Factor 6: Catastrophic Fire Potential The Fire Plan also incorporates an assessment of the potential for catastrophic fire occurrence. A fire can be defined as a catastrophic event in the context of life, economic and natural resource value loss or damage. Commonly used definitions of a catastrophic fire include 1) a major, uncontrolled fire event with an outcome effect zone that extends offsite into the surrounding community, or 2) large, high intensity wildfires that result in long-term damage to soils, watersheds and fisheries, and also result in costly suppression efforts, which often prove ineffective over an extended period of control time.

The catastrophic fire potential evaluation relies extensively on the landscape evaluation of the County’s fire history data (including occurrence history and acreage burned) in relationship to resource and economic values, as well as interviews with federal and state fire managers. The catastrophic fire potential assessment would also normally include an evaluation of fire regime and condition class of Humboldt County’s wildland vegetation. However, that data was not available on a County-wide basis at the time of this wildland fire assessment process.

Fire Regime can be generally described as the natural fire frequency or fire return interval in the absence of modern human intervention (e.g., the Fire Regime Condition Class Interagency Handbook indicates that Redwood Forest is considered Fire Regime I, which experiences short-interval, surface fires at less than 35 year intervals). Condition Class is the departure from the natural fire regime, ranging from low to high, where a high departure from the natural regime creates the potential for severe fire behavior and the risk of loss of key ecosystem components and danger to interface communities.

Based on fire history data and interviews with federal and state fire managers, one of the following three catastrophic fire potential rankings were selected for each planning compartment:

Assessment Factor Ranking Low Moderate High Catastrophic Fire Catastrophic Fire Catastrophic Fire Catastrophic Fire Likely Potential Unlikely Possible

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Background Data by Planning Compartment:

Compartment 1: Lower Klamath Planning Compartment Fuel Hazard and Topography Ranking

FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Fuel Model Model G Dense conifer, heavy litter accumulation, downed woody material Flame Length 12 + Feet High Crowning Potential 6 + High Slope 50 + percent High Aspect South & West High Elevation 1,000 – 5,000 feet High Fuel Hazard and Topography Rating High

Resource and Economic Asset Ranking

FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Recreation Undeveloped high recreation Moderate use Public Infrastructure Public Infrastructure sites are Moderate present Wildlife/Fisheries Highly significant habitat. High Range Use Little or no range use Low Watershed Stream Class PI, I. Important High water use/riparian area. Domestic water use. Forest/Woodland Standing forest/ woodland on High 51+% of area Forest Plantations 16 - 30% or less of area in or Moderate programmed for forest plantations Threat to Structures Threat to structures and Moderate property Cultural Resources Archaeological/historical High findings of high significance Special Interest Areas A majority of the area is High classified as Special Interest area Visual Resources Preserve and retain existing High character. Threatened & Species present. High Endangered Species Soils (Erosion Hazard Highly erodable (EHR 13+). High Rating) Air Quality Low receptor sensitivity Low Vegetation Potential for sensitive plants. Moderate Resource and Economic Assets Rating Moderate

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Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking

Ignition Risk Description Population Density / Wildland 500- 1000 Dwellings/structures Urban Interface

Power Lines Distribution Lines Industrial Operations Active timber sale Construction project Debris/slash burning Mining Maintenance/service contracts Recreation Dispersed camping areas, party areas, hunters, water-based, hiking Developed camping areas Off highway vehicle use Flammables Present Gas pumps or storage Other Dump Fireworks, children with matches Electronic installations Woodcutting area, power equipment Shooting/target Government operations Incendiary Cultural Activities Railroads Railroads are not present Transportation System State/Federal highway(s) County road(s) Public Access Road(s) Commercial Development Camps, resorts, stables Business, agricultural/ranching Schools Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking Moderate

Wildfire Ignition Data 10 Year Average 1993-2002 Average Annual Average Annual Acres Burned Fire Planning Compartment Fires 1. Lower Klamath 13 25.1 Wildfire Fire History Ranking Moderate

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FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Jurisdiction Federal Agency Total Square Miles of 75 sq. mi. (32% of compartment area) Wildland Fire Compartment Protection Initial Attack 30 + minutes High Suppression Complex High Complexity Fire Protection Capability and Suppression High Complexity Rating

Catastrophic Fire Potential FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Catastrophic Fire Catastrophic Fire Possible Moderate Potential

Compartment 2: East Klamath Fire Planning Compartment Fuel Hazard and Topography Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Fuel Model Model G Dense conifer, heavy litter accumulation, downed woody material Flame Length 12 + Feet High Crowning Potential 6 + High Slope 50 + percent High Aspect South & West High Elevation 1,000 – 5,000 feet High Fuel Hazard and Topography Rating High

Resource and Economic Asset Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Recreation Developed recreation site High within or adjacent to area Public Infrastructure Public Infrastructure sites are Moderate present Wildlife/Fisheries Highly significant habitat. High Range Use Little or no range use Low Watershed Stream Class PI, I. Important High water use/riparian area. Domestic water use. Forest/Woodland Standing forest/ woodland on High 51+% of area Forest Plantations 16 - 30% or less of area in or Moderate programmed for forest plantations Threat to Structures Threat to structures and Moderate property Cultural Resources Archaeological/historical High findings of high significance Special Interest Areas A majority of the area is High classified as Special Interest area

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FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Visual Resources Preserve and retain existing High character. Threatened & Species present. High Endangered Species Soils (Erosion Hazard Erodable (EHR 4-12). Moderate Rating) Air Quality Low receptor sensitivity Low Vegetation Potential for sensitive plants. Moderate Resource and Economic Assets Rating Moderate

Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking

Ignition Risk Description Population Density / Wildland 1000 + Dwellings/structures (includes seasonal residences) Urban Interface

Wildfire Ignition Data 10 Year Average 1993-2002 Average Annual Average Annual Acres Burned Fire Planning Compartment Fires 2. East Klamath 15 1,616 Wildfire Fire History Ranking High

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Fire Protection Capability & Suppression Complexity Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Complexity CDF SRA Wildland Total Square Miles of 8.0 sq. mi. (4% of compartment area) Fire Protection Compartment Population Protected 528 persons Households Protected 209 households CDF SRA w/in Fire Total Square Miles of 0 sq. mi. (0% of compartment area) Related District Compartment Jurisdiction Federal Agency Total Square Miles of 204 sq. mi. (0% of compartment area) Wildland Fire Compartment Protection Initial Attack 30 + minutes High Suppression Complex High Complexity Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Moderate Complexity Rating

Catastrophic Fire Potential FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Catastrophic Fire Catastrophic Fire Likely High Potential

Compartment 3: Trinity Fire Planning Compartment

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FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Forest Plantations 31+% of area in or programmed High for forest plantations Threat to Structures Threat to structures and Moderate property Cultural Resources Archaeological/historical High findings of high significance Special Interest Areas A majority of the area is High classified as Special Interest area Visual Resources Preserve and retain existing High character. Threatened & Species present. High Endangered Species Soils (Erosion Hazard Erodable (EHR 4-12). Moderate Rating) Air Quality Receptor sensitivity Moderate Vegetation Potential for sensitive plants. Moderate Resource and Economic Assets Rating High

Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking

Ignition Risk Description Population Density / Wildland 1000 + Dwellings/structures Urban Interface

Distribution Lines Power Lines Transmission Lines Industrial Operations Active timber sale Construction project Debris/slash burning Mining Maintenance/service contracts Recreation Dispersed camping and party areas, hunters, water-based, hiking Developed camping areas Off highway vehicle use Flammables Present Gas pumps or storage Other Dump Fireworks, children with matches Electronic installations Woodcutting area, power equipment Shooting/target Government operations Incendiary Cultural Activities Railroads Railroads are not present Transportation System State/Federal highway(s) County road(s) Public Access Road(s) Commercial Development Camps, resorts, stables Business, agricultural/ranching

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Ignition Risk Description Schools Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking High

Wildfire Ignition Data 10 Year Average 1993-2002 Average Annual Average Annual Acres Burned Fire Planning Compartment Fires 3. Trinity 172 5,918 Wildfire Fire History Ranking High

Fire Protection Capability & Suppression Complexity Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Complexity CDF SRA Wildland Total Square Miles of 79 sq. mi. (18% of compartment area) Fire Protection Compartment Population Protected 1,683 persons Households Protected 750 households CDF SRA w/in Fire Total Square Miles of 6 sq. mi. (1% of compartment area) Related District Compartment Jurisdiction Federal Agency Total Square Miles of 363 sq. mi. (82% of compartment area) Wildland Fire Compartment Protection Initial Attack 30 + minutes High Suppression Complex High Complexity Fire Protection Capability and Suppression High Complexity Rating

Catastrophic Fire Potential FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Catastrophic Fire Catastrophic Fire Likely High Potential

Compartment 4: Redwood Park Fire Planning Compartment

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Resource and Economic Asset Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Recreation Developed recreation site High within or adjacent to area Public Infrastructure High value or numerous Public High Infrastructure sites Wildlife/Fisheries Highly significant habitat. High Range Use Little or no range use Low Watershed Stream Class PI, I. Important High water use/riparian area. Domestic water use. Forest/Woodland Standing forest/ woodland on High 51+% of area Forest Plantations 15% or less of area in or Low programmed for forest plantations Threat to Structures Little or no threat or loss Low potential Cultural Resources Archaeological/historical High findings of high significance Special Interest Areas A majority of the area is High classified as Special Interest area Visual Resources Preserve and retain existing High character. Threatened & Species present. High Endangered Species Soils (Erosion Hazard Erodable (EHR 4-12). Moderate Rating) Air Quality High receptor sensitivity High Vegetation Plant occurrences of High significance. Resource and Economic Assets Rating High

Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking

Ignition Risk Description Population Density / Wildland 501 - 1000 Dwellings/structures (includes seasonal residences) Urban Interface

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Ignition Risk Description Woodcutting area, power equipment Shooting/target Government operations Incendiary Cultural Activities Railroads Railroads are not present Transportation System State/Federal highway(s) County road(s) Public Access Road(s) Commercial Development Camps, resorts, stables Business, agricultural/ranching Schools Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking Moderate

Wildfire Ignition Data 10 Year Average 1993-2002 Average Annual Average Annual Acres Burned Fire Planning Compartment Fires 4. Redwood Park 4 3 Wildfire Fire History Ranking Moderate

Fire Protection Capability & Suppression Complexity Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Complexity CDF SRA Wildland Total Square Miles of 49.1 sq. mi. (31% of compartment area) Fire Protection Compartment Population Protected 465 persons Households Protected 187 households CDF SRA w/in Fire Total Square Miles of 3.8 sq. mi. (2% of compartment area) Related District Compartment Jurisdiction Federal Agency Total Square Miles of 108 sq. mi. (69% of compartment area) Wildland Fire Compartment Protection Initial Attack 30 + minutes High Suppression Complex High Complexity Fire Protection Capability and Suppression High Complexity Rating

Catastrophic Fire Potential FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Catastrophic Fire Catastrophic Fire Possible Moderate Potential

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Compartment 5: Trinidad Fire Planning Compartment

Resource and Economic Asset Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Recreation Developed recreation site High within or adjacent to area Public Infrastructure High value or numerous Public High Infrastructure sites Wildlife/Fisheries Highly significant habitat. High Range Use Range allotment within area, Moderate normal/average use Watershed Stream Class PI, I. Important High water use/riparian area. Domestic water use. Forest/Woodland Standing forest/ woodland on High 51+% of area Forest Plantations 31+% of area in or programmed High for forest plantations Threat to Structures Threat to structures and Moderate property Cultural Resources Archaeological/historical High findings of high significance Special Interest Areas A majority of the area is High classified as Special Interest area Visual Resources Preserve and retain existing High character. Threatened & Species present. High Endangered Species Soils (Erosion Hazard Highly erodable (EHR 13+). High Rating) Air Quality High receptor sensitivity High Vegetation Potential for sensitive plants. Moderate Resource and Economic Assets Rating High

Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking

Ignition Risk Description Population Density / Wildland 1000 + Dwellings/structures Urban Interface

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Ignition Risk Description Industrial Operations Active timber sale Construction project Debris/slash burning Maintenance/service contracts Recreation Dispersed camping areas, party areas, hunters, water-based, hiking Developed camping areas Off highway vehicle use Flammables Present Gas pumps or storage Other Dump Fireworks, children with matches Electronic installations Woodcutting area, power equipment Shooting/target Government operations Incendiary Cultural Activities Railroads Railroads are not present Transportation System State/Federal highway(s) County road(s) Public Access Road(s) Commercial Development Camps, resorts, stables Business, agricultural/ranching Schools Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking Moderate

Wildfire Ignition Data 10 Year Average 1993-2002 Average Annual Average Annual Acres Burned Fire Planning Compartment Fires 5. Trinidad 45 1.2 Wildfire Fire History Ranking Moderate

Fire Protection Capability & Suppression Complexity Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Complexity CDF SRA Wildland Total Square Miles of 84 sq. mi. (91% of compartment area) Fire Protection Compartment Population Protected 767 persons Households Protected 371 households CDF SRA w/in Fire Total Square Miles of 8 sq. mi. (9% of compartment area) Related District Compartment Jurisdiction Federal Agency Total Square Miles of 1 sq. mi. (1% of compartment area) Wildland Fire Compartment Protection Initial Attack 30 + minutes High Suppression Average Moderate Complexity Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Moderate

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FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Complexity Rating

Catastrophic Fire Potential FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Catastrophic Fire Catastrophic Fire Possible Moderate Potential

Compartment 6: Humboldt Bay Fire Planning Compartment

Resource and Economic Asset Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Recreation Developed recreation site High within or adjacent to area Public Infrastructure High value or numerous Public High Infrastructure sites Wildlife/Fisheries Highly significant habitat. High Range Use Range allotment within area, High significant use Watershed Stream Class PI, I. Important High water use/riparian area. Domestic water use. Forest/Woodland Standing forest/ woodland on Moderate 26 - 50% of area Forest Plantations 16 - 30% or less of area in or Moderate programmed for forest plantations Threat to Structures High loss and threat potential High due to numbers and placement Cultural Resources Archaeological/historical High findings of high significance Special Interest Areas A majority of the area is High classified as Special Interest area Visual Resources Preserve and retain existing High character. Threatened & Species present. High Endangered Species Soils (Erosion Hazard Erodable (EHR 4-12). Moderate Rating) Air Quality High receptor sensitivity High Vegetation Plant occurrences of High significance

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FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Resource and Economic Assets Rating High

Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking Ignition Risk Description Population Density / Wildland 1000 + Dwellings/structures Urban Interface

Distribution Lines Power Lines Transmission Lines Sub Station Industrial Operations Active timber sale Construction project Debris/slash burning Maintenance/service contracts Recreation Dispersed camping and party areas, hunters, water-based, hiking Developed camping areas Off highway vehicle use Flammables Present Gas or oil wells/transmission Gas pumps or storage Other Dump Fireworks, children with matches Electronic installations Woodcutting area, power equipment Shooting/target Government operations Incendiary Cultural Activities Railroads Railroads are present Transportation System State/Federal highway(s) County road(s) Public Access Road(s) Commercial Development Camps, resorts, stables Business, agricultural/ranching Schools Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking High

Wildfire Ignition Data 10 Year Average 1993-2002 Average Annual Fire Planning Compartment Fires Average Annual Acres Burned 6. Humboldt Bay 58 57 Wildfire Fire History Ranking Moderate

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FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Related District Compartment Jurisdiction Federal Agency Total Square Miles of 0 sq. mi. (0% of compartment area) Wildland Fire Compartment Protection Initial Attack 15 - 30 minutes Moderate Suppression Complex High Complexity Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Low Complexity Rating

Catastrophic Fire Potential FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Catastrophic Fire Catastrophic Fire Possible Moderate Potential

Compartment 7: Upper Redwood Creek Fire Planning Compartment Fuel Hazard and Topography Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Fuel Model Model G Dense conifer, heavy litter accumulation, downed woody material Flame Length 12 + feet High Crowning Potential 6 + High Slope 31 - 50 percent Moderate Aspect South, West High Elevation 1,000 – 5,000 feet High Fuel Hazard and Topography Rating Moderate

Resource and Economic Asset Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Recreation Undeveloped average Low recreation use Public Infrastructure Few or no Public Infrastructure Low sites Wildlife/Fisheries Highly significant habitat. High Range Use Range allotment within area, Moderate normal/average use Watershed Stream Class PI, I. Important High water use/riparian area. Domestic water use. Forest/Woodland Standing forest/ woodland on High 51+% of area Forest Plantations 16 - 30% or less of area in or Moderate programmed for forest plantations Threat to Structures Little or no threat or loss Low potential Cultural Resources Archaeological/ historical Moderate findings, potential for Native American use.

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FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Special Interest Areas Area is adjacent to a Special Moderate Interest area Visual Resources Partially retain existing Moderate character. Threatened & Species present. High Endangered Species Soils (Erosion Hazard Erodable (EHR 4-12). Moderate Rating) Air Quality Low receptor sensitivity Low Vegetation Potential for sensitive plants. Moderate Resource and Economic Assets Rating Low

Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking

Ignition Risk Description Population Density / Wildland 301 - 500 Dwellings/structures Urban Interface

Power Lines Distribution Lines Industrial Operations Active timber sale Construction project Debris/slash burning Maintenance/service contracts Recreation Dispersed camping areas, party areas, hunters, water-based, hiking Off highway vehicle use Flammables Present Gas pumps or storage Other Dump Woodcutting area, power equipment Shooting/target Government operations Cultural Activities Railroads Railroads are not present Transportation System State/Federal highway(s) County road(s) Public Access Road(s) Commercial Development Camps, resorts, stables Business, agricultural/ranching Schools Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking Low

Wildfire Ignition Data 10 Year Average 1993-2002 Average Annual Average Annual Acres Burned Fire Planning Compartment Fires 7. Upper Redwood Creek 7 13.2 Wildfire Fire History Ranking Low

Fire Protection Capability & Suppression Complexity Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Complexity

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FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING CDF SRA Wildland Total Square Miles of 173 sq. mi. (94% of compartment area) Fire Protection Compartment Population Protected 239 persons Households Protected 92 households CDF SRA w/in Fire Total Square Miles of 0 sq. mi. (0% of compartment area) Related District Compartment Jurisdiction Federal Agency Total Square Miles of 4 sq. mi. (2% of compartment area) Wildland Fire Compartment Protection Initial Attack 30 + minutes High Suppression Average Moderate Complexity Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Moderate Complexity Rating

Catastrophic Fire Potential FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Catastrophic Fire Catastrophic Fire Possible Moderate Potential

Compartment 8: Mad-Van Duzen Fire Planning Compartment

Resource and Economic Asset Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Recreation Developed recreation site High within or adjacent to area Public Infrastructure Few or no Public Infrastructure Low sites Wildlife/Fisheries Highly significant habitat. High Range Use Range allotment within area, Moderate normal/average use Watershed Stream Class PI, I. Important High water use/riparian area. Domestic water use. Forest/Woodland Standing forest/ woodland on High 51+% of area Forest Plantations 31+% of area in or High programmed for forest plantations Threat to Structures Threat to structures and Moderate

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FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING property Cultural Resources Archaeological/ historical Moderate findings, potential for Native American use. Special Interest Areas Area is adjacent to a Special Moderate Interest area Visual Resources Partially retain existing Moderate character. Threatened & Species present. High Endangered Species Soils (Erosion Hazard Erodable (EHR 4-12). Moderate Rating) Air Quality Low receptor sensitivity Low Vegetation Potential for sensitive plants. Moderate Resource and Economic Assets Rating Low

Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking

Ignition Risk Description Population Density / Wildland 301 - 500 Dwellings/structures Urban Interface

Power Lines Distribution Lines Industrial Operations Active timber sale Construction project Debris/slash burning Maintenance/service contracts Recreation Dispersed camping areas, party areas, hunters, water-based, hiking Off highway vehicle use Flammables Present Gas pumps or storage Other Dump Woodcutting area, power equipment Children with matches Shooting/target Government operations Cultural Activities Railroads Railroads are not present Transportation System State/Federal highway(s) County road(s) Public Access Road(s) Commercial Development Camps, resorts, stables Business, agricultural/ranching Schools Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking Low

Wildfire Ignition Data 10 Year Average 1993-2002 Average Annual Average Annual Acres Burned Fire Planning Compartment Fires 8. Mad-Van Duzen 14 60.5 Wildfire Fire History Ranking Moderate

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Fire Protection Capability & Suppression Complexity Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Complexity CDF SRA Wildland Total Square Miles of 614 sq. mi. (86% of compartment area) Fire Protection Compartment Population Protected 1,318 persons Households Protected 517 households CDF SRA w/in Fire Total Square Miles of 0 sq. mi. (0% of compartment area) Related District Compartment Jurisdiction Federal Agency Total Square Miles of 73 sq. mi. (10.6% of compartment area) Wildland Fire Compartment Protection Initial Attack 30 + minutes High Suppression Average Moderate Complexity Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Moderate Complexity Rating

