Project Summary Form
Id Number 2006-126
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN-INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Fuels Treatment Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
Jeff McIntyre / Pierce County Fire Dist 26
Phone: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
Type of Applicant: (enter appropriate letter in box)
B
360-663-2263
FAX: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
A. State
B. County
C. Municipal
D. Township
E. Interstate
360-663-0382
Please Call Ahead For FAX
H. Independent School District
I. State-Controlled Institution of Higher Learning
J. Private University
K. Indian Tribe
L. Nonprofit Organization
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
59705 Hwy 410 E. Greenwater, WA 98022
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Mr. Jeff McIntyre Greenwater Firewise project Coordinator
Organization/Jurisdiction:
PCFD#26
Phone: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
360-663-2263
FAX: (111 111-1111 x 1111)
360-663-0382
Call Ahead For FAX
Email:
pcfd26@tx3.net
Project Information
Project Title:
Greenwater Firewise Community Project Phase 3
Proposed Project Start Date:
05/01/2006
Federal Funding Request:
$ 25,000
Proposed Project End Date:
12/31/2006
Total Project Funding:
$
50,000
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
Brief Project Summary: Who, What, Where, Desired Outcomes in relation to NFP Goals and Community Risk Assessment and
Mitigation Plans (This should summarize page 2).
Greenwater Fire will be the "lead" for Firewise education, fuels reduction, defensible space and alternatives to outdoor burning. WA-DNR Fuels
Reduction Specialist will mentor Phase III. Shaded fuel breaks will be improved/extended on the east side of Greenwater.These will anchor into the
natural Greenwater and White River fuel breaks.Other intermediate fuel breaks along key roads and power lines easements will also provide engine
access and escape route for residents. Critical community watersheds and infrastructures will also be protected by fuels projects. Mini-Firewise
workshops will continue for full/part-time residents. Local contractors and community-owned chippers will dispose of fuels. A neighbor helping
neighbor program will assist elderly residents or handicapped and/or unable to hire or do the work themselves. A Community All-Risk Assessment
and Mitigation plan is being developed.
Project Location:
Latitude: 47.0874
Longitude: 121.362
County:
Pierce
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this proposal:
Federal Congressional District:
8
Telephone number of Contact:
Mark Gray - Washington State Dept of Natural Resources
360-902-1300 Ext.
Anthony Starkovich - US Forest Service, Mt. Baker-Snoq. NF
425-888-1421 Ext. 250
Derwin Goddard - Nisqually Tribe
360-456-5221 Ext. 174
Project Narrative Description
Applications for funding must include a narrative response that describes the proposal. Please do not submit responses
longer than one page, single space, 12-pitch font.
Describe project including, but not limited to:
x project relationship to the community risk assessment and
x project location (e.g., Watershed,
Address
mitigation plan
neighboring community)
these items
as applicable: x anticipated outcomes
x amount or extent of actions (acres, number of homes, etc.)
x project timeline and matching or contributed funds
x community partners and their
role(s)
x proponent’s ability to complete project
For this project, explain the level of cooperation, coordination or strategic planning, through a “Local Coordination
Group.” If you have not worked with a local coordination group, why not?
Is this project adjacent to a current prescribed burn project on federal lands or to one that is planned within the next
three years? (Yes/No) No
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres:
* Treatment Thinning
Acres 25
Treatment
Acres 0
Treatment
Acres 0
Treatment
Acres 0
If you have a treatment type other than standard types above:
Other 1 Shaded Fuel Break
Acres 25
Other 2
Acres 0
The Greenwater community is located along State Route 410, within a checkerboard ownership of private, state and federal timberlands. This area
is prone to very strong, east winds that bring hot dry air from Eastern Washington in the summer and damaging snow/ice storms in the winter. The
area has approximately 450 homes, a high fire behavior potential, limited fire protection capability, and a significant risk to life, natural resources and
property. Previous Firewise projects have received outstanding support from federal, state, county, and the community. The local community
homeowners associations will maintain the access roads and escape routes during their scheduled road maintenance activities. Homeowners have
agreed to maintain for 10 years newly constructed, defensible space around their homes. Washington State â?? DNR fire crews will maintain the
shaded fuel breaks on adjoining state forest lands. Interagency fire crews will maintain the shaded fuel break protecting the Greenwater Fire Station
and Community Hall. Within these fuel breaks, trees will be thinned to 20 by 20 foot spacing, pruned up to approximately 50% of the remaining
crowns, and underbrush will be removed. A Greenwater Community All-Risk Assessment and Mitigation plan will incorporated the GIS mapping,
assessment of properties [NFPA 299], and prioritized community fuel reduction projects. This will be a Firewise Communities/USA collaborative
effort by local residents, homeowner associations, fire district, county, state, federal and other stakeholders.
