Cohesive Strategy Goals

2. Cohesive Strategy Goals • Restore and Maintain Resilient Landscapes: Landscapes across all jurisdictions are more resilient to wildfire. • Create Fire-adapted Communities: Human populations and infrastructure are better prepared and can withstand a wildfire without loss of life and property. • Improve Wildfire Response: All jurisdictions participate in making and implementing safe, effective, efficient response to wildfires.

4. Why a Cohesive Strategy is important Larger wildfires, more severe fires & longer fire seasons. Forest health issues-overstocked, insect/disease/drought/increased fuel loads. Assessments show 90% of fuels treatments are effective in changing fire behavior. Number of communities at risk of wildfire continues to grow. Most structure loss occurs in the first 12 hours of an escaped wildland fire. Many emerging incidents are multi jurisdictional. Can we be better prepared ?

5. CWS Summit

6. Northern Blue Mountain Cohesive Strategy Pilot Project Action Plan Restore Resilient Landscapes Wildfire Response Create Fire Adapted Communities

7. 2005 UNION COUNTY CWPP 2005 Plan • Focused on fuel reduction in Interface areas • Creating defensible space around homes New Plan • Focus on the 3 CWS goals • Continue addressing Interface area concerns • Look at opportunities/fire risk on a larger, landscape level & across ownerships. • Emphasis on fire preparedness & response • Better position ourselves for future funding