Catastrophic Fire Potential FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Catastrophic Fire Catastrophic Fire Possible Moderate Potential

Compartment 9: Main Eel Fire Planning Compartment

Resource and Economic Asset Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Recreation Undeveloped high recreation Moderate use Public Infrastructure Few or no Public Infrastructure Low sites Wildlife/Fisheries Highly significant habitat. High Range Use Range allotment within area, Moderate normal/average use Watershed Stream Class PI, I. Important High water use/riparian area. Domestic water use. Forest/Woodland Standing forest/ woodland on High 51+% of area Forest Plantations 16 - 30% or less of area in or Moderate programmed for forest

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FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING plantations Threat to Structures Threat to structures and Moderate property Cultural Resources Archaeological/ historical Moderate findings, potential for Native American use. Special Interest Areas Area is adjacent to a Special Moderate Interest area Visual Resources Partially retain existing Moderate character. Threatened & Species present. High Endangered Species Soils (Erosion Hazard Erodable (EHR 4-12). Moderate Rating) Air Quality Low receptor sensitivity Low Vegetation Potential for sensitive plants. Moderate Resource and Economic Assets Rating Low

Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking

Ignition Risk Description Population Density / Wildland 301 - 500 Dwellings/structures Urban Interface

Power Lines Distribution Lines Industrial Operations Active timber sale Debris/slash burning Maintenance/service contracts Recreation Dispersed camping areas, party areas, hunters, water-based, hiking Off highway vehicle use Flammables Present Gas pumps or storage Other Dump Woodcutting area, power equipment Children with matches Shooting/target Government operations Cultural Activities Railroads Railroads are present Transportation System County road(s) Public Access Road(s) Commercial Development Camps, resorts, stables Business, agricultural/ranching Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking Low

Wildfire Ignition Data 10 Year Average 1993-2002 Average Annual Average Annual Acres Burned Fire Planning Compartment Fires 9. Main Eel 6 117 Wildfire Fire History Ranking Low

Fire Protection Capability & Suppression Complexity Ranking

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FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Complexity CDF SRA Wildland Total Square Miles of 267 sq. mi. (96% of compartment area) Fire Protection Compartment Population Protected 811 persons Households Protected 289 households CDF SRA w/in Fire Total Square Miles of 0 sq. mi. (0% of compartment area) Related District Compartment Jurisdiction Federal Agency Total Square Miles of 5 sq. mi. (2% of compartment area) Wildland Fire Compartment Protection Initial Attack 30 + minutes High Suppression Average Moderate Complexity Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Moderate Complexity Rating

Catastrophic Fire Potential FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Catastrophic Fire Catastrophic Fire Possible Moderate Potential

Compartment 10: South Eel Fire Planning Compartment

Fuel Hazard and Topography Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Fuel Model Model G Dense conifer, heavy litter accumulation, downed woody material Flame Length 12 + feet High Crowning Potential 6 + High Slope 31 – 50 percent Moderate Aspect South, West High Elevation 1,000 – 5,000 feet High Fuel Hazard and Topography Rating Moderate Resource and Economic Asset Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Recreation Highly significant habitat. High Public Infrastructure Few or no Public Infrastructure Low sites Wildlife/Fisheries Stream Class PI, I. Important High water use/riparian area. Domestic water use. Range Use Range allotment within area, Moderate normal/average use Watershed Stream Class PI, I. Important High water use/riparian area. Domestic water use. Forest/Woodland Standing forest/ woodland on High 51+% of area Forest Plantations 16 - 30% or less of area in or Moderate programmed for forest plantations

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FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Threat to Structures High loss and threat potential High due to numbers and placement Cultural Resources Archaeological/historical High findings of high significance Special Interest Areas A majority of the area is High classified as Special Interest area Visual Resources Preserve and retain existing High character. Threatened & Species present. High Endangered Species Soils (Erosion Hazard Erodable (EHR 4-12). Moderate Rating) Air Quality Receptor sensitivity Moderate Vegetation Potential for sensitive plants. Moderate Resource and Economic Assets Rating High

Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking

Ignition Risk Description Population Density / Wildland 1001 + Dwellings/structures Urban Interface

Distribution Lines Power Lines Distribution Lines Industrial Operations Active timber sale Construction project Debris/slash burning Maintenance/service contracts Recreation Dispersed camping areas, party areas, hunters, water-based, hiking Developed camping Off highway vehicle use Flammables Present Gas pumps or storage Other Dump Woodcutting area, power equipment Children with matches Shooting/target Government operations Cultural Activities Railroads Railroads are present Transportation System State/Federal Highway(s) County road(s) Public Access Road(s) Commercial Development Camps, resorts, stables Business, agricultural/ranching Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking High

Wildfire Ignition Data 10 Year Average 1993-2002 Average Annual Average Annual Acres Burned Fire Planning Compartment Fires

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10. South Eel 41 85 Wildfire Fire History Ranking High

Fire Protection Capability & Suppression Complexity Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Complexity CDF SRA Wildland Total Square Miles of 411 sq. mi. (99% of compartment area) Fire Protection Compartment Population Protected 6,817 persons Households Protected 2,775 households CDF SRA w/in Fire Total Square Miles of 4 sq. mi. (1% of compartment area) Related District Compartment Jurisdiction Federal Agency Total Square Miles of 0 sq. mi. (0% of compartment area) Wildland Fire Compartment Protection Initial Attack 30 + minutes High Suppression Complex High Complexity Fire Protection Capability and Suppression High Complexity Rating

Catastrophic Fire Potential FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Catastrophic Fire Catastrophic Fire Possible High Potential

Compartment 11: Mattole Lost Coast Fire Planning Compartment

Resource and Economic Asset Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Recreation Highly significant habitat. High Public Infrastructure Few or no Public Infrastructure Low sites Wildlife/Fisheries Stream Class PI, I. Important High water use/riparian area. Domestic water use. Range Use Range allotment within area, High significant use Watershed Stream Class PI, I. Important High water use/riparian area. Domestic water use.

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FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Forest/Woodland Standing forest/ woodland on High 51+% of area Forest Plantations 16 - 30% or less of area in or Moderate programmed for forest plantations Threat to Structures High loss and threat potential High due to numbers and placement Cultural Resources Archaeological/ historical Moderate findings, potential for Native American use. Special Interest Areas A majority of the area is High classified as Special Interest area Visual Resources Preserve and retain existing High character. Threatened & Species present. High Endangered Species Soils (Erosion Hazard Highly erodable (EHR 13+). High Rating) Air Quality Receptor sensitivity Moderate Vegetation Potential for sensitive plants. Moderate Resource and Economic Assets Rating Moderate

Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking

Ignition Risk Description Population Density / Wildland 1001 + Dwellings/structures Urban Interface

Distribution Lines Power Lines Sub Station Industrial Operations Active timber sale Construction project Debris/slash burning Maintenance/service contracts Recreation Dispersed camping areas, party areas, hunters, water-based, hiking Developed camping Off highway vehicle use Flammables Present Gas pumps or storage Other Dump Woodcutting area, power equipment Children with matches Shooting/target Government operations Cultural Activities Railroads Railroads are present Transportation System State/Federal Highway(s) County road(s) Public Access Road(s) Commercial Development Camps, resorts, stables

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Ignition Risk Description Business, agricultural/ranching Wildfire Ignition Risk Ranking High

Wildfire Ignition Data 10 Year Average 1993-2002 Average Annual Average Annual Acres Burned Fire Planning Compartment Fires 11. Mattole-Lost Coast 17 122 Wildfire Fire History Ranking High

Fire Protection Capability & Suppression Complexity Ranking FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Fire Protection Capability and Suppression Complexity CDF SRA Wildland Total Square Miles of 437 sq. mi. (82% of compartment area) Fire Protection Compartment Population Protected 1,806 persons Households Protected 807 households CDF SRA w/in Fire Total Square Miles of 41 sq. mi. (8% of compartment area) Related District Compartment Jurisdiction Federal Agency Total Square Miles of 0 sq. mi. (0% of compartment area) Wildland Fire Compartment Protection Initial Attack 30 + minutes High Suppression Complex High Complexity Fire Protection Capability and Suppression High Complexity Rating

Catastrophic Fire Potential FACTOR CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION / RATING Catastrophic Fire Catastrophic Fire Possible High Potential

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Appendix D: Emergency Response Time and Coverage

EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME AND COVERAGE MODELS

Average Rural Community Structure Fire Response Model Estimated Total Call Response Time-Interval Model for one engine and one Chief Officer

911 Call Received 0:00 Average Call Processing Interval 1:00 Average Volunteer(s) response time to apparatus location combined with Average Turnout Time Interval 5:00 Average Travel Time Interval 6:00 Average Response Time Subtotal: 11:00

Total Call Time On-scene Attack Time Model 11:00 0:00 1st Response Engine On scene Scene size-up begins; Primary fire hose attack line deployment begins; Setup of Engine; fire pump begins 12:30 1:30 VFD Chief Officer On scene Firefighter accountability system established 14:30 3:30 Scene size-up completed & Primary fire hose line deployment completed; Forcible and interior fire attack begins

Rural VFD Response Travel Time Model Parameters: Varying address/location information, longer than average response times, larger response areas, single response fire stations, longer backup & aid time. Rural terrain, some steep up/down slopes, few stop signs, varying road class/conditions.

Average Urban Community/City Structure Fire Response Model Estimated Total Call Response Time-Interval Model for two engines and one Battalion Chief

911 Call Received 0:00 Average Call Processing Interval 1:00 Average Turnout Time Interval 1:30 Average Travel Time Interval 4:30 (ISO Standard Response Time @ 1.5 mile) Average Arrival Time Subtotal: 7:00

Total Call Time On Scene Attack Time Model 7:00 0:00 1st Response Engine 1 On scene 1st Response Medic/Rescue On scene Rapid Intervention Crew (RIC) setup begins Scene size-up begins; Primary fire hose attack line deployment begins 8:00 1:00 Engine2 On scene (hydrant) Battalion 1 On scene Eng. 2 begins hydrant supply hose lay RIC established; Firefighter accountability system established; Setup of Engine 2 fire pump completed 8:30 1:30 Scene size-up completed Primary fire hose attack line deployment completed; Forcible entry and interior fire attack begins

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Urban Response Travel Time Model Parameters. Reliable address information, short average response times, smaller average response areas, multiple fire station coverage & backup. Urban terrain, flat- moderate slope, stop signs, cross-streets, visible addresses, intermittent traffic congestion, stop light signals

EMERGENCY VEHICLE RESPONSE COVERAGE AND TRAVEL TIME MODEL MAPS The computer-aided coverage and time analysis models the distance each engine company travels within specified travel time zones. Individual travel time zones represent the geographic boundary that an emergency vehicle could reach in that given amount of time.

The spatial analysis tool uses an average, over-the-road speed appropriate for the roadway type. Therefore, this analysis is only a “model” of the real world. Actual response times may vary due to local road characteristics, traffic lights, congestion, road networks, weather conditions, visibility, etc. This model also does not account for the fact that the engine company may be assigned to a prior call and another unit would be called to cover the incident, thus extending the response time.

MAP OVERVIEW These maps collectively illustrate individual fire station coverage and travel time models for those districts/ departments that reside within Humboldt County. Each travel time zone is reflected by a specific, standard color, to assist in distinguishing individual response time zones within the respective fire districts.

Map Key This view shows the selected Humboldt County fire station locations (representing all local fire departments). This is a station location reference map for the other Humboldt County fire response time maps that follow.

Maps D-1, -2 & -3 These maps are the response time map index key to the more detailed emergency response travel time analysis areas.

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Map D-1 This map specifically illustrates the response time coverage model for each station located within Humboldt Bay Planning Compartment. Most local fire departments that reside within this planning compartment would be defined as “urban/semi-rural” fire organizations.

The matrix below further defines the urban response time model parameters used to devise the coverage/travel time maps. To calculate the total call response time using the travel time map: add the average turnout time (or other appropriate turnout time) to the selected travel time zone.

Table D-1 Urban Department Response Time Model Parameters Response TIME Characteristics Terrain and Average MPH Characteristics o reliable address information, o urban terrain, o short average response times, o flat-moderate slope, o smaller average response areas, o stop signs, cross-streets, o multiple resource/fire station coverage o generally good location info, visible addresses, o relatively rapid backup & mutual/auto aid o intermittent congestion Turnout Time add: +1:30 Travel Time Response Boundaries: 3.0 min – Green 38 mph 4.5 min – Light Yellow “ “ 6.0 min – Yellow “ “ 7.5 min – Light Pink “ “ 9.0 min – Pink “ “ 12.0 min – Light Red “ “ 15.0 min – Red “ “ These maps specifically illustrate the response time coverage model for each station located within the remainder of Humboldt County, excluding the Humboldt Bay Planning Compartment. Most, if not all, fire districts/departments that reside within this planning compartment would be defined as characteristically “rural” fire organizations.

The matrix below further defines the rural response time model parameters used to devise the coverage/travel time maps. To calculate the total call response time using the travel time map: add the average turnout time (or other appropriate turnout time) to the selected travel time zone.

Table D-2 Rural Department Response Time Model Parameters: Response TIME Characteristics Terrain and Average MPH Characteristics o No resident station personnel, o rural terrain o Often vague or inaccurate address/ location o some steep up/down slopes information, o rural, narrow roads o longer than average response times, o few stop signs o larger response areas, o some highway travel o single resource/response fire stations, o varying road class/conditions o longer backup & mutual aid times Turnout Time add: + 5:00 Travel Time Response Boundaries: 3.0 min – Green 34 mph (speed reflects rural road characteristics) 4.5 min – Light Yellow “ ” 6.0 min – Yellow “ ” 7.5 min – Light Pink “ ” 9.0 min – Pink “ ” 12.0 min – Light Red “ ” 15.0 min – Red “ ” 18.0 min – Dark Red “ ”

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The table and figure below quantify the response time analysis by putting acres and relative percent to each category.

Table D-3 Times Acres Percent 3 Min 109,019 10.6 4.5 Min 105,679 10.3 6 Min 127,636 12.4 7.5 Min 122,665 12.0 9 Min 109,787 10.7 12 Min 231,089 22.5 15 Min 219,679 21.4 18 Min* 141,594 N/A *The 18 Minute statistic is for the rural fire stations and does not include any stations inside the Humboldt Bay planning compartment.

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E.1 AGENDA

Humboldt County Fire Safe Council, Community Fire Planning Meeting

Purpose x Educate residents regarding fire safety, protection, defensible space, and the Humboldt County Master Fire Protection Plan. x Solicit information and participation from residents to effectively implement the Humboldt County Master Fire Protection Plan.

Outcomes x Opportunity to provide direct input into priorities for Humboldt County community fire safety. x Identification of local concerns and priorities on maps to prioritize projects for future National Fire Plan funding. x Basic understanding of fire safety and defensible space to allow residents to implement these concepts on their property and throughout their community. x Basic understanding of local fire protection services available in each community. x Broad-based participation in the Humboldt County Master Fire Protection Plan process.

AGENDA

When What How Who 6:00-6:20 Review literature, survey, feedback forms. Informal All Enjoy refreshments, Wildfire: Preventing Home Ignitions video. 6:20-6:40 Introductions Go-Round Facilitator Overview of agenda, purpose and outcomes, Presentation (Tracy Katelman) ground rules, housekeeping, feedback forms 6:40-6:55 Introduction to Humboldt County Master Fire PowerPoint Humboldt County Protection Plan (MFPP). Review of document, Presentation Community maps, and recommendations. Presentation of and Q&A Development findings regarding fire protection gaps and Services recommendations for improving fire prevention (Cybelle Immitt.) and protection. 6:55–7:15 Local Fire Protection: What is and is not Panel of Local Chiefs, Facilitator available to local residents in each community? Fire Chiefs How can residents best support their local fire department? 7:15–7:30 What is a Fire Safe Council (FSC)? Funding Presentation Tracy Katelman options for FSC projects. and/or local FSC reps. 7:30-7:45 Defensible space, fire preparedness, and home PowerPoint CDF and/or local fire safety presentation, description of handouts. Presentation Fire Dept. representative

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7:45 -7:55 BREAK – Move into neighborhood mapping groups, start to fill out feedback forms, enjoy refreshments! 7:55-8:50 Mapping Exercise –Identify values/assets at Small Groups Small group risk, risks, hazards, protection capabilities, and by facilitators potential projects. Prioritize proposed projects. neighborhood (depending on turnout) 8:50-9:00 Report Back and Close Reports Small group Next Steps, Follow-Up Meetings Presentation representatives, Finish & turn in feedback forms Facilitator

E.2 MAPPING EXERCISE

Community Values at Risk (Green Highlighter) o Where are the places and things you most value and want to see protected from wildfire? Examples include: Hospitals and health care facilities Businesses Schools, Churches, and Stores Community centers Rare and endangered species, habitat, ecologically significant areas Recreation areas Culturally or historically significant areas o What critical infrastructure needs to be protected from wildfire? Examples include: Power substations and corridors Communication sites and facilities Landfills and treatment facilities

Wildfires Causes, Risk, and Hazards (Orange Highlighter, Red Marker, Pink Highlighter) o What is the local fire weather scenario? What kinds of conditions have started wildfires in the past? Where have they started? o What are the causes of wildfire in your community? o Where do you think a wildfire would start in your community and why? o What are other wildfire hazards in your community? Dead trees (insect or disease) Slash from logging or thinning Fuel storage Abandoned wooden structures Power lines Road systems – blocked, brushed over, or dead end roads o What kind of road or structural conditions might increase fire risk? (Red marker) Road maintenance needs (outages, slides, etc.) Bridges and/or locked gates, especially bridges too small or weak to carry a fire truck

E-2 Appendix E: Community Outreach Meetings Process August 2006 Edition o Where have fuels reduction projects already occurred? Identify defensible space and fuel reduction treatments. (Pink highlighter) o Protection Capabilities (Blue Highlighter and Marker, Black Marker,)Where are there resources for fighting fires? What information needs updating? Municipal watersheds Water storage: tanks, ponds, pools (Blue marker dot w/# 1,000 gallons (e.g. 5 =5000) Equipment (Black marker) Access routes/evacuation Safe Zones Updated road conditions: roads that do not exist on the maps, or are on the maps and do not exist on the ground. (Black marker)

Priorities for action (Yellow Highlighter) o Where do you most want to see fuels treatment occur? What types of treatments? Shaded fuel breaks Road brushing Other? o What other wildfire protection activities would you like to see implemented? Access route/evacuations Education Equipment Ignition reduction Water storage: tanks, ponds, pools (Blue dot w/yellow circle) o Which projects are your highest priority and why? (Number on flip chart in red)

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Appendix F: Community Outreach Meetings Information

F.1 LOWER KLAMATH AND EAST KLAMATH PLANNING COMPARTMENTS

ORLEANS COMMUNITY MEETING x When: November 10, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Karuk Department of Natural Resources, 39051 Highway 96, Orleans x Included Communities: Orleans and Weitchpec

NOTES FROM ORLEANS COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Tom Bouse, Orleans Volunteer Fire Department: We are the mutual aid area because the Yurok have their own fire department. We have mutual aid with the Salmon River Volunteer Fire Department, and Butler. We have informal mutual response to T-Bar in Siskiyou. So we have overlapping boundaries. We can get extended quite a ways. We have five trucks, two main engines, a big water tender, a brush fire rig (also a vehicle accident response rig), and we have a rescue rig. The only thing we don’t have is that we aren’t trained in water rescue like the Yurok. 90% of our calls are medical. We respond to two or three (or more) traffic accidents per year, five to ten brush fires and every two to three years we have a major structure fire. Otherwise we get chimney fires and stuff like that. So fire’s not on our minds, but when it happens we need a crew, and training. We will have 3-14 people on a fire. We’re all volunteers. The citizens don’t donate to us as much as we need them to. We buy equipment with grant money. We have $7,000 in insurance to pay off and the community doesn’t support us enough. We get paid to respond to Forest Service fires. We get some donations. We get money from fundraisers. We’re always looking for ways to raise funds. Insurance costs $900 per firefighter per year if you aren’t a district. We are under the community services district, so our insurance costs $300 per firefighter per year. If we weren’t part of the district we’d be paying that higher price for insurance. We are dispatched by the local resident who needs us – they call us. We also get dispatched out of Hoopa command and out of Yreka command. We don’t have a repeater which is a problem with the river canyons around here. Our phone service is $157 per month. The tribe donated $2,000 for our phone system and they are trying to get grant money so that we can get a repeater. I’d like to give kudos to the Forest Service because even though they don’t enter a structure, they have assisted us.

