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Community Wildfire Protection Plans
What: A Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is a community plan to reduce the risk of wildfire. The plan identifies strategic sites and methods for fuel reduction projects.
Why: Benefits of Community Wildfire Protection Plans to the community include:
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Communities can help determine the appropriate boundaries for the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) covered in their CWPP.
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Communities with CWPPs are given priority for Federal grants for projects to reduce hazardous fuels.
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Federal Agencies can use alternative environmental compliance options to expedite fuel reduction projects identified in CWPPs.
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Communities can organize projects, based on CWPPs, to build fuel breaks and reduce hazardous fuels without federal funding.
How: The Santa Clara County FireSafe Council received a federal grant from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in early 2006 to develop CWPPs. The BLM is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior and the grant is administered by the California Fire Safe Council. SCFSC used this federal funding, plus local matching funding from companies and individuals, to develop CWPPs for the Croy Fire Area west of Morgan Hill and Gilroy and for the East Foothills east of San Jose.
Table of Contents
Croy Fire Area Community Wildfire Protection Plan
East Foothills Community Wildfire Protection Plan << New Information
Lexington Hills Community Wildfire Protection Plan (Separate Page)
Click
here for a summary
of the SCFSC CWPP Development (PDF file).
Click
here for more on SCFSC Community Wildfire
Protection Plans (PDF file).
Click here for more on
Community Wildfire Protection Plans on the California Fire Alliance Web
Site.
Croy Fire Area Community Wildfire Protection Plan
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Croy Fire, September 25, 2002 (Photos
provided by CAL FIRE. If you know who took them, please let us know so we
can credit the photographers. E-mail Fire Captain Nick Ciardella at
Nick.Ciardella@fire.ca.gov
or call (408) 206-3704.)
Ten field survey trips were made and field survey forms complied for the Croy Fire Area Community Wildfire Protection Plan. This CWPP can be downloaded using the links below.
Approved Croy Fire Area CWPP
The Croy Fire Area CWPP has now been approved by CAL FIRE as the
local fire agency responsible for this area and the State Forester
and by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. These
are the only two signatures required for this CWPP.
Croy Fire Area CWPP Version 1 - Executive Summary (PDF File)
Cover pages and Executive Summary of the Croy Fire Area CWPP just below.
Croy Fire Area CWPP Version 1 (Big PDF File) Questions and comments are welcome!
This is the first fully approved and released version of the Croy Fire Area CWPP. The content is the same as the last Public Draft below.
The following attachments are distributed separately. Attachments A-1 through A-3 are described below.
Attachment A-1: “Taming Natural Disasters,” Association of Bay Area
Governments (ABAG) Multi-Jurisdictional
Local Government Hazard Mitigation
Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area (PDF File).
Attachment A-2: Santa Clara County Annex to Attachment B-1 (PDF File).
Attachment A-3: Santa Clara County Infrastructure Mitigation Strategies for Attachments B-1 and B-2 (PDF File).
Attachment B: Santa Clara County 2001 Fire Code Amendments (PDF File).
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Resolution (PDF File)
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Resolution authorizing the Chair to sign the Croy Fire Area CWPP.
Older Material for Reference
Croy Fire Area CWPP Press Release (PDF File)
SCFSC Press Release inviting public comments on the Croy Fire Area CWPP.
Croy Fire Area CWPP Presentation (PDF File)
A Public Draft summary of the Croy Fire Area CWPP.
Croy Fire Area Public Draft CWPP (Big PDF File)
Public Draft of the Croy Fire Area CWPP.
Please e-mail questions or comments to Fire Captain Nick Ciardella at Nick.Ciardella@fire.ca.gov or call (408) 206-3704.
East Foothills Community Wildfire Protection Plan
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Suncrest Avenue Fire near Alum Rock Park, Sept. 24, 2006 |
The Morning After – Note the Defensible Space for this home |
(Photos by Richard Brown)
Six field survey trips, eight reports and 20 field survey forms were completed for the East Foothills Community Wildfire Protection Plan. The public draft of this CWPP can be downloaded using the link below.
