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<br /> <br /> <br />Community Wildfire Protection Plan 69 September 2018 <br />Project Name Project Goal Lead(s) Priority Obstacles Measurement Notes <br />Transportation <br />Corridor Vehicle Fire <br />Risk Reduction <br />Contain vehicle fires from <br />spreading along Interstates <br />and State Highways in Kittitas <br />County. <br />DNR SE Region, <br />Fire Districts <br />and <br />Departments, <br />BLM, YTC, <br />Private <br />Landowners, <br />KCCD and <br />Washington <br />State <br />Department of <br />Transportation <br />High <br />Funding, <br />Coordination <br />Capacity <br /># of vehicle <br />fires, # of acres <br />treated, # of <br />fatalities <br />caused by <br />wildfire smoke <br />In 2017, a wildfire smoke <br />fatality occurred on I-90. It is <br />imperative for public life and <br />safety that measures be taken <br />to protect users and private <br />property owners along major <br />transportation systems. <br />Fuels Reduction <br />Treatments <br />Continue and encourage <br />participation in cost-Share <br />Fuels Reduction Programs for <br />private landowners. <br />DNR SE Region, <br />KCCD, TNC <br />Medium to <br />High Coordination <br /># Acres <br />Treated, # of <br />Landowners <br />Participating, # <br />of Residents <br />Benefited (1 to <br />2-mile radius) <br />Use current grant funding <br />sources. KCCD is pending <br />grant award for fuels <br />reduction cost-share from <br />FEMA <br />Prescribed Fire <br />Educational Outreach <br />and Prescribed Fire <br />Coalitions <br />Coordinate public education <br />and outreach through <br />Washington Prescribed Fire <br />Council to encourage public <br />to learn more about <br />prescribed fire. Help private <br />landowners with resources to <br />coordinate prescribed fire <br />operations <br />Washington <br />State Prescribed <br />Fire Council, <br />DNR, USFS, <br />KFACC, <br />Landowners <br />Medium Capacity, <br />Liability <br /># of <br />Educational <br />Workshops, # <br />of Field Tours, <br /># of Flyers <br />Distributed, # <br />of Social Media <br />"Likes"