Larissa Goth, Salmon River Volunteer Fire Department (Siskiyou County): We are in trouble right now. We have been talking about folding the Salmon River Fire Department and we will re-visit this at our next meeting. This is because insurance costs are killing us and will cause us to close unless we can find some way to get funded for operating costs (now we can only get funded for equipment). We also don’t have a steady commitment of volunteers. Some of our firefighters are being trained for structure response. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires training and we are trying to keep up with these new requirements. Most of what we respond to is emergency medical. We will try to keep that going as long as we can. We will be doing lots of fundraisers this winter – including a raffle through Somes Bar Store, dinners, and bingo. If you want to donate we need resources or money. We have a fire engine, an ambulance, a rescue rig, and a water tender.

Bill Tripp, Karuk Volunteer Fire Department: Our fire crew is primarily wildland fire. We are funded through an agreement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs for reimbursement during wildland fire assignments. We get dispatched through the Forest Service, CDF, or normal channels. We don’t

F-1 Humboldt County Master Fire Protection Plan have our fire engine going at this point because we don’t have the funding. We have a Memorandum of Understanding with the Forest Service. We never respond to structure fires.

Barbara Cooley, Yurok Volunteer Fire Department: We have high fire danger in this area. We are wildland firefighters. We have two EMTs, and 14 first responders. Next year we will have our own tribal wildland fire department which will take some of the burden off of us because we are wildland and structure. However, the wildland crew will mostly be responding off the reservation as they get paid to go on fire across the nation. We have a lot of area to cover. We have a fire station at Weitchpec and another one at Wautec. Most responses take us 40 minutes. We need help at the lower reservation. We are funded through fundraisers and grants from Tribal timbers revenues. Our insurance costs are high. If we are needed we have mutual aid with Hoopa and Orleans. This year the tribe is trying to get medical emergency response and hopefully it will go through for all areas. We do water rescue and search and rescue in the hills (search and rescue program opened in October 2004). We’re hoping to put the three tribes together: the Karuk and the volunteers in Orleans, the Yurok, and the Hoopa. We’re looking forward to working with everybody. CDF dispatches us.

Pat Howard, U.S. Forest Service: We have two type III engines. We have a water tender that holds 1,500 gallons. We haven’t had a person here in three years so I’m doing a lot of catch-up being new here. We’ll respond to structure fires. We try to contain it to the house. We respond to medical calls on the road or in campgrounds. We respond to vehicle accidents, vegetation fires and hazardous materials. We have a few EMTs. We have two lookouts, one on Klamath and one on Orleans Mountain which are not staffed. We are dispatched through Fortuna.

Jim Smith, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: We are primarily responsible for resource protection on public lands. We are also a contract fire department for government fire stations. Our nearest station is the Elk Camp Station. During the fire season the Forest Service is typically the first in, and we assist. During the winter, we have five engines for statewide emergency response and we keep one staff person at each station. We provide air response from Rohnerville.

NOTES FROM ORLEANS COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE SAFE COUNCIL PRESENTATION Will Harling, Orleans Fire Safe Council: Orleans-Somes Bar was the first fire safe council in Humboldt County and probably the hottest fire safe council in the state! We applied for a grant to start a fire safe council. We didn’t get the money, but started one anyway. Key around here is reinstatement of historic fire regimes. The tribal community has a deep understanding of fire. A lot of people here understand fire’s importance. So it has been pretty easy to get volunteers for volunteer work days. We came up with lists of projects, and applied for grants. To date we’ve received $900,000 in grants to do implementation and fuels reduction. The number of people we have here is amazing. We’re in the right spot to model how a community can allow for these historic fire regimes to come back. We have a very involved community that understands the importance of doing fuels reduction. It’s good to have that kind of support. This year we got a Forest Service grant to treat 80 acres around the Orleans Ranger District on private properties. We’re doing prescribed burning on private property and that is a can of worms that we are figuring out as we go along. We have to get the landowner to take responsibility to set the fires, but we can provide support. We can use it as a fundraiser for our fire departments. In the future we hope to use the tribe’s wildland fire resources. There are a lot of partners. There are still issues like air quality, but we are figuring it out. We could use some guidance legal-wise. We’re also applying for a Forest Service economic action grant to use non-timber forest products to develop a market. We want to see how feasible that is based on what

F-2 Appendix F: Community Outreach Meetings Information August 2006 Edition resources we have around here. We were looking at our treated areas and there were all these re- sprouts that are used by the floral industry. We have to make sure we go about it in the right way. We need community input regarding where the Wildland/Urban Interface (WUI) should be. The Forest Service is giving us different scenarios of where it should be. The WUI determines where the Forest Service spends their fuels reduction dollars. To date the Orleans Fire Safe Council has treated almost 450 acres on private land that is in conjunction with work done on federal lands. In terms of fuels reduction on the federal side – Karuk – we want them to be a year-round fire crew. We want to build capacity that can respond to our community. Then they can go out and do different projects. We could really make some progress. The project along the Salmon River was a Karuk project. We started doing some planning. We started doing some implementation this summer. We focused on private lands adjacent to Forest Service lands. We help each other. The private property treatment helps the Forest Service. And the Forest Service treated property helps the private owners. We have another plan that will be finished at the beginning of the year for Somes Bar. There are still several smaller communities. We had to break them down this way because it’s such a big area. As we get more money we will continue the planning, get plans done, and get work done. It’s slowly coming together. We work closely with the tribe to maximize our work. We got a CDF grant to do understory burning. Manual treatments are very expensive. It’s an exciting next step. There’s lots of education involved. It sets the tone for the Forest Service to be proactive with the use of burning. That’s where we all need to go. We will be hosting some training on landowner burning.

ORLEANS COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPANT LIST Nancy Bailey Rick Neihart Kathy Barger, Six Rivers National Forest Dale Nova Tom Bouse, Chief, Orleans Fire Giselle Nova Bryan Colegrove Stan Pfister Barbra Cooley, Yurok Fire Ben Riggon Roberta Coragliotti Lucy Salazar, Six Rivers National Forest Earl Crosby, Karuk Tribe Dept. of Natural Todd Salberg, Hoopa Forestry Resources Jim Smith, CDF Crescent City LaVerne Glaze Renee Stauffer Tony Halking Michael Stearns Will Harling Maria Strouss Brian Harris, Orleans/Ukonom District Ranger Bill Tripp, Karuk Tribe Chris Hatton Harold Tripp, Karuk Tribe Pat Howard, Orleans Ranger District Sandi Tripp, Karuk Tribe Frank Lake Jim Villeponteaux Luna Latimer

F.2. TRINITY PLANNING COMPARTMENT

WILLOW CREEK COMMUNITY MEETING x When: October 27, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Community Services District, 135 Willow Road, Willow Creek x Included Communities: Brannan Mountain, Hoopa, Friday Ridge, and Willow Creek

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NOTES FROM WILLOW CREEK COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Rob Wild, Willow Creek Fire Department: We operate under a fire protection district that is a separate entity which supplies us with equipment, funding, etc. The bulk of our funds for operating costs are generated by fundraisers and community support. We have an urban interface engine, three structure engines, and a rescue truck. 90% of our calls are medical. Structure protection is the smallest part of what we do. During the summer we do initial wildland response. Mostly we get medical and traffic accident calls. We have mutual aid with Salyer and Hoopa. We need more involvement from the community. Most of the volunteer fire departments have low participation and turnover is quite high. We need people that are willing to put in the time and effort. For years we were totally self-dispatched using telephones. Four years ago we came on board with county dispatch fire co-op out of Fortuna, and that has worked out pretty well although there are time delays and it’s a long distance. We do not get audio so we have to get on the phone and call them. We have our own self-dispatch ability with a radio repeater. We can go through Hoopa Volunteer Fire and we still get some of our dispatches through them. If you call 911 you go through quite a few steps to get to us. We have good radio communications and we listen to the radio all the time. We know pretty much what everybody else is doing.

Duane Sherman, Hoopa Volunteer Fire Department: Hoopa Volunteer Fire has 14 members - ten show up to meetings and eight run calls. We offer fire, emergency medical service, search and rescue and we have people trained in swift water rescue and EMTs. We have two fire engines. We got a FEMA grant (first tribe ever) for $250,000 and we put a deposit down on a new rig. The tribe is a self-sufficient organization. We have 100,000 acres of land. We log our own timber and we provide services to the surrounding community. We provide advanced life support. We established the ambulance based out of Willow Creek even though it’s a loss to us – it costs us $100,000. We ran 160 calls last year - about 20% were medical and the rest were fire, so we are a bit backwards from the rest of the county. We have a lot of structure fires. We have asked the county for some assistance, because there are 16,000 acres and the county receives money from this tax base, but Hoopa doesn’t. We have our own repeater system. We share our costs and the tribal police pick up the tab for our dispatch. We assist other agencies. We provide auto aid to Orleans and Karuk. (Note: There is also a Hoopa Wildland Fire Department.)

Dave Murphy, Salyer Volunteer Fire Department: We’re funded through a tax base that pays for our insurance. 90% of our calls are medical. We have aging volunteers. We have three structure engines, and one medical rig. We have mutual aid with Hoopa, Willow Creek, Hawkins Bar, and Trinity County. We’ve also gone to Shasta County. OSHA regulations are killing us right now. We’ve got people quitting because they don’t have time to do the OSHA required training. The new repeater on Ironside will help us because we are missing a lot of communication right now.

Rob McClelland, U.S. Forest Service: The Forest Service suppresses fire on wildland, but we have cooperated with local volunteer fire departments and adjacent agencies like Hoopa. Primarily we respond to wildland fires. We have auto dispatch and response on wildland in state responsibility areas. North we respond to Hoopa and beyond. East we have a fire break at Burnt Ranch and cooperate with volunteer departments on up the river. We protect structures and lives. We’re limited by policy on the types of tactics we can take. By law we can’t enter structures that are burning. However, we can cooperate and provide services between volunteer fire departments, and determine what kind of work we can do. We came up with an instant command system that makes this cooperation easier. Beside wildland fire suppression, we also provide prevention and education

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NOTES FROM WILLOW CREEK COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE SAFE COUNCIL PRESENTATION Ed Duggan, Willow Creek Fire Safe Council: I’ve been in a few fires around here and it has become obvious that our community out here in the valley is very at risk and the beauty of it is that we have a really fine group of people that are willing to work with each other. We are inter- dependent on each other out here in the valley. Help from the coast or Weaverville is an hour or more away. So it is obvious we need to work together. We had a big meeting in Trinity County regarding fire safe councils and about four years ago we got a small amount of money and sent out flyers to recruit residents and the community to form a fire safe council. At our first meeting we had good turnout and slowly it has been decreasing and now no one will come. We had a second shot with some more funding and tried to reorganize another fire safe council. We formed a council and a committee and that also kind of fizzled out due to lack of interest from the community and lack of funding to get projects done. This is the third time we are going to try because I see the need to work inter-dependently with our neighbors. We’re not going to get the help from the coast or Weaverville because it is too long of a response time and we will have something like the Meagram fire which threatened Hoopa, Salyer and Willow Creek all at once! We need to work as a group and communicate better. The Fire Safe Council is a legitimate means of making those connections.

WILLOW CREEK COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPANT LIST Rebecca Cape, U.S. Forest Service Dave Murphy E.B. Duggan Steve Paine, Willow Creek Community Ann Garland, U.S. Forest Service Services District Charles Haydew, Hoopa Fire Dusty Rossman, Willow Creek Fire Cory Hicks, Willow Creek Fire Blair Rowley Mike Madsen, Willow Creek Fire Lucy Salazar, Six Rivers National Forest Darlene Matheson Duane Sherman, Chief, Hoopa Fire Ken Matheson Raven Sherman, Hoopa Fire Rob McClelland, U.S. Forest Service Denise Smith Gina Moon, U.S. Forest Service Rob Wild, Chief, Willow Creek Fire

F.3 REDWOOD PARK AND TRINIDAD PLANNING COMPARTMENTS

ORICK COMMUNITY MEETING x When: October 21, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Orick Community Hall, 101 Swan Road, Orick x Included Communities: Big Lagoon, and Orick (North and South)

NOTES FROM ORICK COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Jim Smith, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: There will be a new CDF station in Orick - the contract to get the site cleared is in the works. It will happen sometime between November 2004 and April 2005. Elk Camp Fire Station (currently on National Park Service land) will move to a new site and should be operational by June 2006. Many sites were considered and this

F-5 Humboldt County Master Fire Protection Plan site was the best deal. When we’re fully staffed we will respond to any fire at any time. During the winter time period, from 8am to 5pm we will respond to incidents along Highway 101. We don’t have a county fire protection contract. We do wildland fire protection year-round. During winter it is less of an emergency because it’s so wet, so we don’t staff up. Trinidad Fire comes all the way up here. We have an agreement with and are dispatched through the county.

Judy Hagood, Orick Volunteer Fire Department: We do medical and vehicle accident responses. We have some equipment, but need a lot more. We do fundraising and make good money that way. We had to de-commission our 1953 water tender. We have a 1971 engine from the Office of Emergency Services (OES) with an 800 gallon tank and an automatic transmission. We have an early 1960’s engine with a 500 gallon tank. There are only a few hydrants along Highway 101 so the water tenders are an important source of water. We cover north to the Del Norte County line, and we go south to Cain Road. As part of their contract with County Service Area 4 (CSA4), CDF also responds to Cain Road. We entered into an auto aid agreement from Cain Road north to the bypass when we found out that our two districts overlapped. This auto aid agreement really only comes into play in the wintertime. Sometimes CSA4 only has two people and one engine. CDF provides fire protection for the State Park. We receive $19,000 a year from an assessment, and $5,000-$7,000 from fundraising. We need a new van because the one we have is on its last legs and we use it 100% of the time. We’ve looked into grants. Over the past few years we’ve been on the list for equipment: handheld radios, etc. This year we got a CDF matching grant to match our $4,000 for communications gear (no vehicles, no hazardous materials, and no extrication), so we used it for hose, boots, phone equipment, training, and radios. We have a staff of nine. Worker’s compensation insurance is $8,000 per year. We’re working with the county to try to do something about this.

Rick Young, Redwood National and State Parks: Our station in Hiouchi is year-round. There are two more stations. We provide wildland fire protection in the park and we try to have two engines always in the park. We respond mostly to traffic collisions. Our structural fire response is limited, because we’re not trained, nor equipped, but we can provide exterior support. In terms of mitigation, we’ve got three fuel breaks we are working on. One is done – in Hiouchi. Next is from the bypass in through were Wolf Creek School is. The third fuel break we are working on is from Bald Hills Road along Alder Ridge all the way to the bypass and this will take many years. Fuel breaks will be 50-100 feet on either side of the road reducing the ladder fuels and ground fuels, and pretty much leaving the canopy as much as possible. We’re working on our fire plan and hope to have it out for public review December 1, 2004. We have a WUI Fire Unit. We don’t have any other projects planned within the WUI. Last year there were a number of fires including one in the Alder Ridge area. In some of the unpopulated areas such as Honeydew Creek we were out chasing 60 fires in the CDF state responsibility areas alone. So we have to prioritize, and the fires that are not in populated areas we leave for last. The Honeydew Creek and Canoe Creek fires went to 10,000 acres because they were in unpopulated areas.

ORICK COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPANT LIST Hugh Scanlon, CDF Charles Rylee Tyrone Bachus Linda Seufert Ron Barker Julie Simpson Ken Frick, Chief, Orick Fire Jim Smith, CDF Judy Hagood Rick L. Young, National Park Service Regina Reeves-Barlow Neal Youngblood, Orick Fire

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TRINIDAD COMMUNITY MEETING x When: March 2, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Trinidad City Hall, 409 Trinity Street, Trinidad x Included Communities: Big Lagoon, Crannell, Trinidad, and Westhaven

NOTES FROM TRINIDAD COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Tom Marquette, Trinidad Volunteer Fire Department: We have a dozen full-time and a few part- time volunteers with various training: some emergency medical technicians (EMTs), some whitewater rescue, some with basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid. Everyone is trained in fire. It takes a while to train folks. We have two pumpers, because we mostly respond to structure fires. These pumpers hold 1,000 gallons of water each. Our newest truck is 1968, most of our trucks are older, but they still work. The city is working to get us newer equipment. We have 24 hydrants throughout the city of Trinidad. Hydrants are located along Westhaven, in town and by the Rancheria. Almost all of our calls (90%) are medically-related. Most of the fires we respond to are mutual aid with California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF). Our city is our district. Outside our boundary we go out if we are available and have equipment. Vice versa they will come to assist us too. Funding is through the city. Has Trinidad ever considered water boats? Would it work? Water boats probably wouldn’t work because they are best for fighting fires on water. Helicopters work well here. We need new trucks, and upgrades to equipment. We’ve looked at surplus equipment like that available through CDF, but they tend to be wildland fire trucks. Grants from Homeland Security are a good source of funding. We missed the grant deadlines for that last year, but we want to do it this year. Storage of water is an issue here. Our goal is to get a water tank. Our Insurance Services Office (ISO) rating is 6 in areas with hydrants and 9 in areas without hydrants.

Robert Ruth, Westhaven Volunteer Fire Department: We need more understanding between fire departments, residents and the insurance industry. Our ISO rating is 9. We get our funds from fundraisers. Eureka gave us a fire truck. Orick gave us a fire truck. CDF gave us a water tender. We worry about fires coming from the north. I’d like to see the Master Fire Protection Plan include some preventive measures to protect the community of Westhaven. CDF has submitted a plan. We do medical and fire calls. We used to be 95% fires, but now we are 95% medical. We have eight volunteers. It is hard to retain working people as volunteers. We need the support. Westhaven has cooperated with CDF and worked out a plan so that if we can’t go to a fire they will come right in and be there if we aren’t. We need volunteers and money. We also need some more training. We used to go to Eureka to train where Costco is now located. It would be great if the county or city of Eureka would provide a simulated structure fire training location.

Ron Samuelson, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: We are responsible for state responsibility areas. Any city that’s incorporated is a local responsibility area and is covered by their fire district. Outside the city limits we are responsible for vegetation fires. We will respond to structure fires in state responsibility areas in order to prevent a vegetation fire. If we are asked to help on a structure fire we will do that. But primarily we are responsible for the vegetation. We have 14 engines scattered from Crescent City to Garberville. We do respond to medical aids with a helicopter. On a yearly basis we go to more medical aids than we do fires. Weott is an example. They don’t always get a response from their volunteers during the day so we will respond to their medical calls. In this area there is a low likelihood of a major fire. However, the consequences of a major fire here would be significant. I would have to decide which structures are defensible and non-defensible. Non-defendable structures won’t have an engine there. Defendable structures may have engine there.

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Someone has to decide where the engines go. At this time those decisions are made by me. It’s a problem here because of the amount of time it takes to get engines here. We are kind of on our own for a while here. Our major fires start later in the year than elsewhere in the state, so they pull our resources. So it could be scary if our equipment has been deployed elsewhere and there’s a big fire.

Dennice Stone, Trinidad Rancheria: The Rancheria is very active in the community. We are currently writing a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hazard mitigation plan. We are constantly weed-whacking our road and we do a lot of fuel suppression. Our residents also do a lot of fuel reduction. Because the casino sits right next to the forest, we have a fire pump and a 150,000 gallon tank that are constantly checked and maintained. So we don’t draw water from the city and can take care of ourselves in case of a major event. We need to start thinking about helping Westhaven and Trinidad by taking care of ourselves. We want to get more training – EMT training, fire training, etc. We will have community meetings as we develop our plan too, especially regarding fire prevention. Right now it has been a lot of little prevention projects, like how we are going to evacuate the casino and community. We are growing and we look forward to working with everyone. Water lines can break during an earthquake, so water storage is important. Each community needs a water source.

TRINIDAD COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPANT LIST Don Allan Bob Ruth, Chief, Westhaven Fire Dean Heyenga Ruth Ruth Shirley Laos Gary Savona Sungnome Madrone Ned Simmons Debbie Marshall, Trinidad Rancheria Dennice Stone Tom Marquette, Chief, Trinidad Fire Richard Swisher Greg Nesty, Trinidad Rancheria

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BLUE LAKE COMMUNITY MEETING x When: February 9, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Blue Lake Fire Hall, 111 First Avenue, Blue Lake x Included Communities: Blue Lake, and Glendale

NOTES FROM BLUE LAKE COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Ray Stonebarger, Blue Lake Fire Protection District: We are a fire district. Blue Lake was a city fire department and we were doing goodwill responses. We had a city and district fire engine. In the late 1960’s the district combined into one and elected board members. The District owns the equipment and the station. We are funded through property taxes and a special benefit assessment tax that received a vote of approval in 2001. We are an all volunteer organization with 26 volunteers. In order to fund our volunteers we do raffle tickets, and get donations from businesses. We are a first responder fire department. We do fires, medical calls, and rescue extrications. We also do hazardous materials, but we just secure the situation and then we call the hazardous materials team out of Eureka (joint powers which Blue Lake is part of). We have auto aid with Arcata all the way to Willow Creek. 65% of our calls are medical calls. Our call volume dropped 20% this year. We had

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140 calls last year and 180 calls the year before that. Our greatest needs are time and people. In regards to funding we are doing okay. We just purchased a new engine two years ago with funding from the special assessment tax. To be a firefighter you need to be in good physical health. We started applying for grants about four years ago, first with FEMA. We received one grant for $60,000 for equipment. Now Homeland Security has a grant which is administered through the County Office of Emergency Services. Yearly we get communications, and rescue equipment. We’ve been pretty successful with the grants. ISO came this year to rate us and we’re a 5 in hydrant areas and 8B (down from 9) in non-hydrant areas.

