Coos Forest Protective Association

CWPP - Community Wildfire Protection Plan

A CWPP is a plan developed by a community in an area at-risk from wildfire.

The Community Wildfire Protection Planning process is the collaboration between communities and agencies interested in reducing wildfire risk. Similar documents can capture the collaborative process and should have at the minimum the following elements: 1) clear evidence that the plan was collaborative, developed by local and state government representatives, in consultation with federal agencies and other interested parties, 2) the plan identifies and prioritizes areas for hazardous fuel reduction treatments and recommends the types and methods of treatment that will protect one or more at-risk communities and essential infrastructure, 3) the plan recommends measures that homeowners and communities can take to reduce the ignitability of structures throughout the area addressed by the plan.

Counties have been giving an unprecedented opportunity to participate in community based forest planning and vegetation treatment project prioritization with the enactment of the Healthy Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) of 2003.

Counties within Coos Forest Protection Association with CWPP's

Coos County

Curry County

Douglas County

Resource Links

Identifying and Prioritizing Communities at Risk

Wildfire Risk Explorer

National Database of State and Local Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Programs

National Association of State Foresters

Coos County

CWPP in progress (30% complete)

Partners: Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience, Coos Forest Protection Association, County Commissioners,

Coos District BLM, Coos Watershed Association, Coos County Emergency Management, Local RFD’s

Funding: Secure Rural Schools Title III

Lead Contact: Josh Bruce, Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience, (541) 346-7326; Mike White, CFPA, (541) 572-2796

Federal Contact: Mike Pope, Coos District BLM, (541) 756-0100

GIS Contact: James Wolf, Independent Contractor, (541) 342-3446, jamesawolf@gmail.com

On the web: http://csc.uoregon.edu/opdr/Current/Coos%20CWPP

Curry County

CWPP completed January 2008

Partners: CFPA, USFS, BLM, SWCA, Curry County Emergency Management, Fire Chiefs Association, Coquille

Tribe, County Commissioners

Funding: Post Biscuit Fire, NFP grant

Lead contacts: County Emergency Services Coordinator; John Flannigan, CFPA jflannigan@odf.state.or.us, Resource

Innovations (consultant)

Structural contact: Curry County FDB Chief

Federal contact: Bill Elam, BLM

On the web: http://gis.co.curry.or.us/cwpp/WildfirePlan/index.html

Douglas County

CWPP completed amended version fall 2005

Partners: DFPA, DCEM, CFPA, city and rural fire districts, USFS, BLM

Funding: Secure Rural Schools Title III

Lead contacts: Phil Stenbeck, Douglas County Planner; Melvin Thornton, DFPA mthornton@odf.state.or.us; Chuck

Perino, Douglas County

Structural contact: Rance Pilley, County Fire Chief

Federal contacts: Roseburg BLM, USFS Umpqua National Forest

On the web: http://www.co.douglas.or.us/planning/wildfire_plans/default.asp