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<br /> <br /> <br />Community Wildfire Protection Plan 39 September 2018 <br />• Effective administration of wildfire hazard mitigation grant programs that leverage additional <br />resources for implementation <br />• Hazard risk assessments <br />• Strategic, efficient, and effective fuels treatments <br />5.2 Goals <br />1. Engage citizens in the unique challenges of wildfire preparedness in Kittitas County using the <br />tools and guiding principles set forth by the Washington Fire Adapted Communities Learning <br />Network (WAFAC) and Fire Learning Network. <br />2. Seek out, encourage, and empower local community leaders in the wildfire preparedness roles <br />of business, fire response, homeowners, land managers, and local government at multiple scales <br />across Kittitas County. <br />3. Determine areas at risk to wildfire and establish/prioritize mitigation projects, without regard to <br />ownership, and recommend both conventional and alternative treatment methods to protect <br />people, homes, infrastructure, state and federal listed species, and natural resources throughout <br />Kittitas County. <br />4. Improve the ability of the fire departments to provide emergency fire response for the residents <br />of Kittitas County through improved resources, training, and equipment. <br />5. Through strategic planning, develop and implement policies or protection measures that deter <br />further unmitigated development in high fire risk areas. <br />6. Implement vegetation management and other types of projects that promote the natural fire <br />regime appropriate to the location for the benefit of the ecosystem and to lessen the risk of <br />uncharacteristic wildland fire occurrences. <br />7. Collaborate with all participants in the KFACC in order to integrate the visions and goals of each <br />entity involved with fire protection and/or management for greater good of Kittitas County. <br />8. Recognize the existing CWPPs in order to inform the Kittitas County CWPP, empower local <br />leadership, and help leverage resources and opportunities to achieve shared goals without <br />reducing the autonomy of the individual community or its purpose. <br />9. Provide direction through specific wildland fire prevention or protection action items to all <br />members of the community to encourage individual responsibility including residents and <br />homeowners, fire and emergency responders, forest and land managers, civic and community <br />leaders, and designers and developers. <br />Elements of the Cohesive Strategy are already visible in Washington State and in Kittitas County. In <br />May 2017, the KCCD organized a local workshop received promote the Fire Adapted Communities <br />framework, highlight the Cohesive Strategy, and spark collaboration amongst entities in diverse roles <br />surrounding wildfire issues. The workshop motivated stakeholders to revise their CWPPs and <br />implement fire adapted community actions. One regional strategy under the Fire Adapted