Ron Samuelson, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: We have air tankers, bulldozers, helicopters, two engines in Fortuna, one in Bridgeville, and one engine in Trinidad. We’re responsible for state responsibility area lands where we do wildland fire protection. We respond to structure fires, but only to keep the structure fire from spreading to the vegetation. All of our stations respond to medical aid in the communities. The problem we have is if there are fires in Southern California then out of 14 engines in Humboldt/Del Norte County, ten could be deployed to the south. If fire(s) were to happen here during this time it’s difficult. Other fire districts will cover us if we are really short on engines, and we cover them. In this area the chances of a large fire are slim, but the consequences would be huge because a lot of the houses don’t have defensible space. We spend a lot of time fighting fires doing structure protection. We try to stage engines at defendable homes. We have an air tanker out of Rohnerville. We have a helicopter in Kneeland which is in San Bernardino County right now to help with training. Initially we send five engines, two bulldozers, two crews and one air tanker. We usually request another air tanker soon after out of Redding. We used to have 45 large air tankers, but now there are only nine in the entire country.

BLUE LAKE COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPANT LIST Ray Stonebarger, Chief, Blue Lake Fire Ben Pezel Tom Cairns Karen Pezel Wendy Collins Ron Samuelson, CDF Bob Giroux, Blue Lake Fire James Thackery Randy Johnson, Blue Lake Fire Gwen Thoele

FIELDBROOK COMMUNITY MEETING x When: February 3, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Fieldbrook Elementary School, 4070 Fieldbrook Road, Fieldbrook x Included Communities: Fieldbrook, and McKinleyville

NOTES FROM FIELDBROOK COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Rich Grissom, Fieldbrook Volunteer Fire Department: We began operation in 1956. I carry 22 volunteers, none are paid. We’re an all volunteer organization. Daytime is when the valley has the least amount of coverage, with five to six volunteers. Normally we have seven to ten volunteers. We receive 56 calls per year. Most are medical aid, or public assist calls. Today we are required to have training, like medical. We have three engines. We have two pumpers, one is a 1996, and we have one rescue command truck. Our equipment is in really good shape. In the case of wildland fires such as we would have out here in Fieldbrook we rely on CDF and we have auto aid with them. During fire season from June through October when there’s any type of fire in Fieldbrook, CDF is dispatched out

F-9 Humboldt County Master Fire Protection Plan of Trinidad automatically. If it’s a vegetation fire, we are probably the first ones there and when CDF shows up we may assist or leave. We cover 86% of the area. There are a few areas in the valley we don’t respond to including: Lyman Road – Sunnybrook is Arcata, Buckman Trails, the west side of old Railroad grade and the Old Round House are not in our district. Calls are dispatched through the Sheriff, then to CDF, then to us. Response time from when you call to when we get our page out can vary from two to four minutes. Sometimes there are delays with getting dispatched, and things can get crazy. On all fires CDF dispatches us out. If you lived around the store, we used to be dispatched by the siren on the firehouse. Now we are all dispatched by pagers. We are funded through a tax assessment that was just voted in here in 2004. If it wasn’t for that, we would have to cut our personnel down. We have to pay for worker’s compensation and training. Without the tax base we would have to cut way down in our service. We have mutual aid with CDF. We do mutual aid responses outside of the valley. We are not allowed to remove any equipment or resources out of the valley because we have to keep the valley protected. The worst thing is the roads around here, especially Grassy Creek, and Tip Top Ridge. Driveways are really bad too, particularly in regards to signage - there aren’t address signs. Our engines carry up-to-date road maps. Water is an issue here. We also maintain the hydrants in the valley. We can draft out of almost anything. ISO just inspected us the summer of 2004. We are rated 5 in hydrant areas and 8B in non-hydrant areas. We have a 2,500 gallon fire truck and our pumper trucks carry 1,000 gallons so we can knock out most structure fires with the water on our trucks. In terms of houses that are way up the hill it takes about ten minutes for us to arrive on the scene and a fire can really get going by that time. There is a County ordinance and if you are more 1,000 feet from a hydrant than you have to have a water source. The valley floor is covered by hydrants. We can go up to 1,500 feet with our hoses, or farther if we have to. If homeowners make upgrades and install standpipes, etc., it would be really great for them to let us know.

Ron Samuelson, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: We respond in the summertime from June through October. We are responsible for state responsibility areas in the county – any areas not within city limits. McKinleyville is not within city limits, and is covered by Arcata Fire, but a lot of land in McKinleyville is state responsibility so we do respond in McKinleyville. We respond to structure fires in state responsibility areas during fire season – but we are responding to protect the vegetation, to make sure that the structure fire doesn’t cause a vegetation fire. We will assist the fire departments if they need it. In the wintertime most of the outlying stations are not covered. As of July 2006 we will be on immediate response status year- round. In the summer time we respond to medical aid calls along with local volunteers. The closest engine is the one in Trinidad, and we have two engines in Fortuna. In Fieldbrook a lot of areas are high or very high hazard fuel areas. The chances of a major wildfire are minimal, but the consequences would be catastrophic. We have the fuel loading, but we don’t have many days with extreme fire weather. However, it only takes three to four hours of fire weather to create the right conditions. On the days it does occur we could have a big problem. We have 14 engines between Humboldt and Del Norte County. They may be elsewhere in the state being used so the local fire departments will cover us when our equipment is out. Trinidad comes here and in the winter it goes all the way up to Orick. We do dispatch for 23 volunteer fire departments. When you call 911 tell them you need Fieldbrook Fire. 911 calls go to the Sheriff, then to Fortuna. Cell phone 911 calls go to the California Highway Patrol and then they get forwarded on to us. You should call from a land line instead of a cell phone because dispatch will get a lot more information on their screen when you call from the land line.

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FIELDBROOK COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPANT LIST Rich Grissom, Chief, Fieldbrook Fire Starr Kilian Greg Aslanian Keith Millar Michael Atkins Kim Price, CDF Nick Bolt Ron Samuelson, CDF Sue Buckley Larry Sebring Frank Bush Paula Sebring Diane Decker Otis Skaggs Jason Garlick Greg Templeton Michelle Grissom Margo Williams

KNEELAND COMMUNITY MEETING x When: February 16, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Kneeland Elementary School, 9513 Kneeland Road, Kneeland x Included Communities: Kneeland, and Maple Creek

NOTES FROM KNEELAND COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Greg Fitch, Kneeland Fire Protection District: In 1982 a house burned down and that started interest in a local fire department. The budget is used up by multiple agencies and our department is not left with much. At times we will run outside our district, like to Bridgeville. We get help from CDF but they are a long way off. We have lost four homes over the last few years. We have a new engine because the old one broke down. We use this engine for medical calls. 70% of our calls are medical. Insurance is a high percentage of our overall budget. We may want to increase the $40 per resident assessment. We are looking at other departments as an example of this. We are going to build a station, and need to raise $40,000 more to finish it, which is too much for the community to pay for. We got $60,000 in grants and donations. If the station gets built it will have a community center, an emergency management center, and a water source. We need help with grant writing. We need donations of materials, and volunteers to do construction. The Humboldt County Fire #1 station is up Greenwood Heights, 3.2 miles out. They interface with us as a good will relationship. The closest station is across from Redwood Acres, and they have engines and a water tender. We will respond to anywhere on Greenwood Heights. In fact, we have had four resources up there at one time before. Our own jurisdiction is under protected. It takes time to get out here. It’s about a 17 minute response to the intersection of Greenwood Heights and Kneeland Road. Because this is a bedroom community and people like their privacy, there is not a good notification process and this increases the response time. The majority of fires here are caused by human action or inaction. We need people to support the fire department so that our insurance costs will decrease. The insurance situation is getting more and more difficult all the time.

Ron Samuelson, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: Covers 650,000 acres.

KNEELAND COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPANT LIST John Bair Michelle Dostal Dana Betts Greg Fitch, Chief, Kneeland Fire Bill Buckman Rodney Goodbrod Fay Curtis Tom Grant

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Mervin P. Hanson Peter Presnell Rex Heyer Wayne Rice Tim Latham Tammy Scott Jerry West, Chief, Kneeland Fire Steve Sherman Priscilla Neher Bruce Silvey Margie Neilsen Glen Ziemer, Chief, Humboldt #1 Fire Ann Presnell

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FERNDALE COMMUNITY MEETING x When: October 28, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Ferndale Fire Station, Brown Street, Ferndale x Included Communities: Ferndale, Loleta, Fortuna, Bear River Valley

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Jack Smith, Ferndale Fire Protection District: We are a tax-based district that covers 60 square miles with very little wildland interface. We average 140 calls per year, and 80% are medical. We send auto aid out of our district to Bear River and we send medical but no guarantees. We are 100% funded. We do fundraising for our volunteers. We have three pumpers, two tenders, a rescue truck, and a utility truck. If we were to respond to Bear River we would maybe take one engine and one tender. We do mutual aid with CDF if they ask us. We are dispatched through CDF.

Frank Hizer, Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department: We are funded through a tax base through a special assessment tax, and we cover 26 square miles. We have a lot of outlying areas and we look to CDF for mutual aid in these areas. We have five pumpers, one rescue rig, a medical helicopter, and one water tender. We will respond to medical calls in the Hydesville area because it is outside of the county ambulance area. We don’t respond to medical calls in Fortuna because there is an ambulance there. We will help them if they call us and need us. We cover Highway 101. We do dispatch for the medical helicopters and we try to get the closest one which can be ours, or the one out of Sonoma. These helicopters are routinely not available in the winter, but they are in the summer. CHP will now let us know when they are in the county so that if we have a medical call somewhere we can get ahead of them since they are already in the area.

Ron Samuelson, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: We respond to structure fires when asked. In the winter we will respond to structure fires in outlying areas but we aren’t staffed 24 hours a day in the winter, so it may take a while for us to get there. During fire season we may send a significant amount of our resources outside of the county and then we use mutual aid to cover our departments and respond to fire. For fringe areas it is an issue as to who will respond. Garberville may respond to Alderpoint. But a few years ago they fried an engine getting to Alderpoint and it cost them quite a bit of money to fix it, so their Board has decided they can’t afford to send their equipment outside of their district. We also do assessments for homeowners regarding fire safety and fire preparedness.

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FERNDALE COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPANT LIST Don Bowen Rich Leonardo, Ferndale Fire Jim Cook John Miller Dennis Del Biaggio, Ferndale Fire Ron Samuelson, CDF Humboldt Del Norte Tom Ford Unit Kirk Gothier Jack Smith, Chief, Ferndale Fire Frank Hizer, Chief, Fortuna Fire Caroline Titus Bill Klatt Margot Wells

RIO DELL COMMUNITY MEETING x When: March 10, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Rio Dell Fire Hall, 50 West Center Street, Rio Dell x Included Communities: Alton, Fortuna, Holms, Pepperwood, Redcrest, Rio Dell, Scotia, and Stafford

NOTES FROM RIO DELL COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Joey Sancho, Rio Dell Volunteer Fire Department: We have 28 members, three engines and one rescue unit. Five members are EMTs and one is a paramedic. We had 266 calls in 2004, down from 317 in 2003. Out of those 266 calls in 2004, 194 were medical aid calls, 22 were fire calls, and nine were structure fires. Our district is supported by a small tax base and special assessment. The Board purchases equipment, etc. Our district boundary is from bridge to bridge. We also respond up Monument. We respond with CDF further up the hill. We also respond with Scotia and Fortuna. Our ISO rating is 7 in town, and in the outskirts it is a 10. Rio Dell has its own water system. They are currently upgrading the water system and doubling its capacity. The current system has ½ million gallons, and they will put in another ½ million gallons, as well as a twelve-inch main and an eight inch. They will also be placing hydrants where they don’t have them. We do fire prevention with the youth in schools including fire extinguisher training. We encourage defensible space with landowners. We also encourage recycling yard waste at Pacific Lumber Company instead of burning piles. We need a water tanker in order to bring water to more rural areas. We always need more volunteers.

JOHN BROADSTOCK, SCOTIA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: We are fully funded by Pacific Lumber Company. We have 34 volunteers. We have two Pumpers- one Type 1, one Type 2, one Type 3 Quick Attack, one Medical Response Suburban, one Rescue Trailer that is equipped with Specialized Rescue Equipment and High Angle / Low Angle Rope Rescue and Jaws Of Life Equip. Our response area is two square miles-but our dept responds to both the north and south on mutual aid requests. We respond to the south as far as Weott on the 101 corridor- Jaws of Life and Rope Rescue have been those requests.

Our dept does Fire Safety Prevention classes in the fall each year to grades K-8 that exposes approximately 350 students to the training. Grades 6-8 are given instruction on fire extinguishers with live fire. School Staff are also trained in the fire safety program.

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The challenge we face today in the Volunteer Firefighters is that recruiting and retaining volunteers. The demands of the training – time away from home and the current economics that forces both parents to work are a difficult balance for most of them.

All said and done – The volunteers that make up the Scotia Volunteer Fire Dept are a dedicated group of community volunteers who make a difference in the life of someone in need.

Our Mission Statement: To protect and serve the residents-employees and the PALCO company property from fire and other type of emergency that may occur.

Ron Samuelson, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: CDF dispatches for 22- 23 volunteer departments in the county including Rio Dell. We’d like to dispatch for Scotia. We have 14 engines in Humboldt/Del Norte County, 15 hand crews, two bulldozers, one helicopter, an air attacker, and one air tanker. These resources may or may not be here when a fire starts. Historically we get hot dry weather east or south of here and they look at us, and say its foggy here, so they will send engines out of our county, and maybe even the bulldozers. Our hot dry weather starts when the east and south’s ends and then we have to call equipment back. We are responsible for lands in state responsibility areas. Rio Dell city limits are a local responsibility area. Areas outside of city limits may also be within the Rio Dell Fire District, but we are responsible for the vegetation. We will respond to structure fires in order to protect the wildland. If we get there first we will let the vegetation burn and do what we can with the structure. We have wildland gear, structure gear, and breathing apparatus so we have two whole sets of gear. We do fire prevention programs in the schools, and paperwork for burn permits for timber companies.

RIO DELL COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPANT LIST John Broadstock, Chief, Scotia Fire Brian Renner Richard Jay Hill Michael Smith Debra Lake, Fruitland Ridge Fire Shane Wilson Doug Madsen Ellen Zanzi Kim Price, CDF Humboldt Del Norte Unit Ken Zanzi Joey Sancho, Chief, Rio Dell Fire

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ARCATA COMMUNITY MEETING x When: January 25, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Arcata Volunteer Fire Department Fire Hall, 631 9th Street, Arcata x Included Communities: Arcata, and Manila

NOTES FROM ARCATA COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Dave White, Arcata Fire Protection District: We are an all-service district. We provide structural protection, wildland protection, first response medical, first response hazardous materials, aircraft crash and rescue (there’s a crash truck at the airport), automobile extrication, confined space rescue, and over-the-edge rescue. Non-emergency services we provide include training, inspections, plan checks, code compliance, and fire investigation. We cover Bayside, Manila, and McKinleyville, so

F-14 Appendix F: Community Outreach Meetings Information August 2006 Edition it’s a large area. We have three stations, the Arcata Volunteer Fire Department, the Mad River station, which is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week with one firefighter, and the McKinleyville station which is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week with one firefighter. The majority of our organization is made up of volunteers, with very little paid staff. We have the same staffing now as we did in 1985. We have 52 volunteers and their availability varies. In 2003 we responded to 1,973 calls and in 1983 we responded to 270 calls. The majority of the calls are medical. The newer protection services we provide are hazardous materials, and over-the-edge rescue. The Volunteer Fire Department is a private, non-profit organization that provides volunteers to the District. Arcata Fire is a governmental organization. We are understaffed, especially compared to Eureka (they have 40 paid staff) and we cover a larger area. 56% of our calls are medical. Dispatch decides who to send. The Sheriff’s office dispatch first answers the 911 call and then routes it to the appropriate department. We are only notified of life-threatening situations. We do first responder and have a few EMTs. We can stabilize a patient, and do CPR. We may assist ambulance personnel. The Volunteer Fire Department does fundraising. The ballot initiative was for the District for the operation of the fire department. We get a small percentage of property taxes. Another source of revenue is a special tax on residents. We have insufficient revenues, because costs are going up. Proposition 1A exempted fire protection services. As it stands right now the state is not taking our money. We have increased requests for services with the same staffing and less equipment. Regarding training – volunteers only have so much time. There are federal and state requirements for training. It is difficult for volunteers to get enough time to train. We’ve lost people because of it. It takes two to three years for a volunteer to get up to speed. We have an engine that’s 22 years old and has caught on fire twice. It’s in the shop now. Our reserve engine is 27 years old. So apparatus is aging and needs replacing. We have longer response times to emergencies. Our volunteers need to get here, so it may take ten minutes for an engine to leave. Our turnover is eight to ten people per year, which is about how many people come in to offer their services. We have 11 full-time paid people right now. Proposition 13 changed the way we can get revenues. We can no longer just raise a tax; only the state can do that. The only option is the assessment tax. We haven’t bought equipment, and we slashed our budget by $177,000. We cancelled our training, fire prevention education, and our staff took pay cuts. ISO will be here next summer to rate us. Our aging equipment and increased service requests will cause our ISO rating to go up. We have joint response with Eureka and Samoa. We also have auto aid with Blue Lake. Multiple calls can really cause big problems if they happen. Arcata does not charge for structure fires. We can charge for medical aid calls. The City of Eureka tried charging for medical aid calls. Getting reimbursed for them is very difficult. We want to try billing for drug and alcohol responses. We have cite authority, so we can write tickets. There are large areas of Arcata that do not have structural fire protection. They are the no-man’s land. They don’t fall into Arcata, Blue Lake, or Kneeland’s district. We will respond to wildland fires in order to assist CDF.

Ray Stonebarger, Blue Lake Fire Protection District: We have an auto aid agreement with Arcata and we cover as far west as North Bank Road, the Essex area, the West End area, to the Arcata city limits. We provide medical services. When Arcata is dispatched, we are dispatched. We’ve had this agreement for five years now, but budget problems may end this agreement. We have two engines and one reserve engine.

Hugh Scanlon, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: Locally we are responsible primarily for wildland fire protection in state responsibility areas. A state responsibility area is any area that is not a built-up area. State responsibility areas surround Humboldt Bay. We focus on wildland fire protection. We also provide services like training, and support to local fire

F-15 Humboldt County Master Fire Protection Plan departments. In state responsibility areas the state is responsible for wildland fire protection and for paying the costs for it. A Fickle Hill fire last summer cost over $8,300 just for our part of it. So costs can really add up fast. We have overlapping jurisdiction with Arcata. We are available through mutual aid and can bring state resources. We have a lot of equipment at our disposal. Local volunteer fire departments and fire districts are critical to us. We need them to be trained because they are our back-up, our support out there. Out Jacoby Creek Road where you are no longer in the Arcata district those people are not paying for fire protection, but we will respond. We will respond to a structure fire if we have time because it can lead to a wildland fire. Our station in Trinidad is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week with two people. Engine service along Highway 101 provides structural fire support and medical aid. If a fire is due to negligence the state can pursue cost recovery for that. It’s a case-by-case basis. The closest station in Trinidad is staffed year-round. Fortuna is our next station and it takes about 35-45 minutes to get here. We have a helicopter in Kneeland that can get to the upper reaches of Fickle Hill and Jacoby Creek Road. Fire season starts June 1st and it takes two to three weeks to train seasonal workers. By July 1st we are at full staffing until November 1st. In the winter our permanent staff is still available during weekdays, in the daytime, Monday through Friday and we work on other things and try to get ready for the next season. In the summer we are there. We’ll go to Trinidad, Fortuna and even to Kneeland.

