The Napa Communities Firewise Foundation

1. The Napa Communities Firewise Foundation THIS IS NOT CROP DUSTING ! ! !

2. The Napa Communities Firewise Foundation . . . . .Filling a Critical Need Educating & Supporting the Residents of Napa County to Understand & Survive Wildland Fire

3. …….What Critical Need ? How do we get started ? What skills needed ? Resources needed ? Resources available ? How to organize ? How to plan ? How to manage projects ? Money needed ? What about grants ? Grant Management ? How to Sustain? How do we get there? Without re-inventing the wheel !

4. Foundation Fund Raising Community Fiscal Sponsorship Community Wildfire Protection Planning Introduced Consulting Expanded Education - HIZ Workshops Targeted Outreach 501 (c) (3) New Objectives By Laws Incorporated Board of Directors – Citizen Participation CAL FIRE Napa County Napa City FD How we came to be, and what’s changed: - The everlasting challenge - CWPP - Admin, Grants, Managing - Community Trigger - How-To & Help-Do - Direct Community Contact - Funding Alternative - Business Model - Broaden the Board - Defensible Space - Chipping - Information Driven

5. How we do it: • Pick a community, hold a "Home Ignition Zone” Seminar • Collect  a "Yes I'll help" list of citizens • Form a Fire Safe Council • Perform a Community Risk Evaluation • Identify areas of concern for mitigation projects • Create community maps & Google Earth projections • Establish priorities for these projects • Develop a "Community Wildfire Protection Plan" (CWPP) • Provide hands-on FSC management training • Perform a highly visible “Demonstration Project” • Begin wider community awareness - Communication • Teach how, and help apply for a first fire safety grant • Receive a first grant award • Complete a first mitigation project with NCFF assistance •  The community becomes a recognized “Firewise Community” • Enable a funding process for future projects • Use the CWPP to protect families & property into the future

6. What we provide Paid for by Napa Firewise • Fire Safe Council setup • Community Risk Evaluation • Community Mapping Assistance • Planning (CWPP) Consulting • CAL FIRE expertise/approval • Communications Consulting – newsletters, web site • Project Management Consulting • Project Management Assistance • Financial Consulting • Grant Writing & Administration Consulting • Fiscal Sponsorship • Directed Giving • Help get Firewise Certification

7. NCFF Today – Who’s Involved • CAL FIRE • Local Volunteer Departments • City of Napa • Napa County Government • Napa Citizens • Local Experts & Consultants • National Firewise Program • California Fire Safe Council • A number of Napa Communities • Our Sponsors & Donors

8. Our Goal – The First “Firewise” County Working: • Mt. Veeder/Dry Creek • Circle Oaks • Tucker Acres • Deer Park (I) • Berryessa Estates • East Napa-Alta Heights • Berryessa Highlands • Atlas Peak • Soda Canyon • Deer Park (II) • To do: • Gordon Valley • Calistoga • Browns Valley • Conn Valley • Pope & Chiles Valley • Mayacamas • West St. Helena 20082009 2010 2011 2012 2013

9. Our Communities Today: • Tucker Acres • Community DS Evaluation • 500+ hours of resident effort • Fuel break with Bothe Park • Deer Park • Community Workshop - 2005 • 150 acre goat project – 2007 • HIZ Workshop – 2013 • New Fire Safe Council – 2013 • Community DS Evaluation - 2013 • East Napa-Alta Heights • Community DS Evaluation • New Fire Safe Council 2009 • First mitigation project 2010 • Berryessa Estates • Community HIZ Workshop • Community DS Evaluation • Mile long perimeter fuel break • $130,000 grant for 2010-2012 • Has a CWPP • 2013 Grant Project • Circle Oaks • Ten Year program • Community DS Evaluation • Has a CWPP • Over $295,000 in Grants • National Firewise Certification • Three mile perimeter fuel break • 2013 Grant Project

10. Our Communities Today: • Berryessa Highlands • Community DS Evaluation • New Fire Safe Council 2010 • First Mitigation Project 2010 • Has a CWPP • 2012 & 2013 Grant Project • Atlas Peak • Community HIZ Workshop • New Fire Safe Council 2010 • Community DS Evaluation • First Mitigation Project 2011 • Has a CWPP • 2012 & 2013 Grant Project • Mt. Veeder – Dry Creek • Community HIZ Workshop • Community DS Evaluation • New Fire Safe Council 2009 • Fund Raising Event - $7,000 • Has a CWPP • Second Fund Raiser - $10,000 • Two Mitigation Projects – 2010 • 2012 & 2013 Grant Project • Soda Canyon • Community HIZ Workshop • New Fire Safe Council 2012 • Community DS Evaluation • First Mitigation Project 2012 • Has a CWPP • 2013 Grant Project

11. Accomplishments: • Hosted over 40 community meetings to promote wildland fire awareness and explain state and local fire code regulations • Provide a free “on-call” chipping service, 5 days/week, 8 months a year: March-October • Over 780,000 cubic yards of flammable vegetation chipped through our countywide free chipping program since 2006. • Treated over 800 acres of dry wildland vegetation using goats and labor provided by county inmates. • Provided more than 300 hours of consulting to 10 communities - so far.

12. The Napa Communities Firewise Foundation . . . . .Filling a Critical Need Educating & Supporting the Residents of Napa County to understand & survive Wildland Fire