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<br /> <br /> <br />Community Wildfire Protection Plan 56 September 2018 <br />6.8 Post Fire Impacts and Response <br />A number of post-fire impacts can result from <br />either wildfire or prescribed fire occurrence. <br />Prescribed fire planning goals and objectives are <br />typically driven by desired ecosystem, or hazard <br />reduction outcomes. These goals and objectives <br />should be clearly stated in the prescribed fire plan <br />and a monitoring program should be in place to <br />measure the post-fire effects. <br />Wildfire events can result in significant post-fire <br />impacts—both positive and negative. Risk <br />assessments can provide guidance in anticipating <br />post-wildfire impacts mitigating these impacts <br />before a fire occurs and increasing recovery <br />efficiency. The development of a post-wildfire <br />recovery plan, based on the anticipated impacts, <br />can help the communities affected become more <br />resilient to wildfire. <br /> <br />6.9 Long Term Recovery <br />Integrating post-fire response and long-term <br />recovery strategies before wildfire occurs is <br />imperative to limiting the scope of damage across <br />the landscape whether it is ecological, social, or <br />infrastructure. While it is not feasible to be able to <br />The Jolly Mountain Fire <br />In August 2017, Jolly Mountain wildfire <br />started by a lightning strike. The wildfire <br />burned over more than 36,000 acres was <br />transferred to a Type 4 command and the <br />Central Washington Burned Area Emergency <br />Response team was deployed to conduct <br />analysis on the values at risk (assets and <br />resources). <br />While the burned area occurred on mostly <br />state and federal land, the identified values at <br />risk, especially threats to property and <br />human life and safety, were not confined to <br />within the burned perimeter and extended to <br />the Hidden Valley priority areas. Risk of <br />private property spanning the North Cle <br />Elum ridge to the Middle Fork Teanaway <br />River have been identified as Major- High <br />Possible risk. Increased flows, ash, sediment, <br />and debris from burned slopes upslope of <br />recreation residences may cause damage to <br />drinking water and its delivery system and <br />pose a risk of water contamination. <br />Accordingly, these critical values have been <br />identified as Moderate, Very High Very Likely. <br />Jolly Mountain is an example of a significant <br />wildfire that did not burn structures, yet the <br />community still faced extreme risk. Wildfires <br />know no bounds, and as partners we must <br />provide incentives to improve participation <br />and implement more aggressive approaches <br />in order to decrease risks before a fire and <br />impacts after a fire. <br /> <br />Jolly Mountain Wildfire, 2017; Kittitas County <br />Conservation District