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12-12-2008, 11:20 AM
I found this document while poking around. It covers a number of important details related to fire control in and around our community.
Here is an excerpt from the introduction:
Vision and Goals
Residents of the Greenwater Community in King and Pierce Counties have been concerned about wildfires for some time. They also value their homes, woods and privacy. Therefore, local residents and county, state and federal stakeholders have joined together to proactively plan and implement actions to protect lives, protect their community and reduce the risk of wildfire and other related disasters.
Goals of the Greenwater Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) are to:
• Reduce the potential of losses (life, natural resources, property) because of wildfires in the wildland-urban interface.
• Protect people, structures, infrastructures and unique ecosystems that contribute to the community’s way of life and the sustainability of the local and regional economy.
• Educate the community residents about the unique challenges of wildfire in the wildland-urban interface or properties where home are surrounded by forested lands.
• Establish mitigation priorities and continue strategies to reduce losses to wildfires in the Greenwater area (see Greenwater Community Firewise Mitigation Action Plan).
• Strategically locate and plan fuel reduction projects.
• Provide recommendations for alternative treatment methods, such as modifying forest stand density, fuel reduction techniques and abatement of treated slash.
• Meet or exceed the requirements of the National Fire Plan and FEMA for a community wildfire protection plan.
This CWPP is the result of these efforts and partnerships between private, local, state and federal interests. Whereas, wildfire is the greatest threat to the Greenwater community, this CWPP, its goals, objectives and recommended projects serves as the basis for the Greenwater Community Hazard Mitigation Plan.
The rest of the document can be found here: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/rp_burn_cwppgreenwater.pdf
Here is an excerpt from the introduction:
Vision and Goals
Residents of the Greenwater Community in King and Pierce Counties have been concerned about wildfires for some time. They also value their homes, woods and privacy. Therefore, local residents and county, state and federal stakeholders have joined together to proactively plan and implement actions to protect lives, protect their community and reduce the risk of wildfire and other related disasters.
Goals of the Greenwater Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) are to:
• Reduce the potential of losses (life, natural resources, property) because of wildfires in the wildland-urban interface.
• Protect people, structures, infrastructures and unique ecosystems that contribute to the community’s way of life and the sustainability of the local and regional economy.
• Educate the community residents about the unique challenges of wildfire in the wildland-urban interface or properties where home are surrounded by forested lands.
• Establish mitigation priorities and continue strategies to reduce losses to wildfires in the Greenwater area (see Greenwater Community Firewise Mitigation Action Plan).
• Strategically locate and plan fuel reduction projects.
• Provide recommendations for alternative treatment methods, such as modifying forest stand density, fuel reduction techniques and abatement of treated slash.
• Meet or exceed the requirements of the National Fire Plan and FEMA for a community wildfire protection plan.
This CWPP is the result of these efforts and partnerships between private, local, state and federal interests. Whereas, wildfire is the greatest threat to the Greenwater community, this CWPP, its goals, objectives and recommended projects serves as the basis for the Greenwater Community Hazard Mitigation Plan.
The rest of the document can be found here: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/rp_burn_cwppgreenwater.pdf