Enclosure 3A - Project Summary Form
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NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Fuels Treatment Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization:
a) Chelan County Fire District #3 & b) Chelan County Conservation District on behalf of Chumstick Valley
Neighborhoods Fire Education and Fuels Reduction Committee
Phone:
Type of Applicant: (enter appropriate letter in box)
a) Doug DeVore (509) 548-7711;
L
b) Mike Rickel (509) 664-0268
FAX:
a) 509.548.0307; b) 509.664.0255
Email:
a) chief3@tumwater.net;
b) mike-rickel@wa.nacdnet.org
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):
a) DeVore 228 Chumstick, Leavenworth WA 98826; b) Rickel 301 Yakima St, Room 307, Wenatchee, WA 98801
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Mike Rickel, Natural Resource Specialist
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Chelan County Conservation District on behalf of the Chumstick Valley Neighborhoods
Phone:
FAX:
(509) 664-0268
(509) 664-0255
Email:
mike-rickel@wa.nacdnet.org
Project Information
Project Title: Chumstick Neighborhoods Fuels Reduction
Proposed Project Start Date:
Proposed Project End Date:
January 2005, a continuation of project started August 2003
December 31, 2006
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Cost:
$250,000
$314,000
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please prioritize, and explain if the projects are stand alone, sequential or other:
#1 Chumstick Neighborhood Community Risk Assess. & Mitigation for Fire Protection $44,800, sequential (can be partially funded);
#2 Chumstick Neighborhood Fuels Treatment Project – $250,000, sequential (can be partially funded);
#3 Submitted jointly with Leavenworth Neighborhood - Education & Community Outreach Program $4500 (can be partially funded)
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 Chumstick Valley Neighborhoods Fuels Reduction Committee is an umbrella association with approximately 18,000 acres of
private land, and 1,500 people in 500 homes. $250,000 funding (plus $64,000 “sweat equity” and equipment from neighbors and
“in-kind” services of partners) with goals of:
$55,000 Complete fuels treatment within defensible space to reduce hazards for 100 homes;
$140,000 Reduce fuel hazards beyond area home-sites (defensible space) on 150 acres. This will reduce fuel hazards & fire risk on
the extended “community protection zone”, including ingress and egress safety for fire suppression personnel, and strategic shaded
fuel breaks, based on priorities developed in community fire risk assessment for Chelan County and implemented here.
$30,000 Fuels specialist/Consultant to manage sub-contracts and conduct homeowner-landowner education;
$35,000 Grant administration, overhead for coordination, contract administration, staff supervision, “agreements development”.
Project Location:
County:
Federal Congressional District:
47 degrees 40’ North / 120 degrees 37’ West
Chelan
4th Congressional District
Name of Federal, State or Tribal contact with whom you coordinated this proposal:
Telephone number of Contact:
Glenn Hoffman USFS; Len Riggin WA DNR
(509) 548-6977; (509) 925-0969
Enclosure 3A (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:
 project location (e.g., Watershed,
Address
neighboring community)
these items
as applicable:  anticipated outcomes

project relationship to the community risk assessment and
mitigation plan
 amount or extent of actions (acres, number of homes, etc.)
 community partners and their
 project timeline and matching or contributed funds
role(s)
 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 haven’t worked with a local coordination group, why not?
The project is located in the 49,900-acre Chumstick Watershed (59% USFS, 36% Private, 5% State DNR),
within Wenatchee River Sub-basin, immediately northeast of the City of Leavenworth, WA. We are a
“community-at-risk”, surrounded by Federal land. In the last decade, large wildfires have occurred within a
few miles of the project area, to the north, east, south, and west. High fuel-loading on the ground and many
ladder fuels leave the area ripe for catastrophic, high-intensity wildfire. Fire starts average 7.3 annually, about
half lightening-caused and half human-caused, including from the railroad that runs the length of the
Chumstick Valley.
Public awareness of hazardous fuel situation will increase, defensible space will be created around homes,
ingress/egress routes will be made visible and safer for firefighters and residents, and shade-fuel breaks will
slow potential fire spread.
