Enclosure 3B - Project Summary Form
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NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Community Risk Assessment and Mitigation Planning
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Phone:
Type of Applicant: (enter appropriate letter in box)
A
360-902-1754
FAX:
360-902-1757
Email:
mark.gray@wadnr.gov
A. State
B. County
C. Municipal
D. Township
E. Interstate
F. Intermunicipal
G. Special District
H. Independent School District
I. State-Controlled Institution of Higher Learning
J. Private University
K. Indian Tribe
L. Nonprofit Organization
M. Other (Specify) _______________________
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
1111 Washington Street S.E. Olympia, WA 98504-7037
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Chuck Johnson, NFP Grant Coordinator, NE Washington, DNR
Organization/Jurisdiction:
WA State DNR, NE Region
Phone:
FAX:
509-684-7474
Email:
509-684-7484
chuck.johnson@wadnr.gov
Project Information
Project Title:
Crawfish Lake Community Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan (Community Fire Plan)
Proposed Project Start Date:
Proposed Project End Date:
April 2005
Federal Funding Request:
April 2006
Total Project Cost:
$35,000.00
$56,000.00
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please prioritize, and explain if the projects are stand alone, sequential, or other:
YES. However, this is a stand-alone project.
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).
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources is proposing a Community Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan for
the Crawfish Lake area, approximately 15 miles northeast of Omak, WA. This community is partly on the Colville Indian
Reservation and the rest is surrounded by U.S. Forest Service ownership. The planning process would analyze community
needs for prevention and suppression, assess where and how to reduce hazardous fuels, and recommend strategies and
opportunities to mitigate wildfire vulnerability. Highest priority target areas are where fuel condition class is 2 or 3 within fire
regimes 1 or 3 in the wildland/urban interface. These areas are very common in and around Crawfish Lake .
Project Location:
Crawfish Lake, Colville Indian Reservation
County:
Federal Congressional District:
Okanogan
Name of Federal, tribal, and/or State Official with whom you coordinated this
proposal:
Chris McCuen, Fire Prevention Specialist, Mt. Tollman BIA
Sharon Barton-Wood, Fire Management Officer, Tonasket Ranger District, USFS
Loren Torgerson, District Manager, WA DNR
Jim Rees, National Fire Plan Coord., BLM, Wenatchee Office
Chuck Johnson, NFP Grants Coordinator for NE Washington, WA DNR
Telephone number of Contact:
509-634-3157
509-486-5151
509-684-7474
509-665-2100
509-684-7474
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Enclosure 3B (Page 1 of 3) - 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:
 change fire behavior
 WHO are your collaborators - are they current or potential
Address these
through
fuels
reduction
collaborators?
items as

increase
community

describe the relationship of this plan’s desired outcome to NFP Goals
applicable:
education and awareness
and to any existing community fire protection plan.
 enhance fire protection
 project time frames and matching or contributed funds
capability
 tools and/or skills needed to complete project
 desired outcome
 specific project location, geographic extent, and fire risk assessment
methodology
For this project, explain the level of cooperation, coordination or strategic planning, through a “Local Coordination
Group.” If you haven’t worked with a local coordination group, why not?
1) The proposal involves doing community risk assessment and mitigation planning for the purpose of creating a
Community Fire Plan. The Crawfish Lake Community Fire Plan will assess and identify hazards and risks,
recommend strategies for mitigations, and prioritize options for future treatments by local, state, and federal
agencies. This plan will bring focus to fire suppression needs and fuel treatment activities in a coordinated way
between various agencies and jurisdictions with the long-term goal of making the community safer and more resilient
in a frequent fire environment according to National Fire Plan goals.
2) The risk assessment phase of the community fire plan will involve citizen participation in evaluating their property
vulnerabilities. This provides a teachable moment in which to share literature about fire hazards and defensible
space.
3) The planning process will include an inventory and evaluation of fire suppression resources in and around the
community. From this will derive recommendations that local, state, and federal fire managers can use in
strengthening their suppression capabilities in a cooperative way.
4) The desired outcome is a thorough working document that contains specific information to inform and guide local,
state, and federal agencies. It will guide decision making for emergency operations and have an action plan for
targeted mitigation recommendations.
5) Collaborators are local fire managers working together as the Highlands Local Coordinating Group. More
collaborators are expected to become involved once the project is funded and contacts with groups and individuals
occur.
6) The desired outcome of the Crawfish Lake Community Fire Plan matches the goals of the National Fire Plan by
creating a coordinated strategy to mitigate fire hazards that cross jurisdictional lines. Multiple agencies will be
steering the direction of the plan and coordinating together as the mitigation strategies and prioritization takes shape.
