A Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is a strategic plan that identifies fire risks facing communities and neighborhoods in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and provides recommendations to reduce those risks. A CWPP may address issues such as wildfire response, hazard mitigation, community preparedness, or structure protection. The CWPP that we are developing now will determine strategies for reducing the risk wildfire poses to communities, critical watersheds, and natural resources.
The CWPP that is being developed for Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties is a partnership of CalFire, the Resource Conservation Districts of Santa Cruz and San Mateo Counties, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
See the CALFIRE website to download the first draft of the CWPP.
Click on this link to complete a 15-minute online survey to help us complete a stronger plan that accurately reflects local values and concerns about the hazards and risks related to wildfire in your community.
For more information on fire prevention and CWPPs please visit the San Mateo-Santa Cruz CWPP website at: http://wildfireplan.blogspot.com/.
Original page at: http://www.sanmateorcd.org/cwpp.html.