Community partners include the Chumstick Valley Fire Education and Fuels Reduction Committee
(CVFEFRC), Chumstick Watershed Alliance, USDA Forest Service, Chelan County Fire District #3, Chelan
County Conservation District (CCCD), Washington State DNR, Leavenworth Neighborhoods Fire, Education
and Fuels Reduction Group, in addition to 500 homeowners in the Chumstick Watershed. The CVFEFRG
will oversee the project and outreach and coordinate efforts of residents and agencies. The Alliance will
cooperate and share information with homeowners. The FS and Fire District will cooperate in conducting
homeowner risk assessments and developing a community fire plan. The CCCD will administer grant dollars
and oversee contract administrator. The DNR has reviewed and improved this project proposal. The
Leavenworth Group will continue to share their experience, and cooperate on community education and
outreach programs. Homeowners will direct work on their lands. The Forest Service is also reducing
hazardous fuels on an adjacent 43,000 acres.
This project will use the existing “Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies” plan for the area. In
addition, this will be integrated with the community risk assessment and mitigation plan being developed by
Chelan County in 2004. Projects and priorities identified in these plans will be implemented with monies
from this grant, where appropriate. Results from risk assessments completed for 500 homes (NFPA 299),
GPS mapping of remote structures and access routes, risk evaluation of ingress/egress routes to structures
will help prioritize work.
This project will begin in January 2005, or when monies are allocated, and work completed by December
2006. Homeowners will contribute an estimated $50,000 in matching funds in the form of sweat equity and
maintenance, with USFS/CCFD/WADNR contributing an additional $14,000 of “in-kind” services.
The CVFEFRC has an active core of 7 landowners that are motivated by having experienced large
wildfires on adjacent lands, and smaller ones within the project area. Members have backgrounds in natural
resources, business, law, and education. We have strong multi-agency support for this effort. We are working
closely with neighboring Leavenworth Neighbors group who have completed similar work, and will utilize
many of the same resources, contractors, administrators and government officials to complete our project.
Enclosure 3A (Page 2 of 3) - 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:
Fire protection will be improved for 500 homes and businesses, as well as ingress and egress routes that
support fire suppression and resident evacuation, including neighboring communities (Leavenworth and
Plain). Fire risk will be reduced for 2 major powerlines, railroad tracks, and County highway.
Defensible space in the immediate vicinity of structures will be the highest priority for treatment. Fuels
removed will be based on risk assessments conducted by professional fuels technicians, in cooperation with
US Forest Service and Chelan County Fire District #3. Fuels will be disposed of by chipping and spreading,
or piling and burning. Burning would take place during spring or fall, while fire risk is low and in
consultation with local fire district. Removal of shrubs and smaller trees, and pruning of larger trees would
likely occur, where needed, based on risk assessments and landowner desires. The risk assessment process
would also educate landowners on other steps they could take to lower risk of their home igniting (roof and
deck materials, rain gutter maintenance, firewood storage, sprinkler system, fire-resistant types of landscaping
vegetation….). On private property areas beyond defensible space, landowners would work with a fuelsreduction professional to efficiently design landscape treatments. Similarly, ground and ladder fuels would be
removed to reduce potential flame length and crown fire.
Education provided by the project will encourage landowners to maintain treatments into the future, and
provide them with skills or resources (names of local contractors) to get the job done.
Collaborators on this project include Chelan County Fire District #3, USFS, Chelan County Conservation
District, the Chumstick Valley Neighborhoods Fire Education and Fuels Reduction Committee, and
individual landowners. The Chumstick Valley committee will monitor projects directly and seek feedback
from collaborators to improve this and future projects. The 15-acre demonstration project at Redtail Canyon
Farm in the project area will serve as an example to landowners of treatment possibilities.
Enclosure 3A (Page 3 of 3) - 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:
This proposal will fund personnel to plan fuels reduction projects in cooperation with landowners, carry
out fuels reduction projects, and administer contracts and monies. This includes personnel previously
employed in other fuel reduction projects and should provide a future, experienced workforce for newly
forming community protection groups. This would be the first phase of a multi-phase project for this project
area. Public education is expected to motivate adjacent groups to form and conduct similar projects (Plain,
Valley Hi…).
