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Effective administration of wildfire hazard mitigation grant programs that leverage additional resources for implementation • Hazard risk assessments • Strategic, efficient, and effective fuels treatments 5.2 Goals Engage citizens in the unique challenges of wildfire preparedness in Kittitas County using the tools and guiding principles set forth by the Washington Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network (WAFAC) and Fire Learning Network. 2. Seek out, encourage, and empower local community leaders in the wildfire preparedness roles of business, fire response, homeowners, land managers, and local government at multiple scales across Kittitas County. 3. Determine areas at risk to wildfire and establish/prioritize mitigation projects, without regard to ownership, and recommend both conventional and alternative treatment methods to protect people, homes, infrastructure, state and federal listed species, and natural resources throughout Kittitas County. 4. improve the ability of the fire departments to provide emergency fire response for the residents of Kittitas County through improved resources, training, and equipment. 5. Through strategic planning, develop and implement policies or protection measures that deter further unmitigated development in high fire risk areas. 6. Implement vegetation management and other types of projects that promote the natural fire regime appropriate to the location for the benefit of the ecosystem and to lessen the risk of uncharacteristic wildland fire occurrences. 7. Collaborate with all participants in the KFACC in order to integrate the visions and goals of each entity involved with fire protection and/or management for greater good of Kittitas County. 8. Recognize the existing CWPPs in order to inform the Kittitas County CWPP, empower local leadership, and help leverage resources and opportunities to achieve shared goals without reducing the autonomy of the individual community or its purpose. 9. Provide direction through specific wildland fire prevention or protection action items to all members of the community to encourage individual responsibility including residents and homeowners, fire and emergency responders, forest and land managers, civic and community leaders, and designers and developers. Elements of the Cohesive Strategy are already visible in Washington State and in Kittitas County. In May 2017, the KCCD organized a local workshop received promote the Fire Adapted Communities framework, highlight the Cohesive Strategy, and spark collaboration amongst entities in diverse roles surrounding wildfire issues. The workshop motivated stakeholders to revise their CWPPs and implement fire adapted community actions. One regional strategy under the Fire Adapted Community Wildfire Protection Plan 38 September 2018