existing and future training needs of local, state, and federal public safety and emergency management personnel.
- A facility to maintain continuity of state governance functions in the event of Cascadia or any other statewide disaster.
Site & Land Use
- The 300 acre site is located east of the Redmond Airport. Below is the current site concept:
