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:
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
(541) 536-2935
(541) 536-3801
lpinvestigations@aol.com
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
P. O. Box 10, La Pine, Oregon 97739
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Jim Gustafson, Fire Marshal
Organization/Jurisdiction:
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
(541) 536-2935
(541) 536-3801
lpinvestigations@aol.com
Project Information
Project Title:
La Pine RFPD Wildland Urban Interface Awareness, Education & Fuels Disposal Alternative
Project Start:
Project End:
July 1, 2002
September 30, 2003
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$23,600.00
$48,100.00
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
This is one project that has three components that are integral to the project.
Brief Project Description:
This project is a Wildland Urban Interface Fire prevention awareness, education, and alternative
disposal of reduced fuels assistance Program. The Fire District believes that this program will
enhance and advance previous joint programs that have been conducted by the Fire District in
cooperation with the Oregon Department of Forestry, Walker Range Patrol Association and the
Deschutes National Forest. The project includes the purchase of manufactured “Wildfire Danger
Signs” that will keep residents and visitors aware of the fire danger. The purchase of approximately
9,000 copies of “Living with Fire” A Guide for the Homeowner and for the bulk mailing of them to
every mailing address in the Fire District and our neighboring community of Sunriver. The final
element of the project is to fund the purchase of a chipper capable of handling up to a 5” capacity.
This will be utilized to help residents get rid of the fuels they have reduced, without burning, and
allow the property owner to use the chipped product as ground cover or mulch.
Project Location:
County:
Congressional District:
La Pine Fire District - Oregon
Deschutes / Klamath
2nd
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:
La Pine RFPD is approximately 105 square miles of south Deschutes and north Klamath Counties
within all or parts of T20S, 21S, 22S, 23S; R 9E, 10E, 11E Willamette Meridian
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 LaPine Rural Fire Protection District is an area of approximately 105 square miles of southern
Deschutes and northern Klamath Counties. The Fire District has an approximate year round population of
18,000 and a seasonal population, (late spring through late fall), of approximately 25,000. LaPine RFPD is
totally Wildland Urban Interface in nature laying in a swathe between the Big Deschutes River on the west
and U. S. Highway 97 on the east, in all or parts of Townships 20, 21, 22, & 23 south, Ranges 9, 10, & 11
east of the Willamette Meridian. Public lands surround the LaPine Fire District, approximately 70% Forest
Service and 30% BLM. The Fire District has experienced many Wildland Urban Interface Fires during the
past twenty years but has only lost one structure to these fires, that in 1984. This history of very low structural
loss in the face of the potential that exists continues to baffel the most experienced wildland and structural
protection specialists that work in this area. I believe that one reason for this insignificant property loss is due
to the Interagency Cooperation and joint Awareness Programs that have been conducted through cooperative
efforts of the Fire District, Oregon Department of Forestry, Walker Range Protection Association and
Deschutes National Forest. As identified in the brief project description in “3A” this grant proposal
contains requests for funds to purchase items for the successful completion of three components. (1) The
purchase and placement of new Wildland Fire Danger Warning Signs; (2) the purchase and mailing of
“Living With Fire” A Guide For The Homeowner (produced by the Pacific Northwest Wildfire Coordinating
Group); (3) the purchase of a chipper with at least 5 inch capacity. The LaPine Fire District has three, old
deteriorating plywood Fire Danger Signs that are in use currently. These signs are between 10 and 15 years
old and have been repaired and repainted but are past the end of their life expectancy. We are proposing to
purchase ten (10) manufactured SF aluminum, 30” by 4’, with low, medium, high and extreme ranges. The
signs will be brown with green, blue, yellow, and red pie sections. The Fire District proposes to place double
signs at each of our three stations and single signs at the entrance to 4 subdivisions. We see this as a
cooperative effort with the three, wildland agencies as these will be similar to what they use and will provide
awareness and protection for their lands, simply by use and observance. By mailing “Living With Fire” to
every postal address in the Fire District, we are providing new awareness and reinforcing Wildland Urban
Interface Awareness, Prevention and Education. The previous awareness, prevention and education efforts
have been presented in joint cooperation of the Fire District, Oregon Department of Forestry and the
Deschutes National Forest during the past 10-years. Between 3 and 5 years ago, Fire District personnel and
ODF fire crews spent fire seasons going door to door in the Fire District presenting information and
conducting WUI triage assessments. Since this time the Fire District has experienced a great growth period
and many people who did not get this awareness and education will greatly benefit by receiving such an
excellent educational tool. By obtaining a chipper, the Fire District can enhance current programs that ODF
and WRPA have utilizing much larger chippers. The Fire District will provide an alternative to burning for
many senior citizens and residents who do not have appropriate space on their property to burn. The chips can
be used by the property owner as mulch or ground cover. Cooperating partners like Deschutes County Adult
Parole & Probation and La Pine High School would provide labor.
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.