Approved East
Foothills CWPP
The East Foothills Community Wildfire Protection Plan has now been
approved by the San Jose Fire Department (as the primary fire agency for
this area), CAL FIRE (as the State Forester and a fire agency
responsible for this area), the San Jose City Council and the Santa
Clara County Board of Supervisors. These are all the signatures
required for this CWPP.
East Foothills CWPP Version 1 - Executive Summary (PDF File) << New
Cover pages and Executive Summary of the East Foothills CWPP below.
East Foothills CWPP Version 1 (Big PDF File) << New. Questions and comments are welcome!
This is the first fully approved and released version of the East Foothills CWPP. The content is the same as the last Public Draft below.
The following attachments are distributed separately. Attachments B-1 through B-3 are described below.
Attachment B-1: “Taming Natural Disasters,” Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Multi-Jurisdictional Local Government Hazard Mitigation Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area (PDF File).
Attachment B-2: Santa Clara County Annex to Attachment B-1 (PDF File).
Attachment B-3: Santa Clara County Infrastructure Mitigation Strategies for Attachments B-1 and B-2 (PDF File).
Attachment C: Santa Clara County 2001 Fire Code Amendments (PDF File).
San Jose City Council Resolution (PDF File) << New
San Jose City Council Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Fire Chief to sign the East Foothills CWPP.
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Resolution (PDF File) << New
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Resolution authorizing the Chair to sign the East Foothills CWPP.
Older Material for Reference
Two articles have been published on this CWPP in New Neighborhood Voice, a community newsletter for the East Foothills area. Click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2. These articles are written in an easy-to-read Q&A format. "Judy" is the editor of New Neighborhood Voice and her husband "Allan" is the Project Manager for the East Foothills CWPP.
East Foothills CWPP Press Release (PDF File)
SCFSC Press Release inviting public comments on the East Foothills CWPP.
East Foothills CWPP Presentation (PDF File)
A Public Draft summary of the East Foothills CWPP.
East Foothills Public Draft CWPP (Big PDF File)
Public Draft of the East Foothills CWPP.
Please e-mail questions or comments to Allan Thompson at AllanT@SCCFireSafe.org or call (408) 272-7008.
CWPP References and Resources
Living With Fire in Santa Clara County, A 20-page Guide for Homeowners
CDF Santa Clara Unit Fire Management Plan, 2005 (Big PDF File)
The Santa Clara Unit Fire Management Plan documents the assessment of the fire situation in the unit, includes stakeholder contributions and priorities, and identifies strategic targets for pre-fire solutions as defined by the people who live and work with the local fire problem.
ABAG Multi-Jurisdictional Local Government Hazard Mitigation Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area
Santa Clara County is part of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), which sponsored the preparation of Federally-Mandated Local Hazard Mitigation Plans in this area. These plans consider wildfires as well as other natural disasters. Santa Clara County has adopted “Taming Natural Disasters,” the ABAG Multi-Jurisdictional Local Government Hazard Mitigation Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Santa Clara County Annex to this plan. The Santa Clara County plan was approved by FEMA on April 24, 2005.
“Taming Natural Disasters,” Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Multi-Jurisdictional Local Government Hazard Mitigation Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area (PDF File).
Santa Clara County Annex to ABAG Plan (PDF File).
Santa Clara County Infrastructure Mitigation Strategies for ABAG Plan (PDF File).
Updated 11/1/09
Funding for these Community Wildfire Protection Plans was provided by a National Fire Plan grant from the Bureau of Land Management through the California Fire Safe Council. Funding for other programs provided by National Fire Plan grants from the USDI Bureau of Land Management, the USDA Forest Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service through the California Fire Safe Council. Our Community Outreach, Education and Youth programs and other council activities are also funded by grants and donations from local agencies, companies, foundations, organizations and individual donors. Please see our Thank You! and About Us pages for a list of donors and contributors.
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