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1. Complete a community assessment and create a plan. <br />2. Form a Firewise Board or Committee. <br />3. Hold a Firewise Day event. <br />4. Invest a minimum of $2/capita in local wildfire mitigation projects. (Volunteer hours, <br />equipment use, time contributed by agency fire staff, and grant funding can be included.) <br />5. Submit an application to the Firewise Communities Program via their state liaison. <br />A county may use Title III funds in providing assistance or support of a community's Firewise <br />Communities/USA recognition process, including: <br />• Conducting or assisting with community assessments; <br />• Helping the community create an action plan; <br />• Assisting with an annual Firewise Day; <br />• Assisting with treating vegetation within the home ignition zone; and <br />• Communicating with the state liaison and the national program to ensure a smooth <br />application process. <br />Communities must renew their status annually to retain recognition as a Firewise <br />Community/USA Recognized Site. Counties can assist in ensuring an annual Firewise Day takes <br />place and can help fund or support projects in the home ignition zone to make homes less <br />vulnerable to wildfires. <br />Can Title 111 funds be spent to reimburse a participating county for search and rescue or other <br />emergency services performed on National Park Service or Bureau of Land Management <br />lands? <br />No. Emergency services that are reimbursed with Title III funds must be performed on national <br />forests and certain Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Oregon. <br />Title III funds may be used to reimburse a participating county for emergency services on <br />Federal land as defined in the Act. The Act's definition of Federal lands does not include <br />national grasslands, national parks, wildlife refuges, BLM public domain lands or other lands <br />administered by the Department of the Interior except for revested Oregon and California <br />Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands administered by the BLM in <br />western Oregon. <br />What are examples of emergency services? <br />The Secure Rural Schools Act specifically cites search and rescue and firefighting as examples <br />of emergency services. Other examples include responding to flooding, tsunamis, landslides, <br />