This work is anticipated to provide seasonal/partial funding for approximately 10 jobs (3 risk assessors, 1
contractor administrator, up to 6 contractors, and 1 program oversight administrator).
Public education will be a priority. Information sharing amongst landowners and other communities, and
both defensible space and landscape fuels reduction skills will be used. Implementation will include the use
of household and commercial landscaping tools including chainsaws, chippers, and the use of prescribed fire.
There is no plan to utilize biomass at the moment.
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:
This project will implement the “Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies” plan for the Southeast
Region, completed in January 2003. Contact Len Riggin, len.riggin@wadnr.gov, (509) 925-0969. In addition,
this project will be integrated with the community risk assessment and mitigation plan being developed for
Chelan County in 2004 by Mike Rickel, mike-rickel@wa.nacdnet.org, (509) 664-0268. This project will develop
more specific information for homesites (NFPA 299), in cooperation with Fire District #3 (Doug DeVore)
and US Forest Service (Glenn Hoffman). Local contact information is on front page of this application.
Previous mailings, newspaper articles, local radio station interviews, door-to-door contacts, word-ofmouth, county signage, and community meetings have been used to increase public awareness of the
hazardous fuel situation in the watershed. A website was developed by our local group
(www.eleanorstravels.com/Chumstick/index.htm). Coordination will continue with agencies and landowners.
Cooperators/partners include Chelan County Fire District #3 (Doug ), US Forest Service – Lake
Wenatchee-Leavenworth Ranger District (Glenn Hoffman), Chelan County Conservation District (Mike
Rickel), Washington State DNR (Len Riggin).
Local support is very high among agencies. Support by the community is high and growing as people learn
more about the project including the current risks, mitigation techniques, and opportunities afforded by this
grant. Support should increase when our 15-acre demonstration project at Redtail Canyon Farm is complete.
Enclosure 3A - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Complete Chelan County community
fire risk assessment and mitigation
planning (not part of this grant
request, but Draft will be completed
by Oct 2004, Final by Dec 2004)
March 2004 – December 2004
Chelan County Conservation
District (Mike Rickel) under
direction of Chelan County Fire
Marshall (Rod Lasher)
Coordinate contract and complete risk
assessments for homeowners and GPS
map routes and structures using NFPA
299 (separate 3B grant application)
Fall 2004 – Summer 2005
Chelan County Fire District #3
Hire consulting fuels
specialist/contract administrator to
coordinate defensible space work with
landowners, based on homeowner risk
assessments (NFPA 299)
Spring 2005
Chumstick Valley
Neighborhoods Fire Education
and Fuels Reduction Committee
with oversight from CCCD.
Complete defensible space work
Spring 2005 – Fall 2006
Contract administrator with
oversight from CCCD.
Implement landscape-scale
recommendations beyond defensible
space from community risk
assessment and strategic plan
Fall 2005 – Fall 2006
Contract administrator with
oversight from CCCD.
Public education and outreach
Ongoing
Chumstick Valley
Neighborhoods Fire Education
and Fuels Reduction Committee
Enclosure 3A Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal Agency
Applicant
(Grant)
(Chumstick Valley
Neighbors…)
Personnel
Administrator (CCCD)
Cooperators
Subtotal
Partner 1
(Chelan Co.
Fire District #3)
Partner 2
(USFS)
Total
10,000
10,000
10,000
62,000
77,000
500
1,000
1,500
500
1,000
1,500
500
500
500
500
15,000
15,000
50,000
50,000
2,000
2,000
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
GIS/Computers
Subtotal
Supplies
Maps
Subtotal
Contractual
Consulting Fuels Specialist
Defensible Space
Beyond Defensible Space
Subtotal
30,000
55,000
125,000
210,000
30,000
55,000
125,000
210,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
Other
Overhead (CCCD)
Subtotal
Total Costs
250,000
50,500
2,000
11,500
1
Project (Program) Income
(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.
314,000