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The Purpose of a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) <br />A CWPP provides value to a community by identifying and implementing mitigation and response <br />strategies that reduce the wildland fire risk and enable a community to withstand a wildfire event <br />without loss of life or preventable resource or property damage. Kittitas County is in the process of <br />updating the 2009 CWPP. <br />1 <br />In collaboration with stakeholder groups and the public Kittitas County Conservation District (KCCD) has <br />been contracted to assist and develop the updated county wide, community based CWPP, which will <br />identify various forms of risk assessment, modeling and strategic action plann i ng. At the conclusion of <br />this process, the goal will be to develop a uniquely suited and feasible document that achieves the goals <br />of our responders, planners, land owners and the public while preparing the response environment for <br />safe and effective suppression activities. <br />Please take a few moments to complete the questionnaire below so that we can accurately capture <br />information from your Fire District Organization or Agency, which will be included in the newest update <br />of the Kittitas County CWPP . <br />CWPP KEY COMPONENTS- <br />• Developing community based priorities and partnerships, while fostering and maintaining community <br />resilience. <br />• Preparing for and safely coexisting with wildland fire <br />• Supports healthy forests and rangelands <br />DESIRED OUTCOME - <br />• Reduced Occurrence of Catastrophic Wildfires <br />• Reduction in Loss of Life, Property and Resources . <br />• Overall Resilience to the Effects of Wild land Fires to Communities. <br />2018 KITTITAS CWPP UPDATE -QUESTIONAlRE <br />FIRE DISTRICT #: __ 2;a.._-=-=-KV.=..,;Fc..:.R-=-____ FIRE CHIEF:_Sinclair ______ _ <br />AGENCY or ORGINAZATION:_KVFR _________________ _ <br />CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone_509-933-7233_emai1_e11iottr@kvfr.org __ _ <br />VALUES AT RISK- <br />Residential Areas -Structures; (Example-40 Homes on Johnson Road. 3 Businesses, 4 commercial.) <br />0 Estimated number of residential homes in your d istrict -___ 8300 ____ _ <br />0 Estimated number of commercial buildings, businesses-__ 350 / 950 ___ _ <br />2018 KITTITAS CWPP UPDATE -QUESTIONAIRE