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Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Objectives of the Community Wildfire Protection Plan ................................................................................. 2 Chapter 1 - Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 3 County History: ..............................................................................................................................................4 County Profile: ................................................................................................................................................4 Environment and Natural Resources: ............................................................................................................5 Fire Policies and Programs: ............................................................................................................................5 FEMA Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000: .........................................................................................................6 Healthy Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) / Healthy Forest Initiative (HFI): ................................................ 6 National Fire Plan and 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy: ............................................................................. 7 Oregon Forestland-Urban Interface Fire Protection Act Senate Bill 360: ...................................................... 8 National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy ............................................................................... 8 Oregon Statewide Land Use Planning Goal 4: ...............................................................................................9 Oregon Statewide Land Use Planning Goal 7: ...............................................................................................9 U.S. Forest Service: ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Bureau of Land Management: ...................................................................................................................... 10 Oregon Department of Forestry Fire Protection Program: .......................................................................... 10 Marion County Fire Protection Response Areas .......................................................................................... 11 Chapter 2 - Coordination Process ................................................................................................................................................. 12 Steering Committee Roles and Objectives ................................................................................................... 13 MCCWPP Steering Committee: ................................................................................................................... 13 Steering Committee Actions ......................................................................................................................... 14 Citizen Involvement: ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Community Risk Assessment: ...................................................................................................................... 15 Chapter 3 - Wildland Fire Risk Assessment ................................................................................................................................ 16 Communities at Risk: ................................................................................................................................... 16 Communities at Risk in Marion County: ..................................................................................................... 17 Wildland Urban Interface (WUI): ................................................................................................................. 17 Priority Fuels Treatment Areas: ................................................................................................................... 18 Fire Occurrence – History of Oregon’s Wildfires: ........................................................................................ 18 This page is intentionally left blank Contents Fire Regimes: ................................................................................................................................................ 19 Fire Regime Condition Class........................................................................................................................ 19 Condition Class: ............................................................................................................................................ 20 Hazardous Fuels Reduction Objectives ....................................................................................................... 21 2013 West Wide Wildfire Risk Assessment and 2006 Oregon Risk Assessment Overview……………….. 22 Chapter 4 - Emergency Operations .............................................................................................................................................. 23 Conflagration Act: ......................................................................................................................................... 24 Evacuation Routes ........................................................................................................................................ 25 Chapter 5 - Monitoring and Evaluation ....................................................................................................................................... 31 Plan Oversight: ............................................................................................................................................. 31 Monitoring: ................................................................................................................................................... 31 Summary of Monitoring Tasks ..................................................................................................................... 32 Summary of Monitoring Tasks Continued ................................................................................................... 33 Chapter 6 - Action Plan ................................................................................................................................................................. 35 Community Risk Factors .............................................................................................................................. 36 Risk Factor 1 – Fire Behavior Potential: ....................................................................................................... 37 Risk Factor 2 – Values at Risk: ..................................................................................................................... 37 Risk Factor 3 – Infrastructure: ...................................................................................................................... 37 Critical Facilities: .......................................................................................................................................... 38 Action Plan and Priorities ............................................................................................................................. 39 Appendix A ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Local Coordination Group Participants: ...................................................................................................... 47 Appendix B ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 49 Map 1 – Ownership ...................................................................................................................................... 49 Map 2 – Fire Districts ................................................................................................................................. 49 Map 3 – Overall Risk Assessment ............................................................................................................... 49 Map 4a – Community at Risk and Wildland Urban Interface- Detroit ........................................................ 49 Map 4b – Communities at Risk and Wildland Urban Interface- Drakes Crossing ...................................... 49 Map 4c – Community at Risk and Wildland Urban Interface -Jefferson ..................................................... 49 Map 4d – Community at Risk and Wildland Urban Interface -Mill City ..................................................... 49 This page is intentionally left blank Map 4e – Community at Risk and Wildland Urban Interface -Silverton ..................................................... 49 Map 4f – Community at Risk and Wildland Urban Interface -Stayton ........................................................ 49 Map 4g – Community at Risk and Wildland Urban Interface -Sublimity ...................................................