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Precipitation Northwest provides leadership, oversight, and strategic direction to Oregon’s official Burning Man Regional and Decompression events (SOAK: Portland Regional Burn and Burnout), and other events and programs driven by community members.

Suspension of solid-fuel fire at SOAKPNW has decided to suspend solid-fuel / ember-producing fire at SOAK for the forese...
08/23/2026

Suspension of solid-fuel fire at SOAK

PNW has decided to suspend solid-fuel / ember-producing fire at SOAK for the foreseeable future. After two cancellations in a row due to unsafe conditions, and two wildfires that have threatened the Tygh Valley community, we have read the writing on the wall – the climate has changed and is continuing to change. Although some years might cooperate with regards to weather and fire risk, the overall dynamic is too unpredictable and risky to merit the tremendous amount of time, energy and effort that is needed to make it a contingent option. We still plan to include propane fire and fire spinning in future plans because that is a more manageable risk and less of a hazard to the local community.

You are probably wondering what this will mean for the event… and we are wondering that as well. In the next few months we will be soliciting community feedback and planning with the event Production team to find ways to embrace this shift and step into the next chapter of SOAK. Change is challenging, and it can also be an opportunity to exercise the creativity that our community has in abundance.

Photo Credit: SOAK*2024 MBS by Starfish

2 days til the Forum- please RSVP if you’d like to join. See you there!
06/13/2026

2 days til the Forum- please RSVP if you’d like to join. See you there!

A gathering for the Portland Burner community to learn and g...

Members of the Portland Burner community will gather on Monday, June 15, at 6 pm at the Burner Barn to learn and give fe...
06/09/2026

Members of the Portland Burner community will gather on Monday, June 15, at 6 pm at the Burner Barn to learn and give feedback about the next steps for the unburned SOAK*2026 MBS and Temple structures. If this interests you, click the link to learn more—and please RSVP so we can plan for enough space and snacks.

A gathering for the Portland Burner community to learn and g...

CALL FOR PRODUCERS: Portland Decompression 2026PNW is seeking volunteer Producers for our 2026 Decompression event in Oc...
02/23/2026

CALL FOR PRODUCERS: Portland Decompression 2026

PNW is seeking volunteer Producers for our 2026 Decompression event in October.

BurnOn? Burnout? Whatever we call it, it’s our opportunity to come together, decompress, and bring the principles home.

Are you an organized, motivated, collaborative individual with a vision? Each year, we have a new opportunity to make this event what we want. What will we do next? That could be up to you.

Apply at this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKJWqk8-dabnkDFv2XjUjH0aIahXEA743DlAp3S30gCyzMjA/viewform?usp=send_form

📸 Starfish, Burnout 2022

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