Enclosure 3C - Project Summary Form
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NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE
PROJECTS
Application for Prevention & Education Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
Klamath Fire Prevention Cooperative
Phone:
Type of Applicant: (enter appropriate letter in box)
L
541-883-5681
FAX:
541-883-5555
Email:
msherrieb@odf.state.or.us
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):
P.O. Box 1083 Klamath Falls, OR 97601
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Melinda Sherrieb, Chairperson
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Klamath Fire Prevention Cooperative
Phone:
541-883-5681
FAX:
541-883-5555
Email:
msherrieb@odf.state.or.us
Project Information
Project Title:
Klamath Fire Prevention Cooperative Prevention Community Fire Education Program
Proposed Project Start Date:
2005
Proposed Project End Date:
2007
Federal Funding Request:
75,000.00
Total Project Cost:
95,000.00
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please prioritize, and explain if the projects are stand alone, sequential, or other: No
No
No
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).
Homeowners within Klamath County need education on how to fire proof their home sites. The
communities within Klamath County are part of a rapidly growing urban interface group of communities
where urban sprawl continually places many home sites and landowners at risk of catastrophic fires.
These communities range from high-density subdivisions to scattered structures within the wildland
setting. Landowners' knowledge of wildland fire threat and how to protect their own property is poor over
most of the county. Adding to this urban problem is the excess fuels that have built up over the years.
These grant monies would assist the Klamath Fire Prevention Cooperative to obtain materials and
equipment needed to develop and deliver coordinated, multifaceted fire safety awareness and education
programs to residents, visitors and mass media contacts within Southern Oregon, Central Oregon and
Northern California. This grant would enable us to develop displays and handout materials depicting our
local influences and fire problems using a consistent message and format. Our target is to reach over
70,000 people yearly with face-to-face educational contacts. Providing attractive, "real-life" displays
featuring fire safety and awareness information relative to our locations and homeowners.
Project Location (latitude/longitude of project):
County:
Congressional District:
Klamath County
Klamath
Second
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this
proposal: Echo Murray, Walker Range FPA
Telephone number of Contact:
541-433-2451
Enclosure 3C (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, and 12-pitch font.
Describe project, including, but not limited to:
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type of project to be delivered
method of delivery
target audience
timeliness
projected timelines and cost estimation
 project location
 project relationship to community or natural
landscape fire plans
 tools and/or skills needed to complete project
 monitoring and evaluation procedures
Klamath County is a region of the state, which has a fire dependant ecosystem, a history of severe fire's,
heavy fuel loading. Many of its communities have been listed as being at risk of wildfire in the Federal
Register. Additionally, these communities are adjacent to, surrounded by or near federal forest and brush
lands. Coop members would provide enhanced wildfire protection of life and property education within
Klamath County and adjacent communities and Counties. It will most greatly affect year-round residents
in the county, but will have a significant effect upon the thousands of people who utilize the recreational
resources that Klamath County provides. This project will provide the materials and equipment needed to
develop and deliver professional, coordinated, multifaceted awareness and education programs. These
programs will inform target audiences about the wildland-urban interface problem and how to mitigate the
risk of fire by increasing fire awareness, reducing human-caused fire starts, reducing fuels and developing
survivable space around structures and communities. They will learn what standards are necessary and
should be applied to wildland-urban interface areas in order to reduce the risk of fire damage to structures
and the threat to human life. Our educational opportunities are increasing each year and we would like to
be able to take advantage of these opportunities. The grant funding would give us the needed avenues to
reach out and impact the public with strong educational messages and displays. This will be accomplished
using face to face contacts, mailings, media contacts, public meetings, static displays and attending as
many events held throughout the surrounding areas. We would utilize the Living with Fire concept along
with fire resistant plant brochures and any other viable materials available. Demand for displays exceeds
the available displays and has resulted in missed outreach opportunities. Providing forums for the
exchange of information between partners and publics will result in behavior and attitude changes.
We also participate in many activities throughout the county educating about fire prevention and safety.
Our coop partners are varied but include individual landowners, rural and city fire departments, US Forest
Service, Bureau of Land Management, State agencies, US Fish & Wildlife, National Park Service, nonprofit organizations, local emergency service providers and others. All of the members of the Klamath Fire
Prevention Coop are committed to making our communities safe and healthier. About half of our coop
members are volunteer agencies, so funding educational activities is always a struggle.
Communities in the project areas are surrounded by or adjacent to lands managed by BLM, US Forest
Service, and industrial timberlands. Additional structures and communities are within one burning period
of such lands. Our goal is to provide improved safety and protection for the communities and surrounding
natural resources, as well as help protect local economies and businesses.
We would begin the project as soon as funding became available with results being utilized for years to
come.
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?
Klamath Fire Prevention Cooperative is a local coordination group who has knowledge,
expertise and is in touch with the local communities and community leaders.
