This year, we will focus on the importance of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) as a vehicle for incorporating the Fire Adapted Community recommendations into community design and maintenance, and taking communities to the next step in wildfire preparedness.
CWPP planning assists communities in establishing priorities for protecting life, property and infrastructure. The plans can take a variety of forms, but at a minimum must:
- Be collaboratively developed
- Identify and prioritize areas and methods for hazardous fuel-reduction treatments
- Recommend measures to reduce the ignitability of structures throughout the community
The Living With Fire program and its partners are currently preparing a Washoe County Community-Level CWPP guide to assist communities into and through the CWPP process.
Please check back for more information as we develop this program.