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Annex H Foresthill Fire Protection District Annex H Foresthill Fire Protection District H.1 Introduction This Annex details the hazard mitigation planning elements specific to Foresthill Fire Protection District (FFPD), a previously participating jurisdiction to the 2016 Placer County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) Update. This Annex is not intended to be a standalone document, but appends to and supplements the information contained in the Base Plan document. As such, all sections of the Base Plan, including the planning process and other procedural requirements apply to and were met by the District. This Annex provides additional information specific to FFPD, with a focus on providing additional details on the risk assessment and mitigation strategy for this District. H.2 Planning Process As described above, the District followed the planning process detailed in Chapter 3 of the Base Plan. In addition to providing representation on the Placer County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee (HMPC), the District formulated their own internal planning team to support the broader planning process requirements. Internal planning participants, their positions, and how they participated in the planning process are shown in Table H-1. Additional details on plan participation and District representatives are included in Appendix A. Table H-1 FFPD – Planning Team Name Position/Title How Participated Michael Ridley Fire Chief Provided data Jed Matcham Assistant Fire Chief Reviewed data Coordination with other community planning efforts is paramount to the successful implementation of this LHMP Update. This section provides information on how the District integrated the previously approved 2016 Plan into existing planning mechanisms and programs. Specifically, the District incorporated into or implemented the 2016 LHMP through other plans and programs shown in Table H-2. Table H-2 2016 LHMP Incorporation Planning Mechanism 2016 LHMP Was Details: How was it incorporated? Incorporated/Implemented In. N/A No planning related to the LHMP was performed since 2016. Placer County FFPD Annex H-1 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update May 2021 H.3 District Profile The District profile for the FFPD is detailed in the following sections. Figure H-1 and Figure H-2 display maps and the location of the District within Placer County. Figure H-1 FFPD Source: FFPD Placer County Foresthill Fire Protection District Annex H-2 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update May 2021 Figure H-2 FFPD Placer County Foresthill Fire Protection District Annex H-3 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update May 2021 H.3.1. Overview and Background The FFPD serves the greater Foresthill area including Todd Valley, Baker Ranch, Michigan Bluff, and Sugar Pine. The District provides local advanced life support to the community following the merge with Foresthill Ambulance Service. Fire stations located in Foresthill and Todd Valley respond to structure and wildland fires, vehicle accidents, and medical emergencies. The District is staffed by a combination of paid and volunteer firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics. The District was created in April of 1946, after over 15 years of service by the Foresthill Volunteer Fire Department. Foresthill is located on a broad ridge between the North and Middle Forks of the American River. The Foresthill community covers approximately 11.2 square miles and is located at an elevation of 3,228 feet. The community of Foresthill, California was founded in 1850 during the California Gold Rush when prospectors swarmed over the Sierra Nevada Mountain divide between the North and Middle Forks of the American River. After the gold played out, many Foresthill settlers turned to logging the tall trees that cover the divide and a dozen lumber mills were established in and around Foresthill. The harvesting of timber, just like gold, eventually became too costly to pursue and the mills were closed, causing many of the residents to seek employment “off the hill” in nearby Auburn and even Sacramento. Foresthill, however, was not “down-and-out.” With the wonderful outdoor recreational opportunities of the Tahoe National Forest, beautiful lakes and snow covered mountains, and the improvement of Foresthill Road during the 1990s by the federal government, people seem to have rediscovered the Foresthill Divide. Land values are on the rise, beautiful new homes are springing up throughout the woods, and the new Foresthill High School makes K-12 education a unique mountain-top experience. In the Foresthill area, wildland fire suppression is the primary responsibility of CDF and the USFS, with additional support provided through mutual aid. The District has primary responsibility for non-wildland fire incidents that include structure fires, vehicular