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Ty Rupert

Ty Rupert

Interim Sheriff of Deschutes County, Oregon — 20-year DCSO veteran and former Marine appointed to the role in July 2025, now a candidate in the November 2026 sheriff election.

Sep 2, 2026

Inside Deschutes County

Inside Deschutes County

Bonus: Understanding Wildfire Evacuation Decisions

Sep 2 · 35m

Ben Duda
Ben DudaGUEST
14:19
And sometimes we have to just err with the side of caution.
Ty Rupert
Ty RupertGUEST
14:25
to go, I guess, a little further maybe, and Ben knows more about it because he's been out in the front lines of fires for years.
Ty Rupert
Ty RupertGUEST
14:32
There's constant information being relayed back to the incident management team throughout the day, throughout the night.
Ty Rupert
Ty RupertGUEST
14:39
And they're monitoring, like Ben says, that fire activity.
Ty Rupert
Ty RupertGUEST
14:43
And so all of that is taken into consideration in the morning.
Ty Rupert
Ty RupertGUEST
14:46
We meet at 8.30 in the morning every day.
Ty Rupert
Ty RupertGUEST
14:49
And we meet with the fire incident management team, with Ben, myself, And they have a map, the pre-printed map.

9 MINS LATER

Eric Breon
Eric BreonHOST
24:24
So it's not just one decision.

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