The goal is to reduce fire hazards seamlessly across the landscape irrespective of ownership.
7) The project is possible to complete in a year if adequately funded. The Tonasket Ranger District, USFS; and BIA –
Mt. Tollman Fire Center are able to provide some support in the form of office space and access to business
machines. The DNR (Chuck Johnson) will serve as Project Director and supply administrative expertise.
8) The project will require some hired expertise; particularly a writer/editor and a fire-savvy fuels consultant to
spearhead public contacts and risk assessments. These people would be the backbone of the work, coordinating
data and organizing volunteer help with the risk assessments. They will need only access to a computer and typical
office machines.
9) The geographic area of the project is defined by the boundaries of the Crawfish Lake community. The south half of
the lake is on the Colville Indian Reservation and the north half is surrounded by U.S. Forest Service. The
community has been identified as having fuels conditions needing fuels reduction funding by the National Fire Plan.
The goal is to visit and accomplish a risk analysis on homes and properties during the project using an enhanced
NFPA 299 survey process.
Enclosure 3B (Page 2 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
Applications for funding, must include narrative responses that address the following four criteria. Be sure you address every one
briefly, yet thoroughly. Limit your responses to the area provided.
1. Planning for Action (40 points)
A. Describe your desired plan outcome and how the outcome will be measured.
B. How will the plan address :
Fire behavior changes through fuels reduction
Community education and awareness
Enhanced suppression capability
C. How will the completed plan be implemented, and by whom? OR How does this plan enhance or complete
previous fire planning by the community?
D. How will the plan address landowner responsibility for implementation of this plan?
E. Describe your ability to complete project in one year of receipt of funds
Response:
A. The Community Fire Plan will guide neighboring federal land managers in targeted fuel management strategies that
will reduce potential fire behavior threats to adjacent private lands. Long-term outcomes will be seen in reduced fire
severity and more effective fire suppression because of acres treated, improved preparedness planning, and a more
informed public.
B. The Community Fire Plan will involve a program of home risk assessments. Homeowners will participate in the risk
assessments. The findings of the risk assessments will produce a list of recommended hazard mitigation strategies
appropriate for the fuel type and properties at risk. The plan will prioritize the treatments, specifically targeting those
areas with Fuel Condition Class 2 and 3 in Fire Regime 1 or 3 where fire behavior is most likely to be severe. The
plan will also include an analysis of all fire suppression resources in the community, and evaluate strategies for them
to work in an increased complementary and coordinated fashion. The plan will also address 911 addressing,
evacuation routes, communications, interagency agreements, and local fire personnel qualifications and training.
C. Since this plan is conceived by a collaborative group of local fire managers, they will each have a stake in its results
for their own agencies. A Community Fire Plan will be the first time that each entity can piece together the whole
puzzle so everyone can see the big picture. This plan will allow agencies to maximize their suppression dollars and
fuel treatment effectiveness by putting together synergistic strategies and complementary priorities using their
agency employees, contractors, or stewardship opportunities.
D. Private landowners are very aware of potential destructive forces of wildfire, but they often don’t realize how their
own fuels provide the fire’s ability to threaten them. The risk assessments will reveal the role of hazard fuels and
how homeowners can begin reducing their own fuel hazards.
E. See Enclosure 3C. The project timeline is something that can be completed in one year.
2.
Enhancing Community Collaboration and Local Capacity. (30 points)
A. Describe your strategy for collaboration to develop this plan across multiple ownerships.
B. Identify the interested partners and members of the community who are involved in this project, and the level of
their involvement.
C. How will this project enhance local community collaboration and local capacity for cooperative action?
D. Describe skills or experience the community will gain through development of this plan.
Response:
A. The Highland Fire Defense Team Local Coordinating Group is interagency in nature. The community is surrounded
by Federal Ownerships of BIA and USFS managed lands. The Project Coordinator is Wa. State Dept of Nat Res.
B. See Block 3 A and B.
C. Recent large fires in the community have made people aware of fire danger. People want to see action in removing
hazards. The Community Fire Plan gets various agencies all sitting around the same table and sharing their mutual
concerns and goals.
D. Property owners will become aware during risk assessments of specific items that contribute to increased fire risk
around their homes. They will learn that a hazard in one area may contribute to increased risk in another area. This
awareness will lead to a greater incentive to resolve their own hazard fuel situations.