Phase III project timeline â?? May 06 through Dec 06. [To be completed by local project coordinator with WA-DNR mentorâ??s help]
â?¢• Program preparation [2 weeks] â?? review, evaluate, select existing materials and contracts.
â?¢•Contracts [3 weeks] â?? Advertise contract for bid, select and award successful bidder.
â?¢•Ad campaign [2 weeks] â?? Firewise Project letters and door hangers to residents and homeowners.
â?¢•Establish a tracking system [1 week] â?? Include methods to follow progress, document hours and events, compile data, make invoice
payments and generate reports.
â?¢•Develop master schedule for chipper and fuel reduction projects [1 week] â?? who, what, when, where and how for volunteers and contract
crews.
â?¢•Begin chipper and fuels reduction projects [12 weeks] â?? contract crews and volunteers.
â?¢• After project [2 weeks] â?? complete final report to stakeholders and community participants.
Projected total costs for Phase III is $50,704 with $20,534 matching funds for Washington DNR personnel/labor and in-kind equipment costs. The
Greenwater community will provide volunteer time and services for $5,170 matching funds.
Project Evaluation Criteria
Applications for funding must include narrative responses that address the following three criteria. Be sure you address every one
briefly, yet thoroughly. Limit your responses to the area provided.
1. Reducing Hazardous Fuels (50 points)
A. Describe the community infrastructure that will be protected.
B. Explain how the proposal reduces fire behavior in high hazard areas by describing the fuels to be disposed or
removed, and the techniques and timing of the treatments.
C. How will the proposed treatments be maintained in future years?
D. How will you use multi-party monitoring to improve this and future projects?
Response:
The Greenwater community is located within the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and in route to Crystal Mountain Ski Area
and Mt. Rainier National Park.
Greenwater is within commuting distance of Seattle, Tacoma and gateway to many tourist-recreation activities â?? therefore the
areaâ??s demographics and infrastructures are changing to accommodate more full and part time residents. The community now
has approximately 1400 full/part time residents, more than 450 homes and structures.
This wildland interface community has a high fire behavior potential with frequent events of very strong east winds, limited fire
protection capability, and a significant risk to life, natural resources and property. East of Greenwater, an initial shaded fuel break
will be improved and extended to connect with the â??naturalâ?š fuel breaks of the Greenwater and White Rivers. Overstocked,
Douglas fir plantations will be converted to more open stands with undergrowth of grass and low growing brush. The project
objective is to remove enough fuel so that when a wildfire passes, the resulting flame lengths are less than three feet high and can
be attacked safely by wildland fire crews. Additional fuel reduction projects along key roads and power line easements within
Greenwater, Crystal River Ranch and Villages communities will create intermediate fuel breaks. These shaded fuel breaks will be
maintained by a combination of local volunteers, homeownerâ??s association annual work projects, state and interagency fire
crews. Multi-party monitoring of costs and benefits for past and future project will be a collaborative effort of local, county, state,
and federal stakeholders lead by a Greenwater Firewise Communities -USA committee.
Project Evaluation Criteria
2.
Increasing Local Capacity (25 points)
A. How would the proposal improve or lead to the improvement of the local economy in terms of jobs and
sustainable economic activity?
B. How many jobs are expected to be created or retained and for how long? (Please distinguish between
essentially year-round and seasonal jobs).
C. What tools and skills will be gained or utilized as a result of this project?
D. Will biomass be utilized; if so, in what manner and how much?
Response:
More spring/summer seasonal jobs in the Greenwater area will be created for local workers and qualified contractors. These Firewise
projects will supplement the seasonal ski-tourist-recreational jobs that are already suffering from abnormally dry winters and the
prediction of another long, hot summer fire season. The Nisqually Tribe and Medicine Creek Wildland Fire Fighting Crew has
performed fuels reduction work on fires and is interested in providing their 20-person crew training and off-fire seasonal work for this
and other projects. Washington State DNR and Interagency Fire Crew members can gain invaluable training before assignments to
dangerous wildland urban interface fires. The volunteers and contract crew employed during the project will learn basic job skills,
forestry and wildland fire concepts. These skills can be turned into future job opportunities. During Phase I and II, contractor
employees went into professional forestry programs or started their own tree service business.