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: A
large percentage of the La Pine Rural Fire Protection District if not all is high hazard. By
replacing the old fire danger signs with new ones we will provide fire danger awareness for many years to
come. This awareness will be for both the private lands within the Fire District and public lands surrounding
the Fire District. “Living With Fire” was created with areas such as the La Pine Fire District in mind and
contains much outstanding information that will be of great benefit to the property owners and residents of
the Fire District. It contains information on fuels reduction and defensible space, the Fire Environment, living
in a natural fire environment, other considerations of home survivability and what to do when wildfire
approaches. It supports the Fire Free Program of Central Oregon. The Oregon Department of Forestry and
Walker Range Patrol Association has 8” chippers that are being used in subdivisions of Deschutes and
Klamath Counties. These chippers are much too big for sparse individual lots or properties. The smaller
chipper that is proposed in this grant application would support these existing programs and provide enhanced
interagency cooperative efforts. Through the combined use of all three elements of this proposal, hazardous
fuels conditions will be mitigated and local landscapes will be moved towards fire-adapted ecosystems.
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: This
proposal does not create new jobs or sustain existing jobs. What it will do is provide an
opportunity for people who have to perform community service, a meaningful forum to perform a valuable
service to any and all residents of the Fire District. It could provide valuable job experience and learned skills
to members of the local High School Forestry Program. The program will be documented through written
reports, still and video photographs that will be utilized to market the success of the program and create a
visual model for other communities to conduct like programs. This proposal is aimed at private lot and
property owners. As stated in the narrative, the chipped material will be left onsite for the landowner to use as
mulch or ground cover, which will allow it to go back to the earth and surrounding plant life.
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: As
noted in the narrative, the La Pine Rural Fire Protection District, Oregon Department of Forestry,
Walker Range Patrol Association and Deschutes National Forest has a history of providing joint wildland
urban interface awareness education, training, and mitigation efforts. Deschutes County Planning Department
facilitated a fact-finding study that identified Deschutes County and especially the south county area from
Sunriver through the La Pine Fire District as an extreme wildland urban interface area. One local strategy that
has been occurring in Deschutes County for more than 4 years is the Fire Free Program. This grant proposal
lends itself quite nicely to the Fire Free Program and will create added awareness. Cooperators include Safeco
Insurance, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon Department of Forestry, Bureau of Land Management, local
insurance agencies, all Central Oregon Structural Fire Departments, Deschutes County, Oregon Office of
State Fire Marshal, and many Homeowner Associations.
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: As
Fire Marshal of the La Pine Fire District, I have talked to Homeowner Associations, the La Pine
Park and Recreation District, Deschutes County Officials, schoolteachers and individual citizens about Fire
Danger Signs and procurement/utilization of a chipper. All have had very positive and encouraging input and
have been supportive of the possible project. Everyone I have talked to finds great possibilities for having
such items available and in use. Agencies such as the Deschutes County Adult Parole and Probation
Department, La Pine High School Forestry Class, and Homeowner Associations have indicated providing
people for labor, in-kind service. This program will provide for the reduction of fuels that will reduce the
potential for devastating wildland urban interface fires. It will provide this fuel reduction for all residents
including senior and low income, which provides a social-economic benefit to the area served. By partnering
with Adult Parole and Probation, individuals are provided a meaningful project to complete their community
service. By partnering with the La Pine High School Forestry Class students are given a real life opportunity
to practice the skills they have been taught.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Order, receive and pay for Fire Danger Signs
and install them at predetermined sites for
public awareness.
30 days to complete task.
7/1/02 - 7/31/02
Jim Gustafson
Fire Marshal
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District
(541) 536-2935
Order 9,000 copies of "Living With Fire"
from DNR Warehouse, Olympia, WA.
Order 9,000 cover leaflets to facilitate mailing
the "Living With Fire" publication
7/1/2002
Jim Gustafson
Fire Marshal
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District
(541) 536-2935
Promote and Market Program during La Pine
Frontier Days Celebration and through local
media available in the area.
7/3/02 through 7/21/02
Jim Gustafson
Fire Marshal
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District
(541) 536-2935
Prepare "Living With Fire" publication for
distribution and then distribute through bulk
mailing process
7/21/02 through 7/31/02
Jim Gustafson
Fire Marshal
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District
(541) 536-2935
Develop RFP for Chipper, advertise and
receive Bid proposals.
7/1/02 through 7/31/02
Jim Gustafson
Fire Marshal
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District
(541) 536-2935
Form Bid Review Committee of three
individuals, one each from La Pine RFPD,
ODF and Deschutes National Forest
7/8/02 through 7/12/02
Jim Gustafson
Fire Marshal
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District
(541) 536-2935
Bid Review Committee to open bids, review
and select the best option. Notify the
successful bidder and order chipper.
8/01/2002
Jim Gustafson
Fire Marshal
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District
(541) 536-2935
Estimate receiving and beginning chipper
portion of program, initial chipper program to
run for one year. With opportunity for
renewal.
9/6/02 through 9/30/03
Jim Gustafson
Fire Marshal
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District
(541) 536-2935
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
Personnel
Management/