ARCATA COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPANT LIST Patty Andriese R. Scott Davies Maggi Draper Uri Driscoll Bob Higgons Dennis Houghton Steve Karp Lia Nelson Robert Nelson John Olson Jack Shaffer Roy Smith Joel Ziegler

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BAYSIDE COMMUNITY MEETING x When: January 12, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Bayside Grange, 2297 Jacoby Creek Road, Bayside x Included Communities: Arcata, Bayside, Indianola, Jacoby Creek, and Sunnybrae

NOTES FROM BAYSIDE COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Dave White, Arcata Fire Protection District: We are a full service district, primarily doing structure protection. We work with CDF and even lend crews to them. We have dual responsibility with Bayside. We provide wildland fire protection, and first response medical. We don’t provide paramedic or transport services. We’re often the closest agency, and in many cases we are the first ones there and can start life support. The McKinleyville and Arcata areas have two ambulances services through the county. A long time ago medical aid was five to ten calls per day, mainly CPR, and accidents. Last year we had about 100. We also do hazardous materials. We are an initial hazardous materials responder (spills, incidents). There have been four or five over the past years. Usually it is an unknown spill. We also do aircraft firefighter rescue. The County has a crash truck at the airport. However, most aircraft crashes don’t occur near airports, but may occur somewhere near the airport. We do over-the-edge rescue (usually a vehicle), although there’s not much cliffside in Arcata, so we go to Trinidad. We do automobile extrication. Confined space rescue where a sewer worker or underground worker in a trench is trapped is also something we do. We also do lift assist where someone falls and needs help getting up, and these are becoming more common. We do training, fire prevention, code enforcement, checks, public education, and fire investigation. We protect Bayside to just shy of Robert Heights Road. In terms of our goodwill response area, we will respond all the way out Jacoby Creek. There is no response agency out there and we don’t want them unprotected. We also protect Manila, Indianola all the way up to McKinleyville. We are the largest District in the County. We protect $2million in property. Auto aid is common in the Bay Area with Samoa, the Peninsula, Blue Lake, and Manila. We have three stations, one in McKinleyville, and two in Arcata. Our Mad River McKinleyville station is staffed 24 hours a day with one on-duty firefighter. Other stations also have one on-duty firefighter. Everything else is staffed by volunteers. We have approximately 49 volunteers. We had 1,971 calls in 2003. In 1983 we had 270 calls. We are two entities - the Arcata Fire District and the Arcata Volunteer Fire Department. The latter provides volunteers to the Fire District. We are funded primarily through property taxes - we get 5% of the 1% property tax. We also have a special tax which is $20 per year per residence. That was put into place in 1986. It was dropped in the early 1990’s because we had enough money at the time, but it was picked up again. The main issue we are facing is money. Our costs have sky-rocketed. Revenues have gone up too, but not enough to keep up with our growing costs and increases in call volumes. We have a high rate of burnout with volunteers due to the burden and training time. It takes a year for a volunteer to get proficient. Most volunteers are young, single, students, people who have time to devote. Years ago the volunteers also worked within the District. It takes ten minutes to get the volunteer engine out. Summers are worse because people go out on vacations. Our big concern is multiple calls and how to cover them. We have one engine that’s 22 years old. It has caught on fire twice. We have a reserve engine that’s 37 years old. Our breathing apparatus is almost 15 years old and needs to be replaced in about a year. We need to raise funds to do that. Our typical response time is ten minutes, and we have two firefighters on scene (OSHA requires four people on scene: two inside, two outside). We’ve given up cost of living raises, and have had no major equipment purchases since 2002. We cut all purchasing, including safety equipment. We cut our training and fire

F-17 Humboldt County Master Fire Protection Plan prevention budgets. We cut $200,000 from our budget. All of our staff took salary cuts. And we aren’t replacing retiring staff. One issue is insurance rates. We are currently ISO 4. Next summer ISO will be here to re-examine us. We need additional full-time staff, and we need to replace an engine. We also need additional funding for training. The benefit assessment that we have now is a solution for our money woes. The only other option is a special tax. We cannot raise the current property tax, only the state can do that.

Ron Samuelson, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: We are primarily responsible for vegetation fires on state responsibility lands in this portion of the Bay Area. We have engines in Fortuna and Trinidad. We respond to structure fires in state responsibility areas to make sure they don’t spread to vegetation. If we are first on the scene we try to suppress the fire until local agencies arrive on scene. In this area an engine will respond during the fire season. During the winter we respond out of Trinidad and Fortuna. We do the dispatch for the county medical helicopter. We review California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents to make sure they’re up to ordinance standards and we require 30 feet of clearance from the property line for new developments. They can get an exception if they have fire-proof building materials, etc. Fire season generally runs June through mid-October to even November. Trinidad is funded year-round by the Community Services District.

BAYSIDE COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPANT LIST Dave White, Chief, Arcata Fire Jerry West, Chief, Kneeland Fire Ron Samuelson, CDF Kim Price, CDF Maggie Gainer Michael Alcorn, Green Diamond Resource Co. Jack Surmani Allan Gradek Susan Boese

GREATER EUREKA COMMUNITY MEETING x When: March 9, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Redwood Acres, Arts & Crafts Building, 3750 Harris Avenue, Eureka x Included Communities: Greater Eureka

GREATER EUREKA COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPATION LIST Ron Samuelson, CDF Humboldt Del Norte Unit Eric Smith, Chief, Eureka Fire Glen Ziemer, Chief, Humboldt #1 Fire Kim Price, CDF Humboldt Del Norte Unit Hugh Scanlon, CDF Humboldt Del Norte Unit

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MCKINLEYVILLE COMMUNITY MEETING x When: January 13, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: McKinleyville Middle School, 2285 Central Avenue, McKinleyville x Included Communities: McKinleyville

NOTES FROM MCKINLEYVILLE COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Dave White, Arcata Fire Protection District: Structure fires are our main purpose. We also do wildland fire protection. We work with CDF to do wildland fires in state responsibility areas. West of Central Avenue that is local responsibility area and we are the sole response agency in the local responsibility area here. East we respond to structure fires, but wildland fires are covered by CDF on those state responsibility area lands. We do first response medical aid calls. There are only two ambulances at the north end of the county so they can be slow to get there. So we are the first responders and will get there first to do life support as needed. We do hazardous materials first response to get people out and isolate the area. We do airport crash fire and rescue. A crash truck at the airport is the first responder, but we do respond. We do automobile extrication, and we carry tools on our engine in McKinleyville to do these. Confined space rescue is something new we are doing with specialized equipment. We do over-the-edge rescue, not cliff-side rescue, because cliffs are found north of Trinidad. We have a lot of ongoing training. We do fire inspections, code compliance checks, plan checks, fire investigation, and fire education. We are a large fire district with $5million in public and private property. We have three stations. Two stations are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week with one firefighter - the one here in McKinleyville and the one in Arcata. One duty chief is on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All other staff are volunteers, and we have about 50 volunteers. Not all volunteers respond to calls. In 2003 we responded to 1,974 calls compared to 1973 where we responded to 270 calls. The Arcata Volunteer Fire Department is a private, non-profit organization and they provide volunteers to the district. Our funds come from a small proportion of people’s property taxes. We also have a special tax. Insufficient revenues are an issue for us because costs have increased at a greater rate than revenues. We cut $177,000 from the budget last year, and we cut everything, no more cell phones, only radios. There has been a 630% increase in call volumes in the past 20 years, but we have the same staffing, and have even had to cut back on staffing. We have more fire inspections and building inspections, etc. The mandated training and increased call volume are putting a strain on our volunteers. Our McKinleyville station has an engine with one firefighter, so it may take more than ten minutes before more than one person is on the scene. OSHA requires at least four people on the scene, so we have inadequate staffing on the scene. We have worn out equipment. One engine is old and has caught on fire! All breathing apparatus is 15 years old, no longer meets standards, and will need to be replaced within one year. We are seeing an increase in multiple calls and that puts a real strain on us. There haven’t been any cost of living raises since 2001. There haven’t been any equipment purchases since 2002. Our staff took cuts in benefits. In 2002 we didn’t replace vacant positions. We are at minimum staffing. Our insurance classification may change. We are currently class 4. Next summer we will be re-examined and our insurance classification will probably go up. We need a balanced operating budget, and additional full-time staffing. We need to replace one engine, and we need a process to replace apparatus. The only way to increase revenues is through a special benefits assessment. We are looking for the public to tell us what they want us to do, and what they are willing to pay for.

Ron Samuelson, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: We are funded from the state general fund. Vegetation fires are our responsibility on state responsibility area lands. We have one engine in Trinidad, and two in Fortuna. So engines from Blue Lake and Arcata may get there

F-19 Humboldt County Master Fire Protection Plan first. We do respond to structure fires in state responsibility areas. If we are the first engine on the scene we will protect the structure. But we are there to make sure the fire doesn’t turn into a vegetation fire. We do dispatch for 23 volunteer departments and two ambulance companies. We also do dispatch for the medical air ambulance. Per Ordinance 1952 on state responsibility area lands we make sure roads are built to standards (two ways in and out), and we issue exceptions for certain things that are covered under fire safe guidelines, for example, if somebody wants their house closer than 30 feet to the property line. In addition we can advise homeowners in areas such as fire safe building construction.

MCKINLEYVILLE COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPATION LIST Sarah Hobart Russell Locatelli Dave White, Arcata Fire Protection District Ron Samuelson, CDF Humboldt Del Norte Unit SAMOA COMMUNITY MEETING x When: February 8, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Peninsula Union Elementary School, 909 Vance Street, Samoa x Included Communities: Fairhaven, and Samoa

NOTES FROM SAMOA COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Robert Durfee, Samoa Peninsula Volunteer Fire Department: We have auto aid with Arcata Fire. Our department provides protection for the peninsula from one end to the other and east to the bridge. Our problems include lack of personnel, money and our ISO rating. In terms of personnel, we have lots of seniors in the area and renters, and these people are not interested in volunteering. Some of those who are interested in volunteering can’t pass the background check. In terms of money – Louisiana Pacific has been devalued and Simpson is gone. Without the assessment our department would not be here. The benefit assessment here is based on the number of buildings and the number of acres. In terms of our ISO rating, we have a rating of 5 but next month we will have an inspection and we anticipate the number going up because of the lack of personnel. We are now working on Tsunami preparedness – Samoa and Manila have dunes for protection but Fairhaven is fairly flat. We are an all volunteer department. We used to have three paid positions but our budget went down and we lost those positions. Even the chief is a volunteer position now. The Samoa station needs a major overhaul. We have a resident program with dorms. The recent purchase of the pulp mill is good news for our department.

Eric Smith, Eureka Fire Protection District: We have a stable tax base. We have 12 volunteers, 36 career firefighters, and 12 fire explorers. We have three stations with three engines that are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We also have a truck. We receive 3,300 calls per year. 1,800 of these calls are medical calls. We respond to medical, fire, service calls, regional hazardous materials (covered by the Joint Powers Authority), and we provide training. We have auto aid with Humboldt #1 Fire District which receives 5,000 calls per year. We cover the city limits which end at the bridge. We have auto aid with Arcata Fire. We will respond to calls from the Mill and Manila. We have mutual aid with most fire departments in the Humboldt Bay area. We have mutual aid with the Samoa Peninsula Volunteers. It takes four minutes to get to Samoa from the closest Eureka station. We are working on improving responses on the boundaries. We are working on a county-wide mutual

F-20 Appendix F: Community Outreach Meetings Information August 2006 Edition aid agreement which should be done in mid 2005. We provide protection to College of the Redwoods through a contact.

Ron Samuelson, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: We have eight stations, 11 engines, hand crews, and air attack capabilities. We are primarily responsible for wildland fire protection. We have mutual aid with Samoa. Our Trinidad station is open year-round. May through October is our fire season.

Dan Larkin, County Office of Emergency Services: Personal preparedness is the key for preparing for a tsunami. The tsunami category plan is being updated and it will help with coordinating the 26 state and federal agencies. It is possible to know that a tsunami is coming because we have the monitors out on the ocean, but it is not possible to know how big it will be. A distant source tsunami will be picked up by the sensors on buoys which can tell us a lot about what is going on. We need to make sure that the agencies responsible for emergency response know what needs to be done in their area. We are in the process of re-focusing them a little bit as they work together all the time – focusing them on tsunami. In the event of a local source tsunami there will be no time to do anything. In a tsunami infrastructure will be impacted, and communication may be stifled. In this case you need to think ahead of time what you can do for yourself. You need to know where there are safe zones. In a tsunami the bay will have a fast rising tide but the coastline with have a high velocity surge of water. We do not have tsunami sirens here but we do have an emergency alert system. A tsunami may be coming after an earthquake that lasts 20 seconds or that knocks you off your feet.

SAMOA COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPATION LIST Dendra Dengler Ellen Durfee Robert Durfee, Chief, Samoa Fire Dan Larkin, Humboldt County OES Dick Lindstrom Kim Price, CDF Humboldt Del Norte Unit Ben Smith Eric Smith, Chief, Eureka Fire Harvey Smith Craig Spilt

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F.7 UPPER REDWOOD CREEK PLANNING COMPARTMENT

REDWOOD VALLEY COMMUNITY MEETING x When: October 20, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Green Point School, 180 Valkensar Lane, Blue Lake x Included Communities: Chezem Road, and Redwood Valley

REDWOOD VALLEY COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPATION LIST Mary Cummins Wendy Parker Kathy Hinz Jeff Siedschlag Tom Hinz Marcella Waldron Diana Kriger Alan Ward Peter Kriger Paul Wolfberg Susan Edinger Marshall Gerald Worth Ken Norman Sue Worth John Palmer

F.8 MAD-VAN DUZEN PLANNING COMPARTMENT

BRIDGEVILLE COMMUNITY MEETING x When: September 30, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Bridgeville Community Center, 38717 Kneeland Road, Bridgeville x Included Communities: Bridgeville, Carlotta, and Dinsmore

NOTES FROM BRIDGEVILLE COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Dattel Bardin, Carlotta Volunteer Fire Department: We have mutual aid with CDF to assist them in summer. When their station closes and their truck goes back to Fortuna it is just us in Bridgeville. We have all of the equipment and training we need. We come out to Bridgeville on our own accord. Carlotta is usually the first to get here in 15 minutes with a first responder vehicle. An engine takes 25-30 minutes to get to Bridgeville. We go wherever we are called. If someone has a medical emergency and calls 911 you always get law enforcement and then its passed on to the correct dispatch. 90% of our calls are medical. It’s always a good idea to know who in your community has medical skills and know the station that serves you (then you can tell 911 when you call). Carlotta is a district, not a volunteer department. The boundaries of our jurisdiction are Riverview and Yeager Creek. The monies we receive from the assessment barely cover our budget, because worker’s compensation insurance is killing us. We recently replaced a lot of equipment so we're in good shape there. We picked up a rubber raft so we are starting swift water rescue, although we need Board approval to do it. We do get donations, the raft was a donation. Some costs we've paid for ourselves. People can support us by putting up a road sign and when you call us put someone out on the road to direct us. We go by mile post markers. Highway 36 was recently re-measured and there are some conflicting mile markers out there now.

Ron Samuelson, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: During fire season we cover Garberville, Weott, and Fortuna with staff starting in May. We go into peak fire season here on

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July 1st so it may not be until then that the Bridgeville station has staff. We have three people here during fire season during daylight hours (one Captain and two firefighters). Years ago the outlying stations weren't covered when we sent engines to the south or east, but now we try to get as many stations covered as we can. We've had engines come from Mendocino, etc., to cover stations. When fire season ends I have somebody at the Bridgeville station four days a week. I try to keep at least one person there all the time, but it doesn't always happen. We respond to structure fires and wildland fires. No residents live at the station. The Proposition 172 bond issue was passed after the Laguna Fire in 1993 and it’s a funding source for public safety. But, unfortunately, somewhere along the line law enforcement supported it and fire departments don't get any money from it. The Attorney General released a statement that public safety includes fire departments, but we're not getting anywhere with it. Orange County has an initiative on their ballot to get 10% of what the Sheriff's Office and District Attorney's office gets - which is $30 million. Some departments think we are infringing on their area when we respond to a structure fire, but we are supposed to go to those too since they can spread into wildland fires. We probably do 10-15 medical evacuations per year, if you have a major medical emergency. We determine which helicopter is the closest and which is needed. The helicopter is available in summertime, during daylight hours.

Dick Hursh, U.S. Forest Service: We are located with CDF at the dispatch center in Fortuna. We are a wildland fire agency. Our season is May to the end of October. I have four Type III engines. During the summer we have coverage seven days a week from 9:30am-6pm. We can respond outside those hours, but we have to round people up. People go home at the end of the day, and we have to get them back in. Our folks have first responder training. We respond with wildland protection in mind, we can do some suppression, but we are concerned with the protection of the wildland. Within our direct protection boundary we will respond to any call during fire season. Our boundary follows the forest boundary, but not exactly. It follows roads, ridge tops. The Mad River station is about 25 miles from here, 40 minutes away. We have a mutual aid agreement with CDF and we have staff at Bridgeville for two to three days and the same with Alderpoint. The Van Duzen Fire Department is a privately owned engine and a few people near Dinsmore. They respond to calls they hear on the scanner. They wouldn't be dispatched out of the Fortuna office. They get dispatched out of Weaverville. Zenia Fire Department is the most active volunteer department and works with CDF and the Forest Service. Alderpoint CDF is covered in the summer time 24 hours a day. There is a residence at the Alderpoint station so there is someone there during the winter.

Resources in Bridgeville:

For medical calls, contact Ben Fleek, 777-3424 For questions regarding the Van Duzen Watershed Fire Safe Council, contact George Duffy, 777- 1923 That Tree Guy, contact John Jensen, 725-2609 For forest thinning, contact Jean-Louis Carmona, 496-4530

NOTES FROM BRIDGEVILLE COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE SAFE COUNCIL PRESENTATION George Duffy, Van Duzen Watershed Fire Safe Council: We believe that fire safety is everyone’s responsibility. We need to identify projects and plan so that we can capture funding. We work with CDF to learn how to help educate people. We will be instituting a VIP program by which they can inspect people’s property. We have had people take the Community Emergency Response Team

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(CERT) training. Funding for CERT came from Homeland Security. The Fire Safe Council meets the last Thursday of every month.

BRIDGEVILLE COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPATION LIST Lalita Brinckhaus Ron Horn J.L. Carmona John Jensen Lynda Cesaretti Dick Kersh Bonnie Cook Ceci LeMuint Robert Delgado L.A. Murphy George Duffy Miles Neiva Bob Ellis Kim Price, CDF Humboldt Del Norte Unit Benny Fleek Ron Samuelson, CDF Humboldt Del Norte Roslyn Fuerman Unit Mike Guerriero Claudia Sauers Jake Hannan Crayton Sauers Penny Harris Julie Stephens Carol Honeycutt Chris Weston Curt Honeycutt

F.9 MAIN EEL PLANNING COMPARTMENT

ALDERPOINT COMMUNITY MEETING x When: September 22, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Casterlin School, 24790 Alderpoint Road, Blocksburg x Included Communities: Alderpoint, Blocksburg, Fort Seward, Island Mountain, and up Alderpoint Road to Windbigler Road

NOTES FROM ALDERPOINT COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL No Fire Department Presentation. Notes are based on community member discussion. EMT training may be available in Shelter Cove and Garberville. Southern Humboldt Fire Chiefs training is sometimes available to community members. Palo Verde Fire takes one hour to get to Alderpoint for medical aid calls. Zenia/ Kettenpom Fire can respond in about a half hour. Fruitland Ridge Fire can respond to medical calls. Palo Verde’s worker’s compensation insurance costs $320 per person and Garberville pays $1,000 per person. There is a Forest Service fire station in Zenia. There is a CDF station in Alderpoint and will have an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). The clinic has an AED as well as Palo Verde Fire. We need to be dispatched through CDF, but it will cost money to become part of the dispatch co-op. We also need money for radios, training and equipment. North Coast EMS offers first responder and EMT training and HSU Center Activities offers a wilderness medical aid class.

ALDERPOINT COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPATION LIST Kim Bowen Bruce Handly James Doviak Buzz Lindsay Joel Ficklin, Chief, Palo Verde Fire Tom Richardson Ann Forrest Lawrence Ringo

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Lee Ringo PALO VERDE COMMUNITY MEETING x When: October 13, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Heartwood Institute, 220 Harmony Lane, Garberville x Included Communities: Harris, and Palo Verde

PALO VERDE COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPATION LIST Ruth Bergman Joel Ficklin, Chief, Palo Verde Fire Nadine Chapdeladne Michael Perkins Charlene Khan Hans Terlindon

F.10 SOUTH EEL PLANNING COMPARTMENT

BENBOW COMMUNITY MEETING x When: September 21, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Benbow Inn, Hunt Room, 445 Lake Benbow Drive, Garberville x Included Communities: Benbow, Sprowel Creek, and Reed Mountain

NOTES FROM BENBOW COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Kent Scown, Garberville Fire Protection District: Our service area does not include Benbow. We have mutual aid with CDF and Redway.

Mike Miller, Sprowel Creek Volunteer Fire Department: We only respond to an area where there are 25-30 residences. A few years ago we had a 42 acre fire. We have five active volunteers and two to three sporadic volunteers. We are doing fuel reduction projects. We are supported by fundraisers. We need some basic gear. We are currently using a phone tree, but we’re hoping to get a radio or two. We applied for one grant last year and we are in the process of writing another one. Monies from this grant would be for communication equipment such as radios. We are a non-profit organization.