3.
Demonstrating Community and Intergovernmental Collaboration (25 Points)
A. How will this project implement a community risk assessment and mitigation plan? Include name of plan, date
it was prepared, and local contact to get a copy of the plan if requested.
B. How has this treatment been coordinated with adjacent landowners and local/State/Tribal/Federal agencies?
C. Identify the cooperators/partners involved in implementation of this project.
D. Describe the extent of current local support for the project, including any cost-sharing agreements.
Response:
Past Greenwater Firewise projects have received outstanding support and recognition from federal, state, county agencies and the
local community. The Washington State DNR â?? Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies [RAMS] and National Fire Plan
Assessment [NFPA 299] clearly show the need for fuel reduction mitigation measures to lower potential for catastrophic wildfires.
The upcoming Greenwater Community All-Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan will incorporate the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
â?? IAW Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and 44 CFR 201.6 and the Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Partners contributing
include but are not limited to the following:
â?¢•Greenwater Fire Department will become the â??lead agencyâ?š in Phase III.
â?¢•Local homeownerâ??s associations will assist with volunteers and developing strategies aimed at protecting communities,
infrastructures and creating defensible space around individual structures.
â?¢•Puget Sound Clean Air Agency will help provide alternatives to outdoor burning
â?¢•Washington State â?? DNR Fuels Reduction Specialist will mentor project coordinator and provide work crews for projects.
â?¢•U. S. Forest Service will provide technical assistance and help in developing strategies aimed at protecting communities and
forestlands.
â?¢•Nisqually Tribe â?? Wildland Firefighting Crew is interested in working on this and other fuel reduction projects.
Project Work Form
Tasks
Program PreperationReview, evaluate, select existing projects and
contracts.
ContractsAdvertise contract for bib,
select and award successful
bidder.
Ad Campain
Update mailing list, printing and mailing Firewise letters and door hangers to
community.
Establish a tracking system utilize Firewise
Communtities/USA forms to follow progress,
hours, event, compile data, make payments
and generate reports
Develop master schedule for events, contract
crews and volunteers - who, what, when, and
howfor chipper and fuel reduction projects.
Time Frame
May 2006
Responsible Party
Greenwater Fire Dept,
WA-DNR (mentor) and
Firewise Committee
Greenwater Fire Dept with
WA-DNR (mentor)
May-June 2006
Grrenwater Fire Dept., Firewise
Committee and WA-DNR (mentor)
May-June 2006
Grrenwater Fire Dept., Firewise
Committee and WA-DNR (mentor)
June 2006
Grrenwater Fire Dept., Firewise
Committee and WA-DNR (mentor)
June 2006
Begin chipper and fuels reduction projects.
July â?? October 2006
Grant closeout and final reports to
stakeholders and community participants.
Contract Crews
Community Committee and
WA-DNR (mentor)
Grrenwater Fire Dept., Firewise
Committee and WA-DNR (mentor)
Nov-December 2006
Project Budget
WA-DNR
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Greenwater Home
Asso
Partner 1
Crystal Home Assoc
Partner 2
Total
Partner 3
Personnel
$0
Subtotal
$700
$18,480
$2,177
$2,177
$23,534
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$700
$18,480
$2,177
$2,177
$23,534
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$2,054
$0
$0
$2,054
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$2,054
$0
$0
$2,054
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$25,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$25,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$25,000
$0
$0
$0
$25,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$25,000
$700
$20,534
$2,177
$2,177
$50,588
$25,000
$700
$20,534
$2,177
$2,177
$50,588
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
Travel
$0
Subtotal
Equipment
Subtotal
Supplies
Subtotal
Contractual
Contract Crew and Chippe
Subtotal
Other
Subtotal
Total Costs
Project (Program)
Income1
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1
Program income is the gross revenue generated by a grant or cooperative agreement supported activity during the life of the grant. Program
income can be made by recipients from fees charged for conference or workshop attendance, from rental fees earned from renting out real
property or equipment acquired with grant or cooperative agreement funds, or from the sale of commodities or items developed under the grant
or cooperative agreement. The use of Program Income during the project period may require prior approval by the granting agency.