Enclosure 3A - Project Summary Form
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE PROJECTS
Application for Wildland Urban Interface Fuels / Education and
Prevention / Community Planning for Fire Protection Projects
Applicant
Applicant/Organization: Lake County Resources Initiative
Phone: 541-947-5461
FAX: 541-947-3268
Email: jwalls @gooselake.com
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip): 25 North E Street Suite 3 Lakeview Oregon 97630
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title): Jim Walls Executive director
Organization/Jurisdiction: Lake County Resources Initiative
Phone: 541-947-5461
FAX: 541-947-3268
Email: jwalls @gooselake.com
Project Information
Project Title: Goose Lake Fire Risk assessment
Proposed Project Start Date: October 2003
Proposed Project End Date: December 31, 2004
Federal Funding Request: $71,600
Total Project Funding: $128,600
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize: no
Brief Project Description:
This project proposes to produce a fire risk assessment for private and public forest and range
lands surrounding the Goose Lake valley. This project will assess data on existing fuel conditions
to determine fire risk. It is anticipated, that this data will then be used to generate fire prevention
plans as well as determining treatments needed to reduce hazardous fuels. Data to be
accumulated will include fire history, weather data including precipitation and lightning patterns.
Current vegetation and hazardous fuels status will also be included in the program. Maps will be
produced that will include transportation systems, structure locations and existing fire suppression
infrastructure such as water sources, natural and maintained fuel brakes. This project will result in
a plan that will assist wildland fire and structural fire agencies in setting priorities in multiple fire
situations as well as assist both public and private landowners in determining hazardous fuels
treatment needs. This plan will also lead to the development of a fire prevention program for these
lands. A goal of this project will be to form a local fire council including all jurisdictions.
Project Location (latitude/longitude if applicable):
County: Lake
Congressional District: 02
Project Type: Check appropriate project type. More than one type may be checked. If only Box (4) is checked, use Enclosure 4.
(1)
Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Project
(3) x Community Planning for Fire Protection Project
(2) x Wildland Urban Interface Education and Prevention
(4)
Fuels Utilization and Marketing Project
Project
If the applicant is an unincorporated area, define the geographic area being represented:
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:
 project location
Address these
 project implementation
items as
 anticipated outcomes
applicable:
 measures and reporting
 interagency partners
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project relationship to community or natural landscape fire plans
project time frames and income
specify types of activities and equipment used
amount or extent of actions (acres, number of homes, etc)
environmental, cultural and historical resource requirements
This project will encompass public and private lands surrounding the Goose Lake Valley in Lake
County Oregon. The purpose of this project is to analyze the fire risk to these lands. This will be
accomplished by mapping the locations of structures and other improvements, the transportation system,
existing hazardous fuels and vegetation conditions in the wildland urban interface in Goose Lake valley. Part
of the project will be to gather all existing information into a comprehensive database. This information will
then be analyzed to ascertain what information is missing. Those areas with incomplete information will then
be surveyed to fill in the gaps. From this data it will be possible to assign a risk rating to various areas. It will
also be possible to use the data to develop prevention plans and fuels treatment projects where necessary. A
goal will be to create a local fire council made up of state and federal wildland fire agencies, rural fire
departments local government agencies as well as representatives of both industrial timberlands and nonindustrial lands. Also the county assessor, and land use planning functions of Lake County play a significant
role in fire planning and prevention, as well as providing major data related to land ownerships. This council
would bring together all of the stakeholders in fire prevention and suppression in this area. Each of these
groups has information and plans for lands in their area of responsibility but a common database of all of this
information does not exist. By bringing all of these groups together in the planning stages, a more
coordinated response in times of emergency will be possible. Another product of this project and the fire
council would be to coordinate and cooperate in a wildland fire training program. The database will include a
listing of personnel, their qualification and equipment. The fire council would also allow increased
understanding of laws, rules, regulations and policies that each of the agencies operates under. The partners
in this program will be the Lakeview Interagency Fire Center, which is made up of the Fremont-Winema
National Forest, the Lakeview District of the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and wildlife Service
Sheldon-Hart Mountain Refuges, Klamath-Lake District Oregon State Department of Forestry, Lakeview Fire
Department, Lakeview Rural Fire Department, Thomas Creek Westside Fire Department, Pine Creek Fire
Department, Oregon State Parks and Oregon Department of Transportation. In addition, private landowners
will be encouraged to participate and be a part of the fire council.