Joel Ficklin, Palo Verde Volunteer Fire Department: East of Benbow we basically do life support calls, but we’re hoping to get some EMTs and do some airway support. We have nine people on worker’s compensation, and we’re in the process of building a new fire station. We are also supported by fundraisers – we sell tamales, and we sell at Reggae on the River. We are a non-profit organization. We need more training, and more volunteers. It would be great if the state would offer tax deductions for volunteer firefighters.

Lou Iglesias, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Garberville: Our service area covers the lower portion of Humboldt County, west of Shelter Cove, east to Kettenpom in Trinity County. We have three stations, 10-13 year-round permanent staff; and four to five seasonal staff are hired during fire season. During winter we are not open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and we cut back to one station at Garberville. Permanent personnel still work on maintenance, training, community service, and take vacations. Also during the winter we are on duty during daylight hours and do respond to medical calls if available. We mainly provide wildland fire protection for state resources (timber and watersheds) and people in the state responsibility areas. We

F-25 Humboldt County Master Fire Protection Plan will also respond to other types of fires because these can lead to wildland fires. Fire season is five months long and we’re on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Lately we have become more active in coordinating with local fire departments and volunteer departments.

Brian Anderson, Redway Fire Protection District: We will respond outside of our district, and we also respond to medical aid calls within Redway. We respond to mutual aid requests outside of our area. Last year we had 80 calls, this year so far we’ve had about the same number of calls. We are publicly funded through a tax assessment. We need more money. Proposition 172 monies need to be going to fire services.

BENBOW COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPATION LIST Estelle Fennell Joel Ficklin Lou Iglesias, CDF Nan Penner Leroy Ikerd Ralph Penner Mike Miller, Sprowel Creek Fire Rob Stretch

BRICELAND COMMUNITY MEETING x When: September 23, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Beginnings, Inc., 5 Cemetery Rd., Briceland x Included Communities: Briceland, Briceland Hills, and Ettersburg

BRICELAND COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPATION LIST Eric Bower Peter Rice Sal Gurreri, Chief, Shelter Cove Fire Bill Eastwood Mikal Jakubal Carolena Pierce Alison Jones Brian Shapiro Peter Lawsky, Chief, Shelter Cove Fire Sunshine Tresidder Timothy Metz Kathy Weber Tim Olsen, Chief, Beginnings Fire

GARBERVILLE COMMUNITY MEETING x When: September 16, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Veteran’s Memorial Building, 483 Conger Street, Garberville x Included Communities: Benbow, Briceland, Garberville, Phillipsville, Redway, Salmon Creek, and Sprowel Creek

NOTES FROM GARBERVILLE COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Brian Anderson, Redway Fire Protection District: We’re an all volunteer department. We are funded through the County and we are a Fire Protection District. We receive $48,000 per year – $20,000 of which goes to worker’s compensation insurance. We have mutual aid with Garberville and Beginnings. We need funds from Proposition 172 and we need community support.

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Mike Miller, Sprowel Creek Volunteer Fire Department: We do not respond outside of our immediate area. We can assist in Percy but we would need turnouts to do so. A back road was just opened that will make a good evacuation route. We have fuels reduction work parties every other week and use the firewood for donations. We are located adjacent to Richardson Grove State Park. We are interested in finding funding to do fuel break work. We are an all volunteer department and get funding through fundraisers. We are dispatched using a phone tree because we do not have any fire radios. We need to be able to communicate with Whitethorn and Percy.

Joel Ficklin, Palo Verde Volunteer Fire Department: We are a non-profit, technical fire company. We are trying to build a fire station. We will respond to calls on Alderpoint Road and Bridgeville. We cannot guarantee a response, but we always try to get there. We are radio dispatched. We mainly respond to structural fires. We get our funding through fundraisers. For instance, we sell tamales at Reggae on the River.

Tim Olsen, Beginnings Volunteer Fire Department: We are a non-profit fire department. We get our funding through fundraisers and donations. We have mutual aid with Redway and Garberville. We have auto aid with Whitethorn and Telegraph Ridge. It is a battle keeping a volunteer company together. The cost for worker’s compensation insurance is killing us. We have 12 volunteers on the books, six of which are EMTs. We get a high number of medical calls. We provide service to 29 square miles of Wildland Urban Interface (WUI).

Kent Scown, Garberville Fire Protection District: Our district boundary basically encompasses the town of Garberville and does not include the Meadows Business Park, Benbow, Tooby Park, or Kimtu. These areas are protected by goodwill service from firefighters, but residents there are not paying taxes to support fire protection services. We are in the process of proposing district boundary changes. We would like to expand to the north, east, west, and south. It would be about a 5,000 acre expansion. The boundary would then include Benbow, to Sprowel Creek, the Meadows Business Park, etc. There will be public hearings and the expansion will require a vote. If it passes we will put equipment at Benbow and the airport. Our main responsibility is to the people in our District. If we are able, we will generally respond to calls outside of our District. We do not respond to calls all the way at the top of Alderpoint Road. We also do not respond to calls past Benbow to the county line. We have Jaws of Life and will respond to calls farther with that, up to Scotia and south to Leggett. We will respond to wildland fires outside of our District using District money and equipment. In fact, the majority of our responses are outside of the District boundary. Leggett is now the closest department to the South.

Jim Roberson, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Garberville: We have auto aid with the local departments for all emergency services

GARBERVILLE COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPATION LIST Brian Anderson, Chief, Redway Ken Scown, Chief, Garberville Fire Ray Coil Mike Miller, Sprowel Creek Fire Joel Ficklin, Chief, Palo Verde Fire Margie Morrison Eleanor Immitt Tim Olsen, Chief, Beginnings Fire Bob McKee Carolena Pierce

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MIRANDA COMMUNITY MEETING x When: October 6, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: South Fork High School, Cafeteria, 6831 Avenue of the Giants, Miranda x Included Communities: Fruitland Ridge, Miranda, Myers Flat, Phillipsville, Salmon Creek, and Weott

NOTES FROM MIRANDA COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Bob Harris, Miranda Fire Department: We often respond outside the area. We have auto aid with CDF. We will respond to calls from Cathay Road, Fish Creek, along Highway 101, along Salmon Creek, and up Barnum Road. We are first responders trained to respond to medical aid which is now 80-90% of our calls. We are funded by the Community Service District. They’ve been very good supporting us in what we ask for. We have a new fire station being built up on School Road. We respond to structure fires. The other day for the first time an owner/builder asked us to visit them in area up above town to talk about where water tanks could be, where fire hydrants should be, clearing, etc.

Sharon Toborg, Phillipsville Volunteer Fire Department: We have a mutual aid agreement with CDF and Miranda Fire. We have a water tender. We respond to calls from Silverdales, and cover Highway 101. About 90% of our calls are medical calls. Because we’re not a district we pay about $1,000 per month for insurance and its really challenging. Our department is strong. Once our insurance issue is dealt with we will buy another water tender.

George Monroe, Myers Flat Fire Protection District: Our jurisdiction picks up where Miranda leaves off and covers halfway between Myers Flat and Weott. It’s a challenge to keep a good department going in a small area such as Myers Flat. We struggle to recruit people. We are a district, and we get some funding from the county. I don’t know exactly how much. I’m tempted to see how well structure protection has been followed.

Mike Lake, Fruitland Ridge Volunteer Fire Department: We cover Avenue of the Giants to McKann to Eel Rock and Whitlow. We have five volunteers, two are trained first responders. We just acquired a new water tender through a FEMA grant. We also have a new truck. We make money from sales at Reggae on the River – as much as $8,000 a year. We also do grant writing.

Dan Gribi, Salmon Creek Volunteer Fire Department: We cover from Thomas Road in towards Salmon Creek over to Gilham Butte in the west, and the ranches in the north, Humboldt Redwoods, down as far as Crooked Prairie and Beginnings Fire Department on our south. We’re self-funded, raising funds at Reggae on the River. We send a regular mailing to our community and get pretty good self-taxing funding from our community. We have a dozen volunteers right now. Fires help recruitment. We just had training at Tooby Park. We have three first responders and we have an engine that was donated from Muir Beach. We have a grant pending to upgrade turnouts and breathing apparatus.

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Tom Milligan, Weott Volunteer Fire Department: We have nine people, several husband and wife teams. We have a fairly big area that we cover. We respond to calls from High Rock Underpass, to Williamsburg south of town. Most of our calls are medical aid calls. We have three EMTs, and five first responders. We are a district and do get a little bit of money from the county and about $3 per household. It’s just barely enough to cover our insurance.

Kevin O’Neil, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: I can’t tell you how much I admire these people. They put in so much time on their own, fundraising, and trying to train on top of it. We are responsible for vegetation fires and that’s it, including vegetation fires in the King Range. We can respond to medical aid if it doesn’t cost us any money. We respond in the summer to structure fires if it is a threat to vegetation. We’re not necessarily available in winter unless we have an agreement and we do have agreements with the county to provide protection for Trinidad and in Weott to keep them open year-round and provide training. We do dispatching for 31 fire departments. The insurance ratings you’ve been hearing about determine your homeowner’s insurance rates. If we go from a 10 to a 9 it can save you up to $300 per year. So you can see how local fire protection is an investment. Our funding has not been cut, but we have not had an increase in our operating budget since 1987. So while there have not been any actual cuts, there have been no increases for raises, nor has any equipment been replaced. My vehicle should have been replaced 50,000 miles ago. Things are way over replacement cycle and we see no replacements in sight. CDF has a defibrillator and Beginnings has one, but few people are trained to use them.

NOTES FROM MIRANDA COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE SAFE COUNCIL PRESENTATION Debra Lake, Avenues Fire Safe Council: The local Fire Chiefs from Phillipsville and Avenues were asked to start this fire safe council. We have meetings. We had one or two different people and people didn’t return. We didn’t make it interesting enough, so it hasn’t gotten off the ground yet. Your being here shows your intelligent, interested people. Maybe you’ll consider joining the Avenue Fire Safe Council. Your job is to promote fire safety around people’s homes. You can come together and do planning to get people, funding and get projects done. Keep up the good work, sign on.

Carole Kehrig, Cathey Road Fire Safe Council: We’re in an area that is not protected. I’m sure the fire department will come out here, but they don’t have to. CDF doesn’t have to come out here either. We have on one side of us the park and the other side of us is timberland and there is a single road that goes up the hill. So you can see we have some problems. First, we identified what were our greatest threats which are fuel loads. The park has implemented fuel reduction projects. We still have no other way out and we’d like an escape route so that if a fire cuts off Cathay Road we have a place to go. We’ve identified where there is open space, water, roads that are too narrow, and where people live. We have a telephone tree, so we know our neighbors. That’s our beginning. There’s still much work to do. Sometimes we don’t know the vulnerable people, so we have a lot of work to do. In terms of emergency funding we need to know the people who need it the most. We have fuel loads along our roads.

MIRANDA COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPATION LIST Deni Anderson Jackie Cathey Cassandra Bernstein John Christianson Pat Bernstein Kevin Coles Beverly Bull Tom Crinello

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Vern Eldridge George Monroe Casey Felt Tom Moreland Marje Gaunt Carol Morrison Kirk Gothier Kevin O’Neil, CDF Dan Gribi Bob Paine Bob Harris Carolena Pierce Bambi Henderson Patte Rae Jeff Henderson Janni Riber Paul Hermes, Miranda Volunteer Fire Terrie Ridenhour Debra Lake Jim Silva Mike Lake Chip Tittmann Loreli Landis-Valladeres Sharon Toborg Peter Lindstrom Chris Weston Ray Maher Bill White Ellen McKaskle Allan Wiegman Tom Milligan Tony Wilson

F.11 MATTOLE-LOST COAST PLANNING COMPARTMENT

PETROLIA COMMUNITY MEETING x When: November 4, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Mattole Grange, 36512 Mattole Road, Petrolia x Included Communities: Honeydew, Petrolia, and Prosper Ridge

NOTES FROM PETROLIA COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE CHIEFS PANEL Maureen Roche, Petrolia Volunteer Fire Department: There are no hydrants in Petrolia except at the Church of Scientology which also has a big pond. We have more trucks than people. We’re currently undergoing a crisis because we don’t have a chief. We sorely need people 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We currently have about 16 members, eight trucks, and 90% of our calls are medical. We get about 40 calls a year. We serve an area larger than our district. We cover Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at the beach. BLM covers us behind Petrolia. The major problem we have is that most of our trucks are too big to go four wheel drive, so most of the time we depend on people trained to do hand crews. We need training and people. We’re covered by an assessment.

Ian Sigman, Honeydew Volunteer Fire Department: We have four small, quick, four wheel drive trucks that carry 200 gallons each. We serve Panther Gap, Wilder Ridge, and in the Valley. We’ve got 90 supporting members that pay dues each year. We also have active members, up to 13 firefighters. We maintain insurance for eight individuals. We’ve been spending $8,000 per year on worker’s compensation insurance. So that’s the biggest hurdle for us. 90% of our calls are medical or vehicle accidents. Approximately 35 calls a year are fires. We have a widely variable budget every year. We need relief from the burden of worker’s compensation. We can’t recruit well with a good conscience. We also need newer vehicles. We’re driving around in older vehicles that don’t have the newer safety features and vehicle dependability.

Tim Jones, Bureau of Land Management: We have a light fire engine in Whitethorn that’s available to assist CDF. This engine holds 300 gallons of water and it has four wheel drive. That

F-30 Appendix F: Community Outreach Meetings Information August 2006 Edition engine is a national resource so its availability is not reliable. It’s not uncommon for that engine to leave in June and not return until the end of July. The Whitethorn station is only staffed in the summer. We have three people in the King Range and then another five to seven in Arcata that maintain fire calls. Our own staff put out a fire themselves when we had all that lightning. BLM lands here are under direct protection of CDF. We also do fuels reduction.

Terry Ridenhour, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: We have four engines - three are stored in Weott, one is stored in Mattole. We have six permanent staff. We try to maintain a two person staff at Weott for the Highway 101 corridor. But we do keep an engine out here in case of fire, flood, earthquake, etc. During the summer Petrolia firefighters have covered the station 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We staff a helicopter but its use is dependent on the weather.

NOTES FROM PETROLIA COMMUNITY MEETING FIRE SAFE COUNCIL PRESENTATION Chris Larsen, Lower Mattole Fire Safe Council: There are lots of different entities and jurisdictions that are working on this issue in our community. The fire safe council is a way that we can all come together and coordinate activities for a particular area. So, that to me is the point of what a fire safe council is. The Mattole Restoration Council got some money in 2001 from the Forest Service to develop the Lower Mattole Fire Safe Council. How can we address fire before it happens? The fire safe council is a good way to identify hazards on an ongoing basis. The Lower Mattole Fire Safe Council has a number of neighborhood representatives from each neighborhood. There are nine neighborhoods here. We also invited agencies and fire departments to participate. That is who was at the table initially. Fuels reduction and the reduction of fuels in strategic places were our top priorities. We raised money to do these pilot projects and we did them. We got landowners throughout the valley to work with us. Last year we invited people from all over the valley to design projects for their own neighborhoods using a one page form. Then the Mattole Restoration Council acting with the Lower Mattole Fire Safe Council submitted these proposals. Out of 160 proposals submitted we got one funded. So we started thinking about other ways to address fuels reduction. One of those was to work with private landowners to do thinning work and harvest some small diameter logs and sell them to offset the costs of doing the thinning work. You can reduce the cost by half for the landowner. I don’t think this would work everywhere, particularly in areas with brush and tanoak. Other ideas include the selling of wood for fuel, the use of prescribed burns, and the use of inmate crews. We’ve been talking to CDF. We saw inmate crews working in Whitethorn. That’s a way to stretch money available for fuels reduction. We’ve got to pick up the pace in order to make a dent on all the fuels buildup here. Another project was the creation of a Fire Atlas - 11 pages of detailed maps of Mattole Valley that show water sources, gates, roads, power lines, and locations of structures. Right now we are looking for funding to update that Atlas. Title III money could help with this. We want to continually update it. That is what the Lower Mattole Fire Safe Council has been doing. We are a lot more focused on doing projects, making fuels reduction happen. We’re not so much doing education. There are too many things going on in the Mattole with lots of different groups, so there’s not much energy left to do more volunteer work. Consequently we’re way more focused on working with landowners to make fuels reduction projects happen. We meet every other month and the meetings are generally very poorly attended. But we always have a lot to talk about. My sense is that we would be very welcoming to new people.

PETROLIA COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPATION LIST Andy Chittick JJ Hall John Giffin Tim Jones

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Chris Larson Terrie Ridenhour, CDF, Weott Cindy Lyman Maureen Roche John Lyman Lisa Schepman Amanda Free Ian Sigman Peter Marshall Bill Sturgeon SHELTER COVE COMMUNITY MEETING x When: September 14, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Shelter Cove Community Center, 9126 Shelter Cove Road, Shelter Cove x Included Communities: Briceland, Ettersburg, Shelter Cove, Whale Gulch, and Whitethorn

SHELTER COVE COMMUNITY MEETING PARTICIPATION LIST Tim Olsen, Chief, Beginnings Fire Steve Morey Sharon Donahue Jim Robertson, CDF Ben Fieseler, Chief, Whitethorn Fire Hugh Scanlon, CDF Nellie Griffith Reba Selk Sal Gurreri, Shelter Cove Fire Dept. Diana Totten Dave Kahan Jane Wilson Erlinda Knapp Wendy Windsor Leif Larson, Chief, Whale Gulch Fire Tim Jones, BLM Peter Lawsky, Chief, Telegraph Ridge Fire D.F. Moehlman Sal Gurreri, Chief, Shelter Cove Fire

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Appendix G: Community Identified Values, Protection Resources, Risks and Hazards, and Projects The following information is data collected from the public at the 24 community meetings between September 2004 and March 2005. The information shown here does not necessarily reflect the priorities of the County of Humboldt. The presentation of this information is to share those issues and priorities relating to fire as identified by participating community residents. Additionally, more precise information must be obtained than was collected at the meetings for the purposes of detailed project design. Information presented in this Appendix is designed only for general planning purposes.

The information listed for each community meeting below was gathered through a mapping exercise held during the last half of the respective meeting. A description of that methodology is found in Chapter 5 and Appendix E. In summary, existing values at risk (places or things to be protected from fire), fire protection resources (for use in fire fighting), and wildfire risks (where a fire might start) and hazards (where it would be especially hazardous if a fire did start in a certain place) were identified. Values and protection are listed in the first table for each meeting. Risks and hazards are listed on the second table, with corresponding map identification numbers. Completed and proposed projects to address local fire issues were identified and prioritized, and are listed in the third table for each meeting, with corresponding map identification numbers. Finally, a digitized version of the map created by community members at each meeting is shown following the three tables, with identification numbers for risks, hazards, and projects.

G.1 LOWER KLAMATH AND EAST KLAMATH PLANNING COMPARTMENTS

G.1.1 ORLEANS COMMUNITY MEETING x When: November 10, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Karuk Department of Natural Resources, 39051 Highway 96, Orleans x Included Communities: Orleans and Weitchpec

In addition to the regular process for project identification and prioritization, the Orleans-Somes Bar Fire Safe Council (OSBFSC) took those projects identified at the meeting and prioritized them at the July 28, 2005 meeting of the OSBFSC. At that meeting, additional projects were identified; however projects were only prioritized for the Orleans area. Projects for the Weitchpec area were not prioritized.

