Mammoth Lakes, CA Community Wildfire Protection Plan Update 2019

Mammoth Lakes, CA Community Wildfire Protection Plan Update 2019 2131 UPLAND AVENUE BOULDER, CO 80304 www.anchorpointgroup.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Mutual agreement page ................................................................................................................... 5 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Collaboration: Community and Agencies ....................................................................................... 8 Mammoth Lakes Fire Department .............................................................................................. 8 US Forest Service ....................................................................................................................... 8 Town of Mammoth Lakes California ......................................................................................... 8 Mammoth Lakes Fire Safe Council ............................................................................................ 8 Goals and Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 9 Study Area Overview .................................................................................................................... 10 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 10 Residential Hazard Zones ......................................................................................................... 10 Values at Risk ............................................................................................................................... 13 Life Safety, Homes, and Commerce ......................................................................................... 13 Areas of Special Interest ........................................................................................................... 14 Probability Situation ..................................................................................................................... 14 No-HARM Ratings ....................................................................................................................... 16 Firefighting Capabilities and Local Preparedness ........................................................................ 17 Recommendations ..................................................................................................................... 17 Apparatus/Equipment ........................................................................................................... 17 Training ................................................................................................................................. 18 Community Ignitability Analysis .................................................................................................. 19 Purpose ...................................................................................................................................... 19 Methodology ............................................................................................................................. 19 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 19 Defensible Space and General Recommendations ....................................................................... 31 Structure Hardening Recommendations ....................................................................................... 33 CPAW Recommendations ............................................................................................................ 36 Areas of Special Interest Recommendations ................................................................................ 37 Landscape Scale Recommendations ............................................................................................. 45 Access/Egress Routes & Evacuation Recommendations ............................................................. 47 Recommendations ............................................................................................................... 47 Shelter-in-Place ................................................................................................................... 48 ii Water Supply Recommendations .................................................................................................. 49 Recommendations ............................................................................................................... 49 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 50 Grant Resources ............................................................................................................................ 51 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ................................................................. 51 CAL FIRE grants ...................................................................................................................... 52 Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Grants ........................................................ 52 Firewise Communities .............................................................................................................. 52 National Volunteer Fire Council ............................................................................................... 52 National Resources Conservation Service Emergency Watershed Protection Program .......... 53 USFS Cooperative Forestry Assistance .................................................................................... 53 References/Citations ..................................................................................................................... 54 Appendix A Creating Defensible Space .................................................................................. A-1 Purpose .................................................................................................................................... A-1 FIGURES Figure 1 Study Area Overview ..................................................................................................... 11 Figure 2 Typical vegetation in the upper montane zone surrounding Mammoth Lakes .............. 12 Figure 3 Typical vegetation in the shrub-dominated areas ........................................................... 12 Figure 4 Residential Hazard Zones ............................................................................................... 13 Figure 5 Significant Fire Perimeters 2000-2018 ........................................................................... 15 Figure 6 Hazard Zones with No-HARM Ratings ......................................................................... 20 Figure 7 Hazard Zone A ............................................................................................................... 21 Figure 8 Hazard Zone B ................................................................................................................ 22 Figure 9 Hazard Zone C ................................................................................................................ 23 Figure 10 Hazard Zone D ............................................................................................................. 24 Figure 11 Hazard Zone E .............................................................................................................. 25 Figure 12 Hazard Zone F .............................................................................................................. 26 Figure 13 Hazard Zone G ............................................................................................................. 27 Figure 14 Hazard Zone H ............................................................................................................. 28 Figure 15 Hazard Zone I ............................................................................................................... 29 Figure 16 Hazard Zone J ............................................................................................................... 30 Figure 17 Defensible Space Examples ......................................................................................... 33 Figure 18 The Home Ignition Zone .............................................................................................. 34 Figure 19 Wood Shake Roof and Chimney Covering .................................................................. 35 Figure 20 Areas of Special Interest ............................................................................................... 38 Figure 21 Valentine Reserve ......................................................................................................... 39 Figure 22 MCWD treatment plant ................................................................................................ 40 iii Figure 23 Mammoth Mountain Main Lodge ................................................................................ 41 Figure 24 The Chalets ................................................................................................................... 41 Figure 25 Camp High Sierra ......................................................................................................... 43 Figure 26 “The Parcel

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