Gold Hill FPD Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)

What is a CWPP?

A CWPP is a Community Wildfire Protection Plan. The development of a CWPP is a community-based forest planning and prioritization process.

The CWPP is a collaborative project that has two objectives: to identify and prioritize hazardous fuels treatments that will protect the community and to recommend measures for reducing structural ignitability.

A CWPP is a required prerequisite under the Healthy Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) of 2003 to receive hazardous fuels reduction funding. The minimum requirements for a CWPP as described in the HFRA are:

  • Collaboration: A CWPP must be collaboratively developed by local and state government representatives, in consultation with federal agencies and other interested parties. 

  • Prioritized Fuel Reduction: A CWPP must identify and prioritize areas for hazardous fuel reduction treatments and recommend the types and methods of treatment that will protect one or more at-risk communities and essential infrastructure.

  • Treatment of Structural Ignitability: A CWPP must recommend measures that homeowners and communities can take to reduce the ignitability of structures throughout the area addressed by the plan. 

 

Why develop a CWPP?

A CWPP can help a community clarify and refine its priorities for life, property, and critical infrastructure in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Each CWPP is different because each plan is specific to the needs of the local community. The specific goals of the Gold Hill CWPP are still being defined. Some possible issues that may be addressed include wildfire response, hazard mitigation, structure protection, education, and community preparedness.

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