Enclosure 3B (Page 3 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
3.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Expanding Community Participation. (30 Points)
Explain the level of cooperation, coordination and/or involvement of the Local Coordination Group. List the
cooperators/members (in a broad way) of the local area coordination group.
Describe your strategy for leveraging funding. Who are the partners and what is their commitment to the
plan’s completion, including any existing or proposed cost-share agreements and their status.
Describe the extent of local support or opposition for the project.
Describe your strategy for post- plan marketing and collaboration for the successful implementation of the
next steps described in the plan.
To what extent will this project be offered to serve as a model for other communities in your sub-geographic
area, statewide area?
E.
Response:
A. This project is the product of collaborative brainstorming by an interagency group of local fire leaders. They include:
Cris McCuen, BIA Mt. Tollman Fire Center; Loren Torgerson, District Manager, WA DNR; John Foster, RFD Fire
Chief and DNR Fire Manager; Sharon Barton-Wood, FMO Okanogan NF; Joe Schertenlieb, Fuels Planning
Consultant; Ted Murray, OK CO Planning; Karrie Stevens, FMO Colville NF; Reed Heckly, Fire Commissioner and
AFMO, Colville NF; Mary Dalton, Prevention Spec. Oka/Wen NF, Jim Rees, Fuels Specialist, BLM. This group has
functioned together for several years under the title of the Highland Fire Defense Team, and pioneered a successful
defensible space fuels reduction program funded by Community Assistance grant dollars in 2001.
B. Collaborative partners have offered in-kind support in the form of office machines, computers, and office space.
Major partners are the USFS - Okanogan/Wenatchee NF, BIA - Mt. Tollman Fire Center and Washington State
DNR. Each of these agencies have fire suppression obligations that overlap. Fuel reduction funding on federal
lands will soon be targeted toward those areas adjacent to communities with completed Community Fire Plans. The
Okanogan/Wenatchee NF desires their fuels dollars to be spent where they will offer the highest protection value.
C. There has been no opposition to the proposal.
D. The Community Fire Plan will provide a listing of strategies and projects for local, state, and federal agencies to
pursue as funding becomes available.
E. This project will be the first Community Fire Plan in Okanogan County and can be used as a model for other
communities. This will also be a prototype for the area, with the hope of doing a future community fire plan effort in
other nearby communities at risk.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
-Obtain funding and organize steering
committee.
-Recruit Writer/Editor
-Recruit Fuels Survey Specialist
April 2005
Organize workspace and acquire
materials
April 2005
Grant Administrator
Local Coordinating Group
May 2005 - Oct 2005
Fuels Consultant
Grant Administrator
Writer/Editor
Grant Administrator
Highland Fire Defense Team LCG
-Risk Assessments of properties
-Data Management from fuel surveys
-P.R. - Conduct information meetings
with individuals, groups, etc.
Community research: Work w/ local
entities to obtain inventory and mapping
of community infrastructure and
suppression resources.
Writer/Editor
May 2005 - Sept 2005
Local Coordinating Group
First draft compilation of data, maps,
and hazard assessments.
October 2005 - November 2005
Writer/Editor
Fuels Consultant
Recommend mitigations, opportunities,
strategies, and priorities
December 2005 - February 2006
Grant Administrator
Local Coordinating Group
Collaborators
March 2006
Local Coordinating Group
Writer/Editor
April 2006
Writer/Editor
Grant Administrator
Local Coordinating Group
Finalize Community Fire Plan
-Publishing and circulation of Fire Plan
-Presentation meetings w/ local entities.
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
Highlands Fire
Defense Team WA State DNR
Personnel
Grant Administrator
Writer/Editor
Subtotal
$10,000.00
$12,000.00
$12,000.00
$12,000.00
$10,000.00
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
Subtotal
$1,500.00
$$1,500.00
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
Travel
Equipment
Clinometer, GPS, Digital Camera
Office Space/Computer
$1,500.00
$6,000.00
$7,500.00
Subtotal
$7,500.00
Supplies
Office Supplies
GIS Mapping Support
Hazard/Risk Brochures
Subtotal
$500.00
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
$1,500.00
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
$1,000.00
$15,000.00
$150,000.00
$16,000.00
$16,000.00
$500.00
$1,500.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
Contractual
Fire Plan Printing/Binding
Fuels Consultant
Subtotal
Other
Telephone
Bulk Mailing/Newspaper ads
Subtotal
Total Costs
$35,000.00
$7,500.00
$13,500.00
$56,000.00
Project (Program) Income1
(using deductive alternative)
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.