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FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES The pre-fire mitigation strategy for the wildland urban interface

FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES The pre-fire mitigation strategy for the wildland urban interface.

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FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES The pre-fire mitigation strategy for the wildland urban interface

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  1. FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIESThe pre-fire mitigation strategy for the wildland urban interface

  2. What is a fire adapted community?A fire adapted community is one that, through it’s own actions, has mitigated and is prepared for and can live with a wildland fire without extensive suppression resources and with a lowered level of risk to life or property.

  3. What it isn’t • It’s not another new program • It doesn’t replace Firewise • It’s not a recognition program

  4. What it is • It’s a new way to look at wildfire mitigation in the larger community context • It bundles a variety of mitigation tools to help communities reduce wildfire risk • It brings more local stakeholders to the table to take responsibility for mitigation on the local level • It links community mitigation efforts to the larger landscape risks and relates it to wildfire response.

  5. What does a fire adapted community look like?

  6. A fire adapted community 1. Reduces risk to residents and firefighters 2. Reduces damage to homes, businesses, infrastructure, the economy, and natural and cultural resources.3. Reduces reliance on suppression.

  7. It’s part of the cohesive strategy

  8. The FAC Coalition A partnership of national leaders in wildland urban interface mitigation working collaboratively to promote the fire adapted communities message, tools, and strategy.

  9. National Association of State Foresters U. S. Forest Service U. S. Fire Administration U. S. Department of Interior International Association of Fire Chiefs Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety The Nature Conservancy/The Watershed Center National Volunteer Fire Council National Fire Protection Association The NWCG Wildland Urban Interface Committee

  10. What the Forest Service is doing: • A national awareness campaign with the Ad Council • Support for initiatives and programs that further FAC concepts: the Ready, Set, Go Program, Firewise, Wildland Fire Assessment Program, Fire Learning Network • Supporting a FAC Learning Network, currently in 18 communities • Partnering with insurance companies on the national and local levels • Supporting tools to help communities adapt to fire • Developing best practices • Collecting and sharing success stories • Focusing attention on the value of mitigation • Bringing more partners to the table • Exploring effective, efficient, viable ways to measure success

  11. For more info on adapting to wildfire • fs.fed.us/fire/prev_ed/fac • facnetwork.org • wildlandfirersg.org • conservationgateway.org/FLN • firewise.org • nvfc.org/programs/wildland-fire-assessment-program

  12. For more info on adapting to wildfire Cont’d • fireadapted.adcouncil.org • usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/.../fire_adapted_communities.pdf • fireadapted.org • usfa.fema.gov/citizens/home_fire_prev/wildfire • thewatershedcenter.com/?page_id=1424

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