Table G-1 Orleans Community-Identified Values and Protection Resources Map Feature Description Feature Type Feature Subtype ID# ORL18 Central Orleans Value/Asset Area ORL06 Ferris Ranch & South Half of Orleans Value/Asset Area ORL08 Perch Creek Area Value/Asset Area ORL16 Thunder Mtn/ Madrone Neighborhood Value/Asset Area ORL13 Yurok Tribal Housing Value/Asset Area

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Table G-1 Orleans Community-Identified Values and Protection Resources Map Feature Description Feature Type Feature Subtype ID# ORL04 Karuk Community Center Value/Asset Building ORL15 Morek School/Water Supply Value/Asset Building ORL19 Red Cap Homes & Water Value/Asset Building ORL02 Weitchpec Elementary School Value/Asset Building ORL07 Yurok Fire Station #1, Transfer Station & Tribal Police Value/Asset Building ORL12 Yurok Fire Station #2 Value/Asset Building ORL03 Yurok Tribal Church & Store Value/Asset Building ORL03 Yurok Tribal, Church & Store Value/Asset Building ORL01 Orleans Community Water Tank Value/Asset Infrastructure ORL09 Weitchpec Water Tanks (domestic supply) Value/Asset Infrastructure ORL05 Crawford Hill Subdivision/Camp Creek Value/Asset Safe Zone ORL09 Weitchpec Water Tanks (domestic supply) Value/Asset Safe Zone ORL10 Crawford Creek Watershed (domestic supply) Value/Asset Water Source ORL17 Madrone/Thunder Mountain Neighborhood Water Supply Value/Asset Water Source ORL20 Gibbins Road Water/Power Value/Asset water/power ORL11 Perch Creek Watershed Value/Asset watershed ORL51 Yurok Fire Station #1 Protection Building ORL58 Bald Hills Road to Orick Protection evacuation route ORL55 Bark Shanty Road Protection evacuation route ORL62 Cedar Camp Road.- Evacuation Route to Bluff Creek Protection evacuation route ORL61 Dowd Road to Hoopa Protection evacuation route ORL54 GO Road Protection evacuation route ORL53 Hwy 96 Protection evacuation route ORL59 Ishi Pishi Somes Bar to Orleans Protection evacuation route ORL57 Nantucket Road to Go Road from Donahue Flat Protection evacuation route ORL63 Orleans Mountain Road to Red Cap Road Protection evacuation route ORL60 Red Cap Road to Hoopa Protection evacuation route Shelton Butte Road/Forest Service Roads to Mill Creek Road ORL77 (to Hoopa) Protection evacuation route ORL56 Jack Norton School Protection Safe Zone ORL52 Jordan Pond Protection Safe Zone ORL50 Lollich Protection Safe Zone ORL49 Mouth of Camp Creek/ Abalon Farm Protection Safe Zone ORL48 Yurok Tribal Center Protection Safe Zone ORL48 Yurok Tribal Center Protection Safe Zone ORL41 Big Bar (drafting spot) Protection Water Source ORL46 Camp Creek Hydrant System Protection Water Source ORL45 Cappell Creek (drafting spot) Protection Water Source ORL37 Gist Creek (drafting spot) Protection Water Source ORL47 Ha Amar Creek Protection Water Source ORL38 Orleans Bar (drafting spot) Protection Water Source ORL42 Red Cap Bar (drafting spot) Protection Water Source ORL43 Rube Ranch Creek (drafting spot) Protection Water Source ORL39 School Creek (drafting spot) Protection Water Source ORL40 Ullathorne (drafting spot) Protection Water Source

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Table G-2 Orleans Community-Identified Risks and Hazards Map Feature Description Feature Subtype ID # ORL36 Central Orleans ignition hazard ORL22 GO Road ignition hazard ORL23 Hwy 169 ignition hazard ORL78 Hwy 169 ignition hazard ORL21 Hwy 96 ignition hazard ORL24 Hyw 169 Memaw Creek to Yurok Fire Station ignition hazard ORL27 Hyw 169, lower Cappell ignition hazard ORL26 Lower Nantucket Road ignition hazard ORL72 McKinnon Hill Road (slash) ignition hazard ORL29 Mouth Of Camp Creek ignition hazard ORL33 Perch Creek/Red Cap Road Area ignition hazard ORL34 Sandy Bar ignition hazard ORL32 South Orleans ignition hazard ORL31 Thunder Mtn/ Madrone Lane ignition hazard ORL35 Upper Prairie Lake Road ignition hazard ORL28 limited access to 4wd roads (Wautec area) impedance

Table G-3 Orleans Community-Identified Projects

Map ID Project Completed Project Description Project Category # Priority Project? 1 Mouth Of Camp Creek including Gold Dredge Other Fuel Rx ORL66 Road (and other areas that were previously burned) Non map 2 Owl Mine Road Fuel Break Fuel Break feature Non map 3 Orleans Mt. Repeater (install) Communication feature Non map 4 Map and Maintain tanker fill sites (private Water feature lands) Non map 5 Perch Creek Watershed private and public land Other Fuel Rx, Water feature (municipal water source) protect watershed resources Non map 6 Redcap Road fuel break on public and private Fuel Break feature land ORL68 Bacon Flat Road Shaded Fuelbreak Fuel Break No Map BLM fuels reduction grant Community Fire Completed Other Fuel Rx Data Risk Reduction Project (19.98 acres treated) No Map BLM fuels reduction grant Orleans Valley Completed Other Fuel Rx Data Wildfire Risk Reduction Project (22.15 acres treated) No Map BLM grant fuel reduction project Fire Safe Completed Other Fuel Rx Data Planning and Implementation Grant (19.72 acres treated) No Map BLM grant fuels reduction Orleans Community Completed Other Fuel Rx

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Table G-3 Orleans Community-Identified Projects

Map ID Project Completed Project Description Project Category # Priority Project? Data Fuels Reduction Project (24.84 acres treated) ORL74 Delaney Hill Fuel Reduction Other Fuel Rx ORL64 Fuelbreak from Hwy 96 to Weitchpec Fuel Break Elementary School ORL73 Ishi Pishi Private Property Shaded Fuelbreak Fuel Break (boundary with FS) No Map Jobs in the Woods (JITW) Fish and Wildlife Completed Other Fuel Rx Data Service grant fuels reduction Lower Mid Klamath Riparian Ecosystem Enhancement Project (40.12 acres treated) ORL71 McKinnon Hill Road (slash removal) Biomass Utilization No Map Recourse Advisory Council fuels reduction Completed Other Fuel Rx Data grant Unknown Hazard Fuels Reduction Project (21.5 acres treated) No Map Resource Advisory Council fuels reduction Scheduled Fuel Break Data grant Somes Bar Sustainable Fuel breaks Project (35 acres scheduled for treatment) ORL75 Tule Creek Subdivision fuels reduction Other Fuel Rx ORL67 Upper Cappell Fuel Break Fuel Break ORL65 Upper Prairie Lake Road Fuelbreak Fuel Break No Map USFS fuels reduction grant Lower Mid Completed Other Fuel Rx Data Klamath Wildfire Risk Reduction Project (80 acres treated) No Map USFS fuels reduction grant Orleans Somes Bar Scheduled Other Fuel Rx Data Wildfire Risk Reduction Project (50 acres scheduled for treatment) No Map USFS grant fuels reduction Orleans Hazard Completed Other Fuel Rx Data Fuels Reduction Project (120 acres treated) No Map Wildland Urban Interface grant Orleans/Somes Completed Fuel Break Data Bar Prescribed Fire and Fuel break Maintenance Project (137.76 acres treated) Non map Yurok VFD 4X4 Truck Equipment feature

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G.2 TRINITY PLANNING COMPARTMENT

G.2.1 WILLOW CREEK COMMUNITY MEETING x When: October 27, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Community Services District, 135 Willow Road, Willow Creek x Included Communities: Brannan Mountain, Hoopa, Friday Ridge, and Willow Creek

Table G-4 Willow Creek Community-Identified Values and Protection Resources

Map ID # Feature Description1 Feature Type Feature Subtype WCK029 BIA Campus- H Value/Asset Building WCK009 Commercial District- WC Value/Asset Building WCK004 Hoopa VFD & high/elementary school, water- H Value/Asset Building WCK003 Hoopa Wildland Fire- H Value/Asset Building WCK019 KIDE Radio/Police dispatch/Casino/Ray'y/P.O.- H Value/Asset Building WCK002 Kimaw Medical Center, dental clinic, rest home- H Value/Asset Building WCK005 Medical clinic/Caltrans/CHP/School/SRNF- WC Value/Asset Building WCK001 Willow Creek CSD & Fire Dept.- WC Value/Asset Building WCK010 Arrowhead Patterson Ranch- WC Value/Asset Community WCK027 Enchanted Springs- WC Value/Asset community WCK031 Friday Community- WC Value/Asset community WCK032 Three Creeks Community- WC Value/Asset community WCK008 Hoopa Tribal neighborhood facilities- H Value/Asset Facility WCK030 Water Treatment Facility- H Value/Asset Facility WCK007 Willow Creek pumping station- WC Value/Asset Facility WCK035 Agency Field neighborhood- H Value/Asset neighborhood WCK015 Big Hill & Rice Lane neighborhood & Squire Housing- H Value/Asset neighborhood WCK016 Bigfoot neighborhood- WC Value/Asset neighborhood WCK014 Clover Flat neighborhood- WC Value/Asset neighborhood WCK024 Hodgson- WC Value/Asset neighborhood WCK023 Hostler Field housing- H Value/Asset neighborhood WCK017 Kimtu- WC Value/Asset neighborhood WCK011 Knights neighborhood- WC Value/Asset neighborhood WCK020 Lower Campbell- H Value/Asset neighborhood WCK018 McIntosh neighborhood- WC Value/Asset neighborhood WCK012 Norton Field Housing Authority- H Value/Asset neighborhood WCK028 Riteway Lane neighborhood- WC Value/Asset neighborhood WCK026 Rowley neighborhood- WC Value/Asset neighborhood WCK022 Telescope neighborhood- H Value/Asset neighborhood WCK021 Terrace neighborhood- WC Value/Asset neighborhood WCK013 The Farms neighborhood- WC Value/Asset neighborhood WCK129 Upper Campbell- H Value/Asset neighborhood WCK033 Big Hill Lookout & repeaters- H Value/Asset Safe Zone WCK025 Cell tower on Bald Hill (tv,radio,phone)- H Value/Asset Safe Zone WCK034 Willow Creek repeater- WC Value/Asset Safe Zone WCK093 Bair Road to Redwood Valley- H Protection evacuation route WCK096 Hwy 299 evacuation route- WC Protection evacuation route WCK091 Hwy 96- H Protection evacuation route

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Table G-4 Willow Creek Community-Identified Values and Protection Resources

Map ID # Feature Description1 Feature Type Feature Subtype WCK094 Mill Creek Road to Orleans- H Protection evacuation route WCK098 Pine Creek Road to Orick- H Protection evacuation route WCK084 Airport- WC Protection Safe Zone WCK095 Bigfoot field- WC Protection Safe Zone WCK090 Bigfoot Golf Course- WC Protection Safe Zone WCK089 Bustles- WC Protection Safe Zone WCK079 Campbell Field Industrial Park & TCCC- H Protection Safe Zone WCK087 Clover Flat- WC Protection Safe Zone WCK086 Gardner Ranch- WC Protection Safe Zone WCK082 Hoopa Airport- H Protection Safe Zone WCK081 Hoopa High School football field- H Protection Safe Zone WCK092 McIntosh- WC Protection Safe Zone WCK085 neighborhood Facilities & Pooky Park- H Protection Safe Zone WCK080 Patterson fields- WC Protection Safe Zone WCK088 Rodeo Grounds- H Protection Safe Zone WCK078 Veteran's Park- WC Protection Safe Zone WCK083 Willow Creek farm fields- WC Protection Safe Zone WCK071 Big Rock drafting- WC Protection Water Source WCK074 Bigfoot golf course, drafting- WC Protection Water Source WCK075 Kimtu drafting area- WC Protection Water Source WCK072 Legion Way/ drafting in river- H Protection Water Source WCK076 Mill Creek drafting- H Protection Water Source WCK070 overhead fill on Supply Creek Road-H Protection Water Source WCK077 the Mine- H Protection Water Source WCK073 Tish Tang- drafting in river- H Protection Water Source WCK128 water tank 100K- WC Protection Water Source

Table G-5 Willow Creek Community-Identified Risks and Hazards

Map ID # Feature Description Feature Subtype WCK039 Airport- H ignition hazard WCK055 Bair Road- H ignition hazard WCK049 Bald Hill- H ignition hazard WCK044 Bigfoot neighborhood area- WC ignition hazard WCK062 Brannan Mountain Road- WC ignition hazard WCK037 Brannan- WC ignition hazard WCK052 downtown Hoopa- H ignition hazard WCK051 Friday Ridge area- WC ignition hazard WCK036 Honey Bunch Lane- H ignition hazard WCK043 Hostler Field/Community Service Road- H ignition hazard WCK068 Hwy 96 between Hoopa and Willow Creek- H ignition hazard WCK042 IQUE- H ignition hazard WCK040 Kimtu- WC ignition hazard WCK057 Marshall Lane- H ignition hazard WCK047 McIntosh neighborhood area- WC ignition hazard WCK046 Mill Creek- H ignition hazard WCK048 Norton Field- H ignition hazard WCK060 Panther Creek Road- WC ignition hazard

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Table G-5 Willow Creek Community-Identified Risks and Hazards

Map ID # Feature Description Feature Subtype WCK058 Patterson- WC ignition hazard WCK064 River Bend Road- WC ignition hazard WCK041 River Road area- H ignition hazard WCK050 Rodeo Grounds- H ignition hazard WCK053 Rowland- person who burns- H ignition hazard WCK045 Squires Housing- WC ignition hazard WCK061 The Mine- H ignition hazard WCK056 Tribal Civilian Community Corps- H ignition hazard WCK054 Willow Creek- WC ignition hazard WCK038 Industrial Park- H industrial WCK066 Hwy 96 bad culvert- H Infrastructure WCK063 bad areas/ slides Hwy 96- H Road Hazzard WCK059 bad road- Pine Creek Road- H Road Hazzard WCK127 bad road-WC Road Hazzard WCK067 Big Hill Lookout Road slide- H Road Hazzard WCK065 Blue Slide- H Road Hazzard

Table G-6 Willow Creek Community-Identified Projects

Project Completed Map ID # Project Description Project Category Priority Project? WCK111 1 Bigfoot Subdivision fuel break- WC Fuel Break West of Willow Creek fuel break- WC (from WCK110 1 confluence of WC to China Creek) Fuel Break WCK108 2 Brush removal on State fee lands- H Clearance WCK121 2 Campbell Creek brush removal- H Clearance WCK118 3 Community Service Road brushing- H Clearance WCK122 4 Baldwin fuel break- WC Fuel Break WCK113 4 Horse Lento fuel break- WC Fuel Break WCK117 4 Sun Valley fuel break- WC Fuel Break WCK119 5 Clearance around repeater- WC Clearance WCK109 6 Water tank on Dowd Road - H Water, Equipment WCK120 Bald Hill brush removal- H Clearance WCK106 Bald Hill tractor piling- H Completed Other Fuel Rx WCK114 Beaver Creek Rd fuel break/fuels reduction- H Other Fuel Rx WCK100 Big Hill Road shaded fuel break- H Completed Fuel Break Develop water source & tank Telescope Peak WCK116 Road - needs hardware - H Water WCK107 Hennessey fuel modification- WC Completed Other Fuel Rx WCK105 Hostler Ridge shaded fuel break- H Completed Fuel Break WCK102 Jones Point Road; shaded fuel break- H Completed Fuel Break WCK099 Mill Creek Road shaded fuel break- H Completed Fuel Break WCK112 Redwood Grove brush removal fuel break- H Fuel Break WCK104 Supply Road shaded fuel break- H Completed Fuel Break WCK115 Telescope fuels reduction- H Other Fuel Rx WCK103 Tish Tang Road; shaded fuel break- H Completed Fuel Break WCK101 Waterman Ridge fuel treatment- WC Completed Other Fuel Rx

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G.3 REDWOOD PARK AND TRINIDAD PLANNING COMPARTMENTS

G.3.1 ORICK COMMUNITY MEETING x When: October 21, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Orick Community Hall, 101 Swan Road, Orick x Included Communities: Big Lagoon and Orick

Table G-7 Orick Community-Identified Values and Protection Resources Map Feature Description Feature Type Feature Subtype ID# ORI008 Town Center Orick Value/Asset Area ORI001 Orick School Value/Asset building ORI002 Community Center Value/Asset building ORI003 CSD office & water pumps Value/Asset building ORI004 Orick Fire Hall Value/Asset building ORI005 PG & E Substation Value/Asset building ORI006 Cell pone tower, Radio Repeaters Value/Asset building ORI007 Orick Inn Value/Asset building ORI010 Redwood National Park outdoor school Value/Asset building ORI011 Lyon’s ranch barns - historical Value/Asset building ORI013 Little Red Inn - historical Value/Asset building ORI014 Simpson Mill A Value/Asset building ORI015 Redwood Trails Value/Asset building ORI035 Rodeo Grounds Protection Safe Zone ORI025 Ocean Protection water source ORI026 Lagoon Protection water source ORI051 Lagoon Protection Water Source ORI052 Lagoon Protection Water Source Pond - Garland - off Bald Hills Road + 5,000 water source ORI028 gal tank Protection ORI029 Pond - Charlie's + 5,000 gal tank Protection water source ORI033 drafting site for Freshwater Lagoon (private) Protection water source ORI027 Rusty's Tank 3,000-4,000 gal. Protection water source ORI030 Tank 10,000 gal Protection water source ORI031 3,000 gallon tank Protection water source ORI032 Elk Camp Barn - pond below barn Protection water source ORI034 Proposed 3,000 gal tank (Carole) Protection water source

Table G-8 Orick Community-Identified Risks and Hazards

Map ID # Feature Description Feature Subtype ORI017 Bald Hills Road - lightning, road, Rx Burns fuel reduction ORI023 Big Lagoon ignition hazard ORI024 Big Lagoon Camp houses ignition hazard ORI018 Freshwater Spit ignition hazard ORI020 Gold Bluff Beach Campground ignition hazard ORI019 Hwy 101 Bypass ignition hazard ORI022 Kane Road Developments ignition hazard ORI021 Riverview Road - narrow, steep - retaining wall in way of road ignition hazard

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Table G-9 Orick Community-Identified Projects

Map ID Project Completed Project Description Project Category # Priority Project? ORI036 1 Fix Riverview Road access Access ORI038 2 Dike vegetation- brushing/burning Clearance, Burning ORI041 3 Additional hydrants in The Blocks Water Remove fence at Haygood's & Elkhorn; blocks ORI040 3 access, dangerous Access No Map Data 4 Community chipper days Biomass Utilization No Map Data 4 Fire Dept. needs drafting equipment Equipment Stop burning at Redwood National Park at ORI039 4 Bald Hills in summer Policy, Burning Foothill neighborhoods brushing (in Clearance, Biomass ORI050 conjunction w/ chipper days) Utilization ORI037 Gunst Road- brush road for access Clearance, Access Gunst Road neighborhood brushing (in Clearance, Biomass ORI047 conjunction w/ chipper days) Utilization Hilton brushing (in conjunction w/ chipper Clearance, Biomass ORI045 days) Utilization Hufford brushing (in conjunction w/ chipper Clearance, Biomass ORI048 days) Utilization North Freshwater brushing (in conjunction w/ Clearance, Biomass ORI046 chipper days) Utilization Owl Gulch brushing (in conjunction w/ chipper Clearance, Biomass ORI043 days) Utilization Riverview neighborhoods brushing (in Clearance, Biomass ORI049 conjunction w/ chipper days) Utilization

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G.3.2 TRINIDAD COMMUNITY MEETING x When: March 2, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Trinidad City Hall, 409 Trinity Street, Trinidad x Included Communities: Big Lagoon, Crannell, Trinidad, and Westhaven

Table G-10 Trinidad Community Community-Identified Values and Protection Resources

Map ID # Feature Description2 Feature Type Feature Subtype TRI013 TRI022 Big Lagoon Community Value/Asset Area TRI011 Big Lagoon Rancheria Value/Asset Area TRI010 Big Lagoon School Value/Asset Area TRI006 Greater Trinidad Value/Asset Area TRI017 Luffenholtz Watershed (Municipal Watershed) Value/Asset Area TRI007 Moonstone Grill / Beach Area Value/Asset Area TRI015 Patricks Point Drive, Hotels, Ect. Value/Asset Area TRI018 Patricks Point State Park Value/Asset Area TRI020 Patricks Point Watershed (drinking water) Value/Asset Area TRI004 Trinidad Downtown Value/Asset Area TRI014 Trinidad Head, Cell Phone Towers Value/Asset Area TRI021 Upper Fox Farm Community Value/Asset Area TRI016 Westgate Community Development Value/Asset Area TRI008 Westhaven Community Value/Asset Area TRI001 Youth Center, Casino, tribal operations, emergency center Value/Asset Area TRI003 Westhaven Community Church Value/Asset Building TRI002 Westhaven Fire Hall Value/Asset Building TRI009 Trinidad Water Treatment Plant Value/Asset Facility TRI005 Westhaven Water Plant Value/Asset Facility TRI012 Trinidad Water Tanks (300,000 gallons) Value/Asset Water Source TRI019 Two Creeks (Municipal Watershed) Value/Asset Water Source TRI046 A-Line - evacuation route - old 101 during WWII Protection evacuation route TRI048 Fox Farm - Access to A-Line Protection evacuation route TRI047 Railroad Creek Access to A-Line Protection evacuation route TRI039 150,000 gallon Rancheria Tank Protection Programs TRI054 Big Lagoon School & Meadow Protection Safe Zone TRI055 Big Lagoon Spit Protection Safe Zone TRI051 Clam Beach / Little River Protection Safe Zone TRI050 Moonstone Beach Protection Safe Zone TRI053 Rancheria parking Lot - safe zone & Emergency Center Protection Safe Zone TRI049 Trinidad Sate Beach Protection Safe Zone TRI052 Trinidad School and Playfield Protection Safe Zone TRI045 5,000 gal water tank for fire department - proposed Protection Water Source TRI042 Azalea Glen Pond Protection Water Source TRI038 Big Lagoon Mill Pond Protection Water Source TRI043 Madrone Pond - upper Fox Farm Road Protection Water Source TRI044 several 2,500 gal tanks around Westhaven Protection Water Source TRI041 Trinidad Storage Tanks ( 2 x150,000 gals) Protection Water Source TRI040 Two Ponds (1mil gal total)(dip or draw) & water plant Protection Water Source

