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:
Pacific Northwest Coordinating Council
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
(360) 902-1300
(360) 902-1781
sandy.williams@wadnr.gov
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
1111 Washington St. SE, PO Box 47037, Olympia, WA 98504-7037
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Sandy Williams, Prevention Education Manager
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Washington Department of Natural Resources
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
(360) 902-1300
(360) 902-1781
sandy.williams@wadnr.gov
Project Information
Project Title:
PNWCG Fire Prevention Week
Project Start:
Project End:
October 1, 2002
September 30, 2007
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
Yes, this if priority 2 of 3
Brief Project Description:
This proposal is to enable the Fire Prevention Week (FPW) Committee to seek out and secure
individuals who are eminently qualiified in their field of expertise to put on training for the annual
Fire Prevention Conference. This approach aligns with National Fire Plan goals for Fire Prevention
in that it encourages fire prevention education be based on the best science, including social
science.
The number of conference attendees has grown to nearly 300 with a wide mix between structural
and wildland firefighters. The FPW Committee continues to strive for quality training sessions that
meet or exceed the expectation and need of the attendees.
Project Location:
County:
Congressional District:
Oregon/Washington State
Oregon/Washington State
all
Project Type: Check appropriate project type. More than one type may be checked. If only Box (4) is checked, use Enclosure 4.
(1)
(2)
Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Project
Wildland Urban Interface Education and Prevention Project
(3)
(4)
Community Planning for Fire Protection Project
Fuels Utilization and Marketing 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
 partners
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project income
project time frames
specify types of activities and equipment used
amount or extent of actions (acres, number of homes, etc)
environmental, cultural and historical resource requirements
The Fire Prevention Week is an annual conference sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Wildfire
Coordinating Group, Prevention Working Team. This training is open to federal, state, and local, wildland
and structural firefighters. The location of Fire Prevention Training moves between Oregon and Washington,
depending on where a suitable facility is located that meets the needs and is within budget. The 2003 Fire
Prevention Conference will be in Gleneden, OR, the week of February 24 - 28. The registration fee for this
event will be approximately $130 for registration and $406.00 per individual for per diem for the week. The
registration covers the cost of that years' event.
Response:
It is only within the last few years that fire prevention education has been elevated to a critical component of
the fire program in all organizations. Throughout these organizations new employees have been hired to take
on the fire prevention/mitigation programs. This week long conference provides a forum for individuals to
learn from instructors and each other so they can return to their home unit to build or strengthen their
prevention, education and mitigation program.
The job of fire prevention educator requires many "selling" tools because it is a job of working to get people
to change their behavior. To be successful in prevention, one must understand how to target their audiences
and communicate with them. This is why instructor credentials as well as the quality of instruction is so
critical to fire prevention education/mitigation.
The types of training the committee is seeking to offer for the '03 conference includes a Fire Prevention
Education Certification; Verbal Judo; Puppetry and Prop Making to name a few. Examples of what funds
from this grant would cover are: 1) the travel and per diem of trainers necessary to put on the Fire
Prevention Education Training; and 2) as well as to seek out puppetry experts from Images in Motion and pay
a negotiated amount if required in addition to the travel and per diem. The individuals from Images in
Motion used to work on the Muppet Show and would bring an elevated level of training as they teach people
how to make the puppets more believable, how to develop scripts and skits to market fire prevention
programs. Both of these examples are classes that would be of use and interest to both structural and
wildland firefighters.
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.
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 fuels treatment plan or 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 (a) leads to, enhances or restores a local fire-adapted ecosystem, and/or (b) mitigates or leads to the
mitigation of hazardous fuel conditions.
F. How will the proposed treatments be maintained over time?
Response:
The purpose and intent of having a fire prevention conference is to enable individuals to learn tools and tricks
of the trade. The quality of instruction and instructor is paramount to an individuals' openness to the concepts
being presented.
By having a higher quality and certification type training available, The Committee hopes to widen the
number of qualified individuals to be available for and participate on fire prevention teams. The Committee
also hopes to bring in new ideas and approaches for fire prevention activities with the ever change in
technology and information about social science. Additionally the quality of the training and trainer should
enhance and motivate individuals to go back to their resprective places of work and implement what they
have learned. The end result of this is intended to be a reduced number of human caused fires in communities
as well as reducing the number of acres burned in a fire because fire prevention folks have increased the
number of community members willing to implement defensible space.
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)?
B. To what extent will this project be offered to serve as a model for other communities?
C. Will biomass or forest fuels be utilized; if so, in what manner and how much?
Response: Overall
this proposal is not designed to improve the local economy in terms of jobs and sustainable
economic activity. The whole idea of fire prevention is to get people to act or carry out prevention
behaviors/activities. The message is often dry and repetative. It is imperative for prevention educators to be
able to tap into a national pool of subject matter experts who can bring forth new ideas and methodologies for
prevention staff to utilize to encourage community members to act on and implement fire prevention
activities, e.g., elimination of yard debris.
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 plan, or creates such a plan. Describe the plan if it
already exists.
B. Explain the level of cooperation, coordination or strategic planning among federal, state, tribal, local government and
community organizations. List the cooperators.
Response: The
classes being offered at the Fire Prevention Week conference support the National Fire Plan's
strategic approach for fire prevention. Fire Prevention Week training is geared to:
-Build internal stakeholders knowledge and recruit support; and
-Provide information necessary to promote fire prevention and mitigation education
Additionally this training encourages and builds interagency cooperation, coordination and communication
through the classes being offered and the networking opportunities at the conference.
4. Expanding Community Participation. (15 Points)
A. To what extent have interested people and communities been provided an opportunity to become informed and involved in this
proposal?
B. Describe the extent of local support for the project, including any cost-sharing arrangements.
C. What are the environmental, social and educational benefits of the project?
Response: Obviously this
proposal is supported by the Pacific Northwest Wildfire Coordinating Group,
Prevention Working Team as well as the Fire Prevention Week Committee members. Additionally, this grant
is being sought after reviewing the annual evaluation forms completed by attendees as to what courses they
would like to have offered.
The environmental, social and educational benefits of this project will be the gained knowledge and
enthusiasm by prevention specialists to go back to their respective communities and engage the public on
awareness of wildland fire. Training from the conference will have identified how to target our audiences and
deliver the fire prevention message in a way that encourages their participation in doing what they can to
reduce fire, e.g., learning how to safely and appropriately use fireworks, extinguishing campfires, not playing
with matches, implementing defensible space concept, etc.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Personnel
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
Partner 1
$0.00
Partner 2
Total
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$15,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$15,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$10,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$10,000.00
Fringe Benefits
$0.00
Subtotal
$0.00
Travel
airline and per diem
$15,000.00
Subtotal
$15,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Equipment
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Supplies
Subtotal
$0.00
Contractual
payment for trainer
$10,000.00
Subtotal
$10,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Other
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total Costs
$25,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$25,000.00
Project (Program) Income1
(using deductive alternative)
1
$0.00
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.