Response:
Enclosure 3C (Page 2 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
1. Prevention of Wildland Urban Interface Fire (40 points)
Describe how the proposal will lead to:
A. Reduction of wildland urban interface fire
B. Reduction of structural losses
C. Homeowner action and personal responsibility to reduce fire loss of private land.
Response:
Once members of the target groups become familiar with the problem of fire in the wildland-urban interface
and how they can help solve the problem, they can change their current behavior and begin to actively work
to implement measures which will reduce the risk of fire damage to structures, natural resources, and the
threat to human life. The completion of mitigation work and the resulting improvement of survivable space
around individual homes and communities, which are expected from this project, will result in an immediate
reduction in the risk of fire. These communities are adjacent to, surrounded by or near federal forestlands.
The reduction in the overall size and damage from fires, which will result from this project, will allow for
improved fire protection for individual structures, communities as a whole, watersheds, wildlife and all other
values at risk from uncontrolled fire. An additional benefit of operating these types of programs is the
"integration" which occurs between fire prevention, forest stewardship, and forest health programs.
This grant would give the coop the opportunity to develop and educate the people within their areas using a
consistent message and content. As opposed to operating an isolated "fire prevention quick-fix" grant
program; the coop would use and incorporate fire prevention/hazard reduction as an opportunity to encourage
long term multi-resource planning and management.
FIREWISE, Living with Fire and other workshops and educational programs have been held in the region
and more are planned in the future to enhance exposure to the problem.
Technical advice offered will emphasize the need to perform maintenance activities to extend the reduction in
fire risk. Our message and out reach efforts will be on going and always reinforce the message to the property
owners.
Enclosure 3C (Page 3 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
2.
Community Participation (30 points)
Detail the community participation and collaboration for this project. Define clearly why you believe your group
will be successful in delivering the proposal to the target audience. How will the project be sustained or carried
forward beyond project timelines? How will the project be monitored and evaluated?
Increase individual and community awareness of the fire danger and direct homeowner action to
create and then maintain defensible space around their structures. Educate people to the benefits of
defensible space, which will encourage them to take ownership and responsibility for their own safety and
property in the future. The purpose of this funding request is to educate and energize property owners and
community leaders to better understand the nature of the forest wildfire potential and the treatment protocols
and community education that will mitigate these effects. Provide a wealth of information and education
about wildland interface and fire issues to local homeowners and surrounding communities, and provides
outreach to members of the larger public in Oregon, California and the Pacific Northwest, many of who
recreate or own properties in the interface areas.
This grant will help create a safer environment for individuals living in the wildland-urban interface by
educating citizens on how to reduce combustible fuels within the community forest. In addition, the
investment of community members in their homes and property will protect and enhance the overall quality
of life for everyone. A reduction in the risk of fire danger and the improvement of personal safety, which will
be a benefit of this project, should result in overall improvement to the stability of the county and therefore be
of benefit to the economy.
Response:
This funding project will not directly create new jobs but, as the start of a string of beneficial actions and
reactions, new business opportunities and jobs may be drawn to the individual communities and to the region
as a whole.
3.
Partnerships (40 points)
Detail the level of involvement of any local multi-agency, emergency services, non-profit coordination group, and
provide a list of partners for this project with their current and expected level of involvement, including any kind of
contributions or matching funds. What is the project relationship to a community risk assessment or mitigation
plan? Include the name of the plan, date it was prepared, and local contact to get a copy of the plan if requested.
Response:
Fire prevention cooperatives are based upon cooperation, coordination and planning within it's members
ranks. Funding this grant would enable us to better utilize all the talent and energy brought to this group.
Local Cooperation: Local cooperation will be sought and incorporated into the overall management of the
project.
Project Partners: Partners include landowners, homeowners associations, rural and city fire departments,
Forest Service, BLM, State, Red Cross, non-profit-organizations and others.
Use of Resource Agency Expertise: Personnel from the coop partners as appropriate will be used to provide
technical expertise to those designing and delivering the programs to be developed with the supplies and
equipment obtained through this project. Coop members know their areas, have valuable contacts, expertise
and are known to their residents. Other coop members can assist and bring additional knowledge and
resources to assist in a consistent and professional manner. Other specialists from differing agencies,
businesses or companies will be utilized to fill areas of expertise as needed.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Develop Project Action Plans
2005
Cooperative Members
Determine education supplies and equipment
needs
Per Project Plan
Per Project Plan
Obtain education supplies and equipment
Display Boards
Handouts
Supplies & Materials to develop programs
Per Project Plan
Per Project Plan
Perform education programs to interested
individuals, landowners, homeowners
associations, county fair and events, local
youth and others
Fall 2005 through June 30, 2007
Per Project Plan
Prepare final project report
Per Project Plan
Per Project Plan
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
Personnel
Coop Members
5,000.00
5,000.00
Subtotal
5,000.00
5,000.00
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
Displays, Video, Storage
Development
25,000.00
10,000.00
35,000.00
Subtotal
25,000.00
10,000.00
35,000.00
50,000.00
5,000.00
55,000.00
50,000.00
5,000.00
55,000.00
75,000.00
20,000.00
95,000.00
Supplies
Handouts - Adult & Children, Living
w/Fire,
Adult & Flyers
W/fire,
Brochures,
Subtotal
Contractual
Subtotal
Other
Subtotal
Total Costs
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.