At this time there is not a coordinated fire plan that covers this area. Some of these lands are not included in
any fire protection district at this time. While each of the agencies have some plans for lands within their
jurisdiction there is a need for a coordinated plan. There are also areas with no inventory of structures, roads
fuels and vegetation. In other areas the inventory is either incomplete or out of date. A great efficiency could
be achieved by gather and collating this information in one database available to all of the agencies. This
would be a tremendous asset to use in allocating resources in multiple fire situations. The projected time
frame for this project is as follows. Data gathering would begin in early 2004. During the summer of 2004,
ground verification of existing data and addition data gathering would take place. At this time agencies as
well as private landowner would be brought together to form the local fire council. During the fall of 2004
the data would be assemble into maps ect. Analysis would be preformed to determine training needs.
Training would be planned and carried out prior to the start of the 2005 fire season. During the winter of
2004-2005 the risk assessment would be completed and prevention planning would be started. This would
include fire prevention education in the local schools. While this project will not produce any direct income,
the potential for savings in property and human loss by increasing fire safety is tremendous. This work will
serve as a template for similar planning effort in the remainder of the county in future years. This initial
project will cover approximately 100,000 acres of public and private land. The number of homes and other
structures in this area is unknown at this time, because of the lack of a complete inventory. Because this
project will not involve any ground disturbing activity, there will be no requirement for an environmental
assessment. Part of the mapping may include structures or areas with historical or cultural significance.
Response
Enclosure 3B (Page 2 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
Applications for funding must include narrative responses that address the following four criteria. Within each criterion, subcriteria are listed in descending order of importance. Limit your responses to the areas provided.
1. Reducing Fire Risk. (40 points))
A. Describe how the proposal promotes reduction of risk in high hazard areas or communities, or natural landscapes.
B. Describe how the proposed project benefits resources on federal land or adjacent non-federal land, or how it protects the safety
of communities.
C. To what extent does the project implement or create a cooperative (1) fuels treatment plan or (2) community fire strategy
(include evidence of the plan if it already exists)?
D. Explain to what extent the affected community or proponent has been involved or plans to involve the affected community in a
qualified fuels education program (e.g., FIREWISE).
E. Explain how the proposal (1) leads to, enhances or restores a local fire-adapted ecosystem, and/or (2) mitigates or leads to the
mitigation of hazardous fuel conditions.
F. How will the proposed treatments or programs be maintained in future years?
Response:
A. The Fremont National Forest and Lakeview District, Bureau of Land Management in Lake County have a history of
frequent large fires. There has been an increase in the number of homes constructed adjacent to National Forest and BLM
land. This project will begin to address the risk to both homes, forest and range lands. This will be accomplished by
identifying those areas that are at greatest risk from wildfire and will look for methods to mitigate that risk.
B. One aspect of this proposal will be a prevention and education project designed to reduce the risk of human caused fires in
the wildland urban interface in the Goose Lake Valley. This project will also increase cooperation and understanding
between the various fire service agencies that will lead to greater efficiencies. This will in turn provide better protection to
both federal and private lands.
C. This project will create a local fire council made up of representatives of all the fire agencies ,and local government
functions , as well as private land owners. This project will provide the beginning of a coordinated community fire
strategy. This strategy will include prevention, education and suppression planning and training.
D. This proposal is supported by all of the local wildland and structural fire agencies. Lake County Resources Initiative
(LCRI) will serve as the coordinating body to bring the agencies together as well as private landowners. All of the
agencies recognize the need for this type of planning, but are limited by available funding and personnel to accomplish it.
