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2017 Park County Annual Operating Plan 2017 PARK COUNTY ANNUAL OPERATING PLAN 2017 Park County Annual Operating Plan Contents PREAMBLE ..................................................................................................................... 4 PURPOSE ....................................................................................................................... 4 AUTHORITIES ................................................................................................................ 5 RECITALS ....................................................................................................................... 5 INTERAGENCY COOPERATION ................................................................................... 6 Interagency Dispatch Centers ...................................................................................... 6 Interagency Resources ................................................................................................ 6 Standards..................................................................................................................... 6 PREPAREDNESS ........................................................................................................... 7 Protection Planning ...................................................................................................... 7 Protection Areas and Boundaries ................................................................................ 7 Methods of Fire Protection and Suppression ............................................................... 7 Reciprocal (Mutual Aid) Fire Assistance ................................................................... 8 Acquisition of Services .............................................................................................. 8 Joint Projects and Project Plans .................................................................................. 9 Fire Prevention ............................................................................................................. 9 Public Use Restrictions ................................................................................................ 9 Burning Permits ........................................................................................................... 9 Prescribed Fire (Planned Ignitions) and Fuels Management ....................................... 9 Smoke Management .................................................................................................... 9 OPERATIONS ............................................................................................................... 10 Fire Notifications ........................................................................................................ 10 Boundary Line Fires ................................................................................................... 10 Response to Wildland Fire ......................................................................................... 11 Special Management Considerations ..................................................................... 11 Decision Process .................................................................................................... 12 Cooperation ............................................................................................................ 13 Communication ....................................................................................................... 13 Cost efficiency ............................................................................................................ 14 Delegation of Authority ............................................................................................... 14 Version: Final Page 2 of 56 2017 Park County Annual Operating Plan Preservation of Evidence ........................................................................................... 14 STATE EMERGENCY FIRE FUND (EFF) .................................................................... 14 USE AND REIMBURSEMENT OF INTERAGENCY FIRE RESOURCES .................... 15 Cost Share Agreement (Cost Share Methodologies) ................................................. 15 Training ...................................................................................................................... 15 Communication Systems ........................................................................................... 15 Fire Weather Systems ............................................................................................... 16 Aviation Operations .................................................................................................... 16 Billing Procedures ...................................................................................................... 18 Cost Recovery ........................................................................................................... 18 GENERAL PROVISIONS .............................................................................................. 18 Personnel Policy ........................................................................................................ 18 Modification ................................................................................................................ 19 Annual Review ........................................................................................................... 19 Duration of Agreement ............................................................................................... 19 Previous Agreements Superseded ............................................................................ 19 SIGNATURES ............................................................................................................... 19 Park County ............................................................................................................... 20 Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control ...................................................... 20 Federal Land Management Agencies ........................................................................ 21 ATTACHMENT A, Contact Information ......................................................................... 23 ATTACHMENT B, Maps ................................................................................................ 28 ATTACHMENT C, Finance ........................................................................................... 29 ATTACHMENT D, Radio Frequencies .......................................................................... 30 ATTACHMENT E, Aviation ............................................................................................ 56 Version: Final Page 3 of 56 2017 Park County Annual Operating Plan PREAMBLE This local annual operating plan is prepared pursuant to the state annual operating plan, 2016 Colorado Statewide Wildland Fire Management Annual Operating Plan (State AOP). The Colorado Statewide Wildland Fire Management Annual Operating Plan was prepared pursuant to the Colorado Statewide Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act Response Agreement signed and dated 6/1/2011, and as amended in 2013. PURPOSE This local annual operating plan is applicable to all signatory parties (Park County, Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region, and USDI Colorado Bureau of Land Management) within the State of Colorado. It addresses how signatories will implement cooperation, interagency working relationships and protocols, financial arrangements, and joint fire management activities within Park County, Colorado. This local annual operating plan is titled Park County Annual Operating Plan (County AOP) to emphasize this focus at the County-level. Figure 1 displays how this local level annual operating plan is an equal collaboration among the signatories. Figure 1. Collaboration of the local level annual operating plan, or County AOP Park County Park County AOP Colorado Division of Federal Land Fire Management Prevention & Agencies Control Version: Final Page 4 of 56 2017 Park County Annual Operating Plan AUTHORITIES • Colorado Statewide Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act Response Agreement Between: . BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT – COLORADO Agreement Number BLM-MOU-CO-538 . NATIONAL PARK SERVICE – INTERMOUNTAIN REGION Agreement Number F1249110016 . BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS – SOUTHWEST REGION (no agreement number) . UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE – MOUNTAIN PRAIRIE REGION . UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE – ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION Agreement Number 11-FI- 11020000-017 . Memorandum of Understanding For Participation in the Colorado Emergency Fire Fund Between: . The Sheriff of Park County . The Park County Board of County Commissioners . The Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Fire Prevention and Control . The Emergency Fire Fund Committee • Agreement for Cooperative Wildfire Protection in Park County RECITALS This AOP is promulgated to provide guidance to Local, State, Tribal, and Federal Agencies in the prevention and suppression of wildland fire. The following abbreviations will be used throughout this AOP: County -Park County DFPC - Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control Federal agencies - Federal land management agency signatory to this AOP: BLM - United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management NPS – United States Department of Interior, National Park Service USFS - United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service USFWS – United States
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