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CHAPTER 17. MITIGATION ALTERNATIVES <br />17-10 <br />Table 17-8. Catalog of Mitigation Alternatives – Wildfire <br />Personal Scale Corporate Scale Government Scale <br />Manipulate Hazard <br />1. Clear potential fuels on <br />property such as dry <br />overgrown underbrush and <br />diseased trees <br />1. Clear potential fuels on <br />property such as dry <br />underbrush and diseased <br />trees <br />1. Clear potential fuels on property such as <br />dry underbrush and diseased trees <br />2. Implement best management practices on <br />public lands <br />Reduce Exposure <br />1. Create and maintain <br />defensible space around <br />structures <br />2. Locate outside of hazard <br />area <br />3. Mow regularly <br />1. Create and maintain <br />defensible space around <br />structures and <br />infrastructure <br />2. Locate outside of hazard <br />area <br />1. Create and maintain defensible space <br />around structures and infrastructure <br />2. Locate outside of hazard area <br />3. Enhance building code to include use of <br />fire resistant materials in high hazard area <br /> <br />Reduce Vulnerability <br />1. Create and maintain <br />defensible space around <br />structures and provide <br />water on site <br />2. Use fire-retardant building <br />materials <br />3. Create defensible spaces <br />around home <br />1. Create and maintain <br />defensible space around <br />structures and <br />infrastructure and provide <br />water on site <br />2. Use fire-retardant building <br />materials <br />3. Use fire-resistant plantings <br />in buffer areas of high <br />wildfire threat <br />1. Create and maintain defensible space <br />around structures and infrastructure <br />2. Use fire-retardant building materials <br />3. Use fire-resistant plantings in buffer areas <br />of high wildfire threat <br />4. Consider higher regulatory standards (such <br />as Class A roofing) <br />5. Establish biomass reclamation initiatives <br /> <br />Increase Preparation or Response Capability <br />1. Employ techniques from <br />the National Fire Protection <br />Association’s Firewise <br />Communities program to <br />safeguard home <br />2. Identify alternative water <br />supplies for fire fighting <br />3. Install/replace roofing <br />material with non- <br />combustible roofing <br />materials <br />1. Support Firewise <br />community initiatives. <br />2. Create /establish stored <br />water supplies to be <br />utilized for firefighting <br />1. More public outreach and education <br />efforts, including an active Firewise <br />program <br />2. Possible weapons of mass destruction <br />funds available to enhance fire capability in <br />high-risk areas <br />3. Identify fire response and alternative <br />evacuation routes <br />4. Seek alternative water supplies <br />5. Become a Firewise community <br />6. Use academia to study impacts/solutions to <br />wildfire risk <br />7. Establish/maintain mutual aid agreements <br />between fire service agencies <br />8. Create/implement fire plans <br />9. Consider the probable impacts of climate <br />change on the risk associated with the <br />wildfire hazard in future land use <br />decisions <br /> <br /> <br />