fires, extreme weather events, mass casualty incidents, etc. H.4 Hazard Identification FFPD identified the hazards that affect the District and summarized their location, extent, frequency of occurrence, potential magnitude, and significance specific to District (see Table H-3). Placer County Foresthill Fire Protection District Annex H-4 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update May 2021 Table H-3 FFPD—Hazard Identification Assessment Likelihood of Climate Geographic Future Magnitude/ Change Hazard Extent Occurrences Severity Significance Influence Agriculture Pests and Diseases Limited Unlikely Negligible Low Medium Avalanche Limited Unlikely Limited Low Medium Climate Change Extensive Likely Catastrophic High – Dam Failure Limited Unlikely Negligible Low Medium Drought & Water Shortage Extensive Likely Critical High High Earthquake Limited Unlikely Negligible Low Low Floods: 1%/0.2% annual chance Limited Occasional Negligible Low Medium Floods: Localized Stormwater Extensive Highly Likely Low Medium Medium Landslides, Mudslides, and Debris Medium Flows Limited Unlikely Negligible Low Levee Failure Limited Unlikely Negligible Low Medium Pandemic Extensive Likely Limited Medium Medium Seiche Limited Unlikely Negligible Low Medium Severe Weather: Extreme Heat Extensive Highly Likely Limited Medium High Severe Weather: Freeze and Snow Extensive Highly Likely Limited Medium Medium Severe Weather: Heavy Rains and Medium Storms Extensive Highly Likely Negligible Low Severe Weather: High Winds and Extensive Limited High Low Tornadoes Highly Likely Tree Mortality Extensive Highly Likely Catastrophic High High Wildfire Extensive Highly Likely Catastrophic High High Geographic Extent Magnitude/Severity Limited: Less than 10% of planning Catastrophic—More than 50 percent of property severely damaged; area shutdown of facilities for more than 30 days; and/or multiple deaths Significant: 10-50% of planning area Critical—25-50 percent of property severely damaged; shutdown of facilities Extensive: 50-100% of planning area for at least two weeks; and/or injuries and/or illnesses result in permanent Likelihood of Future Occurrences disability Highly Likely: Near 100% chance of Limited—10-25 percent of property severely damaged; shutdown of facilities occurrence in next year, or happens for more than a week; and/or injuries/illnesses treatable do not result in every year. permanent disability Likely: Between 10 and 100% chance Negligible—Less than 10 percent of property severely damaged, shutdown of of occurrence in next year, or has a facilities and services for less than 24 hours; and/or injuries/illnesses treatable recurrence interval of 10 years or less. with first aid Occasional: Between 1 and 10% Significance chance of occurrence in the next year, Low: minimal potential impact or has a recurrence interval of 11 to Medium: moderate potential impact 100 years. High: widespread potential impact Unlikely: Less than 1% chance of Climate Change Influence occurrence in next 100 years, or has a Low: minimal potential impact recurrence interval of greater than Medium: moderate potential impact every 100 years. High: widespread potential impact Placer County Foresthill Fire Protection District Annex H-5 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update May 2021 H.5 Hazard Profile and Vulnerability Assessment The intent of this section is to profile the District’s hazards and assess the District’s vulnerability separate from that of the Placer County Planning Area as a whole, which has already been assessed in Section 4.3 Hazard Profiles and Vulnerability Assessment in the Base Plan. The hazard profiles in the Base Plan discuss overall impacts to the Placer County Planning Area and describes the hazard problem description, hazard location and extent, magnitude/severity, previous occurrences of hazard events and the likelihood of future occurrences. Hazard profile information specific to the District is included in this Annex. This vulnerability assessment analyzes the property and other assets at risk to hazards ranked of medium or high significance specific to the District. For more information about how hazards affect the County as a whole, see Chapter 4 Risk Assessment in the Base Plan. H.5.1. Hazard Profiles Each hazard vulnerability assessment in Section H.5.3, includes a hazard profile/problem description as to how each medium or high significant hazard (as shown in Table H-3) affects the District and includes information on past hazard occurrences and the likelihood of future hazard occurrence. The intent of this section is to provide jurisdictional specific information on hazards and further describes how the hazards and risks differ across the Placer County Planning Area. H.5.2. Vulnerability Assessment and Assets at Risk This section identifies the District’s total assets at risk, including values
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