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Table G-11 Trinidad Community-Identified Risks and Hazards

Map ID # Feature Description Feature Subtype TRI033 Big Lagoon Mill ignition hazard TRI034 Greater Westhaven - interface area ignition hazard TRI027 Green Diamond Land (Highest Concentration of ignitions) ignition hazard TRI031 Gully (Unnamed) hazardous fuels ignition hazard TRI029 Hwy 101 - ignition risk & high concentration of fuels ignition hazard TRI024 Indian Beach Bluff (Ignition Risk) ignition hazard TRI025 Pilot Point (ignition) ignition hazard TRI032 Power line - lots of fuels, PG&E no response ignition hazard TRI028 Scenic Drive Road - ignition risk & high concentration of fuels ignition hazard TRI026 Trinidad Head ignition hazard TRI023 Trinidad State Beach (driftwood ignition Source) ignition hazard TRI030 Two creeks Gully - hazardous fuels ignition hazard

Table G-12 Trinidad Community-Identified Projects Map Project Completed Project Description Project Category ID # Priority Project? No Map Water tender for Westhaven Volunteer Fire 1 Data Department Water, Equipment One million gal. water tank for greater TRI056 2 Trinidad Water TRI061 3 Luffenholtz shaded fuelbreak Fuel Break Inter-tie between Westhaven & Trinidad 4 TRI065 H2O systems Water No Map 4 Data Pumper truck for Trinidad FD Equipment, Water No Map 5 Data Community-wide mobile chipping program Biomass Utilization No Map 5 Data More volunteers for Westhaven Fire Dept. Volunteers/Staff No Map 5 Data Multi-stakeholder Fire Safe Council Fire Safe Council TRI068 Alternate access road from Fox Farm Road 6 to Stumptown Road Access Demonstration/Pilot 6 Fox Farm Road- fire safe rd options pilot Project, Community TRI066 project Education TRI067 6 Power pole (PG&E) fuel reduction Clearance No Map Fire explorer education program for

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G.4 HUMBOLDT BAY – EAST PLANNING COMPARTMENT

G.4.1 BLUE LAKE COMMUNITY MEETING x When: February 9, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Blue Lake Fire Hall, 111 First Avenue, Blue Lake x Included Communities: Blue Lake and Glendale

Table G-13 Blue Lake Community Community-Identified Values and Protection Resources

Map ID # Feature Description Feature Type Feature Subtype BLU003 Blue Lake Casino & tribal headquarters Value/Asset Area BLU004 Blue Lake Industrial Area Value/Asset Area BLU006 Blue Lake School Value/Asset Area BLU011 Blue Lake Sewer lift Station Value/Asset Area BLU002 City of Blue Lake Value/Asset Area BLU001 Downtown Blue Lake Value/Asset Area BLU016 Esther Lane Neighborhood Value/Asset Area BLU015 Gas Station Value/Asset Area BLU009 Glendale Businesses Value/Asset Area BLU007 Glenwood Neighborhood Value/Asset Area BLU012 Kerman Industrial Park Value/Asset Area BLU010 Korbel Mill Value/Asset Area BLU014 Liscom Hill neighborhood Value/Asset Area BLU017 Mill Business Area Value/Asset Area BLU008 Parker Lane Neighborhood Value/Asset Area BLU005 Perigot Park, City Hall, Civic Center, Fire Hall Value/Asset Area BLU013 Water Pumping Station Value/Asset Area BLU048 Christy West End Road - safe zone Protection Safe Zone BLU046 Christy's Field - safe zone Protection Safe Zone BLU045 Lane Ranch - safe zone Protection Safe Zone BLU047 Morai's Field - safe zone Protection Safe Zone BLU038 Blue Lake waste water ponds (helicopter draftable) Protection Water Source Buckley Road municipal Water tank 400,000 gallon (no BLU036 hydrant) Protection Water Source Bussman water tank 500,000 gal (has hydrant) (no fire truck BLU037 access) Protection Water Source BLU040 Essex dipping Pond Protection Water Source BLU044 Fraser Pond Protection Water Source BLU041 Kernan Pond Protection Water Source BLU042 Lane Pond Protection Water Source BLU043 Mad River Protection Water Source BLU039 Morai's pond Protection Water Source

Table G-14 Blue Lake Community-Identified Risks and Hazards

Map ID # Feature Description Feature Subtype BLU022 299 North of Blue Lake (ignition source) ignition hazard BLU019 2nd Glendale off-ramp (dense vegetation, history of fire,...) ignition hazard Area Between Redwood Creek & Titlow Hill (lots of fire BLU028 history) ignition hazard

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Table G-14 Blue Lake Community-Identified Risks and Hazards

Map ID # Feature Description Feature Subtype BLU026 Bad Little Bridge (no access) ignition hazard BLU021 Between Riverview & High Creek (transient camp, dense fuel) ignition hazard BLU023 Brush & berry vines along Glendale Dr. ignition hazard BLU029 Chezem Neighborhood (ignition source) Green Hill Road (No clearance, heavily wooded, steep hill, BLU018 shake roofs) ignition hazard BLU031 Hwy 299 (ignition source) ignition hazard BLU027 Morai's dumping Area (illegal dumping) ignition hazard BLU030 old log deck (lots of fuel, sawdust, etc.) ignition hazard BLU024 Parker Lane (abandoned structures, heavy fuel, fire history) ignition hazard BLU020 Riebar (dense timber, heavy fuel) ignition hazard BLU025 South Hwy river frontage (heavy fuels, fire history) ignition hazard

Table G-15 Blue Lake Community-Identified Projects

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Liscomb Hill Road- 2.5K gal. water

1 source/tank for all area residents or BLU052 community tank Water Permission to access ponds on private No Map Data 2 lands Water, Access West End Road- 2.5K gal. water BLU053 3 source/tank for all area residents or community tank Water No Map Data 4 More fire stations Facilities BLU054 Clear around transient camps along Hwy 5 299 Clearance Regular community fire-safe education Community No Map Data 5 (annually or every 6 mo) Education No Map Data 5 Start Fire Safe Council Fire Safe Council No Map Data 5 More volunteers for fire dept. Volunteers/Staff Clearing above freeway below Green Hill 6 BLU050 Road Clearance BLU051 Clearing of walking paths Clearance Door-to-door fire-safe education in high Community No Map Data risk areas Education BLU033 Lane Ranch- fuel reduction Completed Other Fuel Rx McClure Trust- regular mowing &brush

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G.4.2 FIELDBROOK COMMUNITY MEETING x When: February 3, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Fieldbrook Elementary School, 4070 Fieldbrook Road, Fieldbrook x Included Communities: Fieldbrook and McKinleyville

Table G-16 Fieldbrook Community Community-Identified Values and Protection Resources

Map ID # Feature Description3 Feature Type Feature Subtype FIE008 Fieldbrook valley / greater downtown area Value/Asset Area FIE009 Lower Fieldbrook Valley / Neighborhood Value/Asset Area FIE010 Mather Creek Estates on Hughes Way Value/Asset Area FIE001 Fieldbrook School & Church (historical) Value/Asset Building FIE007 Lyman Pump Station Value/Asset Building FIE006 Apple Orchard / farm - Fieldbrook Apple Farm Value/Asset Facility FIE003 Fieldbrook Grange No 771 Value/Asset Facility FIE002 Firehouse & Store Value/Asset Facility FIE004 Retirement Home Value/Asset Facility FIE005 Winery Value/Asset Facility FIE038 Old Railroad Grade Evacuation Route Protection evacuation route FIE037 Fieldbrook School / Church Protection Safe Zone FIE031 2,500 gallon tank Protection Water Source FIE029 400,000 gallon tank - Fieldbrook CSD Protection Water Source FIE030 5,000 gallon tank Protection Water Source FIE036 Davenport Pond Protection Water Source FIE034 Doug's Pond (Helicopter-yes, draft-no) Protection Water Source FIE032 Essex Pond (CDF uses it) Protection Water Source FIE033 Guynup's Pond Protection Water Source FIE035 Sampson's pond (Helicopter-yes) Protection Water Source

Table G-17 Fieldbrook Community-Identified Risks and Hazards

Map ID # Feature Description Feature Subtype FIE017 Burnt Stump (steep, narrow, no turnaround) ignition hazard FIE011 Christie's property - lots of logging slash ignition hazard FIE019 Crockett Crossing (steep, narrow, no turnaround) ignition hazard FIE012 Fieldbrook Road ignition hazard FIE015 Grassy Creek Road (poor redwood bed, dense brush) ignition hazard FIE024 Motorcycle Tracks (off road riding along slash) ignition hazard FIE013 Old Railroad Grade North ignition hazard FIE025 Old Railroad off-road motorcycle network ignition hazard FIE018 Old Roundhouse (steep, narrow, no turnaround) ignition hazard FIE014 Power line - slash along it ignition hazard FIE016 Rock Pit Road to Tiptop Ridge (Steep, Dense brush) ignition hazard FIE022 Simpson Interface Zone b/w rural residential & active timber ignition hazard

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Table G-17 Fieldbrook Community-Identified Risks and Hazards

Map ID # Feature Description Feature Subtype management FIE023 Squaw Creek Road (heavy fuels in forest) ignition hazard FIE020 Timmon's property (high grass) ignition hazard FIE021 Whittier Lane (very narrow) ignition hazard

Table G-18 Fieldbrook Community-Identified Projects

Map Project Completed Project Description Project Category ID # Priority Project?

No Map Red truck program (with community 1 Data defensible space education) Community Education No Map No development without year round water & 2 Data good road grading Policy No Map 3 Data Address signs (house #'s) program Addressing/Signage FIE039 3 County clearance along Fieldbrook Road Clearance FIE045 4 Old Redwood Grade- clearance Clearance No Map 4 Data Community defensible space education Community Education FIE042 5 Sawdust Trail- shaded fuel break Fuel Break Clearing around Fieldbrook Elementary

FIE027 School. Completed Other Fuel Rx Fieldbrook Van Eck unit- thinned

FIE026 stand/understory thinning Completed Other Fuel Rx marking of houses and roads (street names MCK08 and numbers) Safe Zone North line of Fieldbrook/VanEck unit;

FIE040 clearing, shaded fuelbreak Fuel Break shaded fuel breaks behind 4 and 5 MCK06 risk/hazard interface zones fuel break Shaded fuelbreak between Van Eck/Lindsey

FIE041 Creek & Mather Estates Fuel Break Van Eck Squaw Creek tract- understory

FIE028 thinning Completed Other Fuel Rx No Map

Data Woodstove use education Community Education

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Figure G.6 Fieldbrook Community Meeting Fire Planning Map

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G.4.3 KNEELAND COMMUNITY MEETING x When: February 16, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Kneeland Elementary School, 9513 Kneeland Road, Kneeland x Included Communities: Kneeland and Maple Creek

Table G-19 Kneeland Community-Identified Values and Protection Resources

Map ID # Feature Description4 Feature Type Feature Subtype KNE004 Barry Ridge Value/Asset Area KNE016 Boy Scout Camp Value/Asset Area KNE018 Pacific Lumber Camp Road area Value/Asset Area KNE017 Freshwater community Value/Asset community KNE001 Communication towers Value/Asset Infrastructure KNE002 Communication Towers Value/Asset Infrastructure KNE003 PG&E Powerlines Value/Asset Infrastructure KNE015 Freshwater Park Value/Asset Natural Resource KNE011 Iaqua Buttes- ecologically important/viewshed Value/Asset Natural Resource KNE012 Maple Creek swimming hole/recreation Value/Asset Natural Resource KNE008 Jack Shaw neighborhood Value/Asset neighborhood KNE009 Lone Star Junction neighborhood (Moore Facility) Value/Asset neighborhood KNE013 Blue Slide Church Camp Value/Asset Safe Zone KNE007 CDF Station/Airport/Heliport/rare plant species Value/Asset Safe Zone KNE005 Greenwood Heights/Post Office Value/Asset Safe Zone KNE006 Kneeland School Value/Asset Safe Zone KNE010 Maple Creek School/Fire Station Value/Asset Safe Zone KNE051 Butler Valley Road to Maple Creek evacation route Protection evacuation route KNE055 Fickle Hill Road evacuation route Protection evacuation route KNE053 Freshwater-Kneeland Road evacuation route Protection evacuation route KNE054 Greenwood Heights Drive evacuation route Protection evacuation route KNE052 Kneeland Road to Bridgeville evacuation route Protection evacuation route KNE035 Kneeland Airport safe zone Protection Safe Zone KNE034 Kneeland School Protection Safe Zone KNE033 safe zone Kneeland Station Protection Safe Zone KNE030 1/4 AC. pond; Barry Road; helicopter Protection Water Source KNE031 2.5K tank; inoperative standpipe Protection Water Source KNE028 3K tank; valve only Protection Water Source KNE036 Barry Road pond "B"; helicopter Protection Water Source KNE037 Barry Road pond "C"; helicopter Protection Water Source KNE032 Buckman 3K tank Protection Water Source KNE027 four person community tank (multiple users) 15k standby Protection Water Source KNE026 half acre pond-helicopter accessible Protection Water Source KNE029 Paddocks 3K gallon tank Protection Water Source KNE038 Water Source Protection Water Source

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Table G-17 Fieldbrook Community-Identified Risks and Hazards

Map ID # Feature Description Feature Subtype KNE019 Transient house, Greewood Height Dr ignition hazard KNE022 Pacific Lumber slash pile fuel hazard forested area slash (everything outside grasslands, some open KNE021 stands within fuel hazard KNE020 Butler Valley Road/Kneeland Road party spot ignition hazard

Table G-21 Kneeland Community-Identified Projects

Map Project Completed Project Description Project Category ID # Priority Project?

No Map Data 1 Build fire station/community center Facilities No Map Data 1 Funding for fire fighting resources Fire Protection Funding No Map Data 2 Benefit tax assessment Fire Protection Funding KNE043 3 Tim Mullan Road shaded fuelbreak Fuel Break No Map Data 4 Start a fire safe council Fire Safe Council No Map Pacific Lumber burn notification Public Information, Data 4 hotline Burning No Map Data 5 Pacific Lumber slash collection day Biomass Utilization ID shaded fuelbreak in upper KNE044 5 Freshwater area + fuel reduction Fuel Break Greenwood Heights + Freshwater KNE047 5 Road- fuel reduction (no clearcuts) Other Fuel Rx No Map Data 6 Community chipper Biomass Utilization No Map Community Education, Data 6 Community defensible space workshop Defensible Space No Map Data Annual fuel reduction day Other Fuel Rx

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G.5 HUMBOLDT BAY – SOUTH PLANNING COMPARTMENT

G.5.1 FERNDALE COMMUNITY MEETING x When: October 28, 2004, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Ferndale Fire Station, Brown Street, Ferndale x Included Communities: Ferndale, Fortuna, Loleta, and Bear River Valley

Table G-22 Ferndale Community-Identified Values and Protection Resources Map Feature Description Feature Type Feature Subtype ID # FER001 Capetown Hotel - Historical Value/Asset Arch / Historical / Nature Site FER003 Cookhouse Ranch Capetown - Historical Value/Asset Arch / Historical / Nature Site FER013 Old South Maid Ranch house - historical Value/Asset Arch / Historical / Nature Site FER015 Bunker Hill Towers Value/Asset Area FER018 Frances Creek Watershed Value/Asset Area FER006 Ferndale Churches Value/Asset Building FER046 Ferndale Churches Value/Asset Building FER047 Ferndale Churches Value/Asset Building FER048 Ferndale Churches Value/Asset Building FER005 Ferndale Elementary School Value/Asset Building FER004 Ferndale High School Value/Asset Building FER007 Humboldt Creamery Association Value/Asset Building FER014 Arlynda Corner Value/Asset community FER008 Greater Ferndale Value/Asset community FER009 Loleta Value/Asset community FER002 Main Street Ferndale Value/Asset community FER012 Meridian Value/Asset community FER011 Port Kenyon Value/Asset community FER017 Waddington Value/Asset community FER016 PG& E Substation Value/Asset Facility FER010 Russ Park Value/Asset Facility Bear River Ridge Road / Monument - FER037 Evacuation Route Protection evacuation route FER036 Centerville Road to Ocean - Evacuation Route Protection evacuation route Grizzly Bluff Road to Rio Dell - Evacuation FER033 Route Protection evacuation route FER031 Hwy 211 - Evacuation Route Protection evacuation route Prescott Drive - Evacuation Route from FER034 Capetown to Cook Ranch Protection evacuation route FER032 Upper Bear River Road - Evacuation Route Protection evacuation route FER035 Wildcat / Mattole Road - Evacuation Route Protection evacuation route FER039 Flood Zone Ag Lands Protection Safe Zone FER038 Humboldt Count Fairgrounds - Ferndale Protection Safe Zone FER028 Bear River Drafting Near Capetown Protection Water Source FER027 Fulmor Road country hydrant Protection Water Source FER025 Grizzly Bluff Country Hydrant Protection Water Source FER029 Pleasant Point county Hydrant Protection Water Source FER026 Waddington Road Country hydrant Protection Water Source

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Table G-23 Ferndale Community-Identified Risks and Hazards

Map ID # Feature Description Feature Subtype FER024 Lowry Road - Fuel ignition hazard FER019 Main Street business district - Ferndale ignition hazard FER023 Prescott Drive ignition hazard FER021 Russ Park ignition hazard FER022 Russ Park ignition hazard FER020 Upper Bear River Road ignition hazard

Table G-24 Ferndale Community-Identified Projects

Map ID Project Completed Project Description Project Category # Priority Project?

No Map County paid fire training officer Training, 1 Data for all rural depts. Volunteers/Staff No Map County paid mechanic for all rural 2 Data depts. Volunteers/Staff No Map Fire Protection

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Data equivalent tax off-set Funding, Policy

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G.5.2 RIO DELL COMMUNITY MEETING x When: March 10, 2005, 6:00-9:00 p.m. x Where: Rio Dell Fire Hall, 50 West Center Street, Rio Dell x Included Communities: Alton, Fortuna, Holms, Pepperwood, Redcrest, Rio Dell, Scotia, and Stafford

Table G-25 Rio Dell Community-Identified Values and Protection Resources

Map ID # Feature Description5 Feature Type Feature Subtype RIO007 Alton - Community Value/Asset Area RIO026 Communications & Electrical Substation Value/Asset Area RIO037 Eel River Sawmills Value/Asset Area RIO008 Grasshopper Lookout Value/Asset Area RIO019 Grizzy Bluff Road Neighborhood Value/Asset Area RIO006 Holmes - Community Value/Asset Area RIO009 Holmes Flat - Community Value/Asset Area RIO012 Holmes Flat - Community Value/Asset Area RIO014 Humboldt Redwood State Parks & Avenue of the Giants Value/Asset Area RIO016 Monument Road Neighborhood Value/Asset Area RIO005 Mt. Pierce - Communications Site Value/Asset Area RIO015 Pepper Tree Lane - Community Value/Asset Area RIO011 Pepperwood - Community Value/Asset Area RIO013 PL Carlotta Mill Value/Asset Area RIO017 Price Creek Neighborhood Value/Asset Area RIO017 Price Creek Neighborhood Value/Asset Area RIO010 Redcrest - Community Value/Asset Area RIO003 Rio Dell - Community Value/Asset Area RIO018 River Bar Road Neighborhood Value/Asset Area Scotia - Community & Pacific Lumber Mill & Medical & RIO001 Dental Clinics Value/Asset Area RIO004 Shively - Community Value/Asset Area RIO002 Stafford - Community Value/Asset Area RIO072 Blue Slide Road - Access to Ferndale Protection evacuation route RIO073 Monument Road to the Wildcat Protection evacuation route RIO074 Peavine Road to Mattole Road at Fox Camp Protection evacuation route RIO061 Protection Safe Zone RIO068 Holmes Fields Protection Safe Zone RIO069 Larraby Ranch Fields Protection Safe Zone RIO071 Monument Ridge Protection Safe Zone RIO065 Rio Dell Fire Station Protection Safe Zone RIO066 Rio Dell School District Protection Safe Zone RIO070 Rohnerville Airport Protection Safe Zone RIO064 Scotia Ballpark Protection Safe Zone RIO062 Scotia Fire Station Protection Safe Zone RIO063 Scotia gym Protection Safe Zone RIO067 Shively Fields Protection Safe Zone

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