Curry County Community Wildfire Protection Plan February 2008 Available online at: http://ri.uoregon.edu/programs/CCE/curry.html Curry County Community Wildfire Protection Plan CWPP prepared for: Curry County and the Curry Wildfire Preparation Team Curry County, Oregon CWPP prepared by: Kathy Lynn and Ryan Ojerio, Resource Innovations Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon http://ri.uoregon.edu/ Wildfire Risk Assessment and Mapping conducted by: Jim Wolf, Wildfire Planning and Analysis Central Point, Oregon Table of Contents Acknowledgements ................................................................................................ v Chapter 1: Introduction .......................................................................................1-1 1.1 Background......................................................................................................................1-1 1.2 Plan Overview ..................................................................................................................1-1 1.3 Purpose of the Plan...........................................................................................................1-2 1.4 Plan Mission .....................................................................................................................1-2 1.5 Guiding Principles for the Planning Process .........................................................................1-3 1.6 Plan Goals and Objectives .................................................................................................1-3 1.7 Collaboration and Public Outreach .....................................................................................1-5 1.8 CWPP Stakeholders ..........................................................................................................1-6 Chapter 2: Community Guide to Key Findings and CWPP Actions.........................2-1 2.1 Action Plan Matrix.............................................................................................................2-2 2.2 Create a Local Action Plan .................................................................................................2-4 2.3 Implement Local Wildfire Preparedness Projects .................................................................2-6 2.4 Education and Outreach .................................................................................................. 2-11 2.5 Current Education and Outreach Efforts in Curry County ................................................... 2-12 2.6 Educational Resources .................................................................................................... 2-14 2.7 Priority Fuels Reduction Projects ...................................................................................... 2-16 Chapter 3: Curry County Profile ..........................................................................3-1 3.1 Land Ownership ...............................................................................................................3-1 3.2 History of Wildfire in Curry County.....................................................................................3-2 3.3 Forest Health and Restoration ...........................................................................................3-5 3.4 Population........................................................................................................................3-6 3.5 Income, Poverty and Special Needs ................................................................................. 3-10 3.6 Employment and Industry ............................................................................................... 3-11 3.7 Housing and Development Trends.................................................................................... 3-14 3.8 Transportation ...............................................................................................................3-15 Chapter 4. Resource and Capabilities Assessment ...............................................4-1 4.1 Emergency Management ...................................................................................................4-1 4.2 Fire Protection Services.....................................................................................................4-4 4.3 Planning and Development Issues .....................................................................................4-9 4.4 Public Education and Outreach ........................................................................................ 4-12 4.5 Grants Programs ............................................................................................................4-13 Chapter 5. Structural Vulnerability Study ............................................................5-1 5.1 Introduction .....................................................................................................................5-1 5.2 Data Collection.................................................................................................................5-4 5.3 Analysis ...........................................................................................................................5-5 5.4 Findings......................................................................................................................... 5-15 5.5 Recommendations .......................................................................................................... 5-18 Chapter 6: Wildfire Risk Assessment ..................................................................6-1 6.1 Risk Assessment Objectives and Definitions........................................................................6-1 6.2 The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) ..................................................................................6-1 6.3 Risk Assessment Methodology ...........................................................................................6-3 6.4 Analysis - Weighting and Ranking ......................................................................................6-7 6.5 Findings...........................................................................................................................6-9 Chapter 7: Biomass Utilization and Economic Development.................................7-1 7.1 Biomass Utilization and Economic Development Objectives..................................................7-1 7.2 The Curry County Biomass Forum......................................................................................7-2 Curry County Wildfire Protection Plan: Table of Contents Page i Chapter 8: Vulnerable Populations Assessment ...................................................8-1 8.1 Purpose ...........................................................................................................................8-1 8.2 Methods ..........................................................................................................................8-1 8.3 Vulnerable Populations Profile............................................................................................8-2 8.4 Findings...........................................................................................................................8-4 8.5 Recommendations ............................................................................................................8-6 Chapter 9: CWPP Action Plan..............................................................................9-1 Curry County Wildfire Protection Plan – Action Plan ..................................................................9-1 Goal 1: Foster Partnerships and Collaboration ..........................................................................9-3 Goal 2: Conduct a Comprehensive Risk Assessment .................................................................9-5 Goal 3: Support Emergency Services .......................................................................................9-7 Goal 4: Conduct hazardous fuels reduction on public and private land........................................9-9 Goal 5: Address wildfire risk reduction in planning and development........................................ 9-13 Goal 6: Increase public education and outreach...................................................................... 9-14 Chapter 10: Plan Adoption, Implementation, and Monitoring ............................10-1 10.1 Public Outreach and Review .......................................................................................... 10-1 10.2 Plan Adoption ...............................................................................................................10-1 10.3 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)........................................................................... 10-1 10.4 Fire Plan Oversight and Implementation ......................................................................... 10-1 Appendices ..........................................................................................................A-1 List of Supplemental Appendices Available On-line....................................................................A-1 Appendix A: Acronyms.........................................................................................A-1 Appendix B. Definitions and Policies....................................................................A-2 Appendix C. Grant Resources...............................................................................A-7 Federal Sources .....................................................................................................................A-8