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