E. This project will gather information on existing hazardous fuels within the study area. A system will be developed to
assign a risk rating to each area. This will lead to coordinated fuels reduction projects in the future. These projects could
include the use of prescribed fire to reduce the existing fire hazard and also improve and restore habitat.
F. Once the fire council is formed and active it will be positioned to seek funding from a variety of sources to carry out the
work identified in the initial study in a coordinated manner.
2. Increasing local capacity. (30 points)
A. How would the proposal improve or lead to the improvement of the local economy in terms of jobs and sustainable economic
activity? How many jobs are expected to be created or retained and for how long (please distinguish between essentially yearround and seasonal jobs)? How will this proposal link to toher projects (or proposed projects) to create year-round jobs?
B. To what extent will this project be offered to serve as a model for other communities or natural landscapes?
C. Will biomass or forest fuels be utilized; if so, in what manner and how much?
Response:
A. This project will create some jobs initially to gather the information needed to create a database of existing condition as
well a prevent ion and education plan. It is anticipated that future jobs would be created to do needed hazardous fuels
reduction work. While some of the planning work can be accomplished in the winter, most of the inventory work will need
to done during the summer months. Lake County Resources Initiative (LCRI) has been working for the past two years to
provide training and contracting opportunities to local workers. This project will provide the means to continue efforts in
this area. This project will also provide fire suppression and contracting training to local contractors to assist them in
becoming more competitive for contract opportunities in both fuels projects and fire suppression work.
B. This project will focus on the Goose Lake Valley. It is anticipated this project will serve as a model that will be used in
other areas of Lake County where applicable. LCRI along with its partner Sustainable Northwest is part of a network of
communities in the northwest that routinely share information and lessons learned. Any information gained from this
project would be available to the public. LCRI will actively seek to share this information.
C. LCRI is involved in a feasibility study for a biomass cogeneration plant in Lakeview. We are also doing a feasibility study
for a post and pole plant in southern Lake County. Both of these efforts are aimed at providing local jobs as well as
finding uses for by products of hazardous fuels reduction and forest restoration projects. Much of the area covered by this
study has been invaded by Juniper. It is hoped that by finding a use for Juniper as well as small diameter trees, fire hazard
can be reduced, jobs created and healthy forests restored.
Enclosure 3B (Page 3 of 3) - Project Evaluation Criteria
3. Increasing interagency and intergovernmental coordination. (15 Points)
A. Describe how this project implements a local intergovernmental strategy or plan, or creates such a plan. Describe the plan if it
already exists.
B. Explain the level of cooperation, coordination or strategic planning through a “Local Coordination Group” for wildland fire
activities, or among federal, state, tribal, local government and community organizations. List the cooperators (a detailed list
of cooperators will be required for projects that are funded).
Response:
A. This project will create a local intergovernmental fire council. All of the local fire agencies agree that there is a need for
such a council. This need was made more evident by wildfires during the summer of 2002 that impacted large areas of
federal and private land and threatened many homes. Reviews after the fires pointed out many areas where improvements
could be made such as setting priorities for use of suppression resources as well as more efficient means of sharing
information. It is evident that there is a need for a coordinated planning process that shares information across all of the
fire protection jurisdictions. This coordination needs happen prior to the fire and not after. The State and Federal agencies
are limited in their ability to accomplish this project by both funding and staffing levels. In addition, this project will
provide a vehicle to coordinate hazardous fuels treatment project across ownership boundaries. This will increase the
effectiveness of the treatments as well as being more cost efficient. The local and rural fire departments are staffed largely
by volunteers and therefore lack time to take on a task of this magnitude. LCRI will take the lead for this project. By
using the expertise and knowledge of all of the partners a coordinated plan will be produced.
B. This project is supported by the Fremont-Winema National Forest, Lakeview District Bureau of Land Management,
Oregon State Department of Forestry, Klamath-Lake District, Lakeview Volunteer Fire Department, Lakeview Rural Fire
Department, Thomas Creek Westside Fire Department New Pine Creek Fire Department, town and county government
bodies and many individuals and companies who own or manage land adjacent to federal lands. All of the agencies have
agreed to participate in this project if it is funded. A major part of this proposal will be to bring together all of the existing
information in one location. The second part will be to gather additional information where gaps exist.
