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Community Meetings to be held for Sonoma County Wildfire Protection Plan

Living in a home nestled in the woods is a dream come true for many Sonoma County residents, but in the event of a wildfire, that dream could quickly turn to ashes. Each year new homes are built in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), thus increasing the total number of homes potentially at risk to wildfire. In recent years wildfires in California and throughout the West have destroyed homes and entire neighborhoods, garnered national media attention, and created momentum for the passage of both federal and state legislation to address wildfire risk.

With generous funding from the Bureau of Land Management and Fireman’s Fund Insurance, Fire Safe Sonoma has launched a process to create a County-wide Community Wildfire Protection Plan to assist communities and residents in preparing for and mitigating wildfire threats.

The purpose of the CWPP is to delineate wildfire risks in the wildland-urban interface and to identify and prioritize potential solutions, so that when funding is sought to address wildfire issues, there is a comprehensive over-all plan from which to start. The CWPP neither guarantees funding nor is it regulatory. The plan will be updated yearly, and as local communities write their own CWPPs, they will be added to the overall plan.

Citizen involvement is central to the planning process; we held six meetings to provide a chance for residents to become involved in the fire plan, and help identify resources they value and would like to protect from wildfire. At the meetings fire officials had and an opportunity to share information about living with wildfire and the steps residents can take to prepare and protect their homes, communities, and surrounding natural resources.

CAL FIRE is very pleased to work with Fire Safe Sonoma in the development of the Sonoma County CWPP. Reducing fuel loads is crucial for the safety of residents and firefighters alike,” said CAL FIRE West Division Chief Chuck Abshear. “Having a CWPP in place is a crucial step towards finding the means to get vegetation projects underway, and we lend our full support to this project.”

If you missed the meetings, but would like to let us know your concerns, follow the link to the “Community Risk Assessment ”.

Community Risk Assessment (MS Word format, you will need to have Microsoft Word Application installed on your system)
Community Risk Assessment (Adobe PDF format - available as a free download)