4. Expanding Community Participation. (15 Points)
A. To what extent have interested individuals, groups, and communities been provided an opportunity to become informed and
involved in this proposal?
B. Describe the extent of local support or opposition for the project, including any cost-sharing arrangements.
C. What are the environmental, social and educational benefits or concerns of the project?
Response:
A. All local fire agencies have been invited to participate in this project. Discussions have been held with most of the large
industrial timberland owners and some of the owners of small parcels. Should this proposal be funded, a concentrated effort
will be made to recruit all landowners to become involved in this project. This proposal will only involve the community of
Lakeview and surrounding areas.
B. There is great support for this project from the local fire protection community as well as landowners in the wildland urban
interface. The Town of Lakeview as a timberland owner supports this project as does Lake County. The Forest Service and
Bureau of Land Management will provide GIS mapping for this project as well as providing existing vegetation maps for the
project. The Oregon State Department of Forestry will provide* information on land ownership and fuels status for private
lands, as well as assisting with data gathering. The local structural departments will share existing information on locations
of structures. The Forest Service will provide historical fire and weather data as well as fuels data for federal lands. There is
no known opposition to this project.
C. This project will have multiple benefits. It is expected that in future years this project will lead to hazardous fuels reduction
projects which will reduce environmental and economic loses caused by wildfire. These fuels projects will create some
opportunity for employment as well as restoring the forest to a more natural condition. The prevention plan that will be
created will involve the local educational community in fire prevention training. It is also possible that high school science
classes could participate in fuels reduction planning and restoration projects. There may be summer job opportunities created
for local students as well as contractors. We feel that the results of this project will have a positive impact on the entire
community.
*Lake County Assessor maintains database of land ownership information that ODF uses for assessments for Fire Protection on
private lands. This information will form the foundation for other applications using GIS, and other analysis tools for Fire
Planning, Prevention, and education.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Begin Fire Council Organization
October –December 2003
Lake County Resources Initiative
Gather existing information from participating
partners and begin identifying information
gaps. Continue Fire Council organizing.
January – March 2004
Lake County Resources Initiative
Oregon State Department of Forestry
Fremont national Forest
Lakeview BLM
Rural Fire Departments
Inventory lands for missing data and
verification of existing data.
Continue Fire Council organization
April – July 2004
Oregon State Department of Forestry
Fremont National Forest
Lakeview BLM
Rural Fire Departments
Lake County Resources Initiative
Develop risk assessment, begin prevention
plan, training plans, and continue Fire Council
development.
July – September 2004
Lake County Resources Initiative
Oregon State Department of Forestry
Fremont National Forest
Lakeview BLM
Rural fire Departments
Complete all plans and share information
Prepare to implement plan prior to fire season.
October – December 2004
Lake County Resources Initiative
Fremont National Forest
Lakeview BLM
Rural Fire Departments
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Personnel
Subtotal
Federal
Agency
NFP
$22,500
Applicant
LCRI
$22,500
Partner 1
ODF
$10,000
$10,000
Partner 2
Total
Local Fire Dept.
FS/BLM
$20,000 /$20,000
$5,000
$20,000 / $20,000
$5,000
$77,500
Fringe Benefits
$4,800
Subtotal
$4,800
$4,800
Travel
$3,500
Subtotal
Equipment
GPS Equip
Computer Software
Subtotal
$3,500
$3,500
$600
$400
$1,000
$1,000
Supplies
$500
Subtotal
Contractual
Consultants
ODF
Subtotal
$500
$500
$20,000
$10,000
$30,000
$30,000
Other
Admin Cost
Rent/Utilities
Subtotal
$9,300
$2,000
$2,000
Total Costs
$71,600
$2,000
$9300
$11,300
$10,000 $20,000 $20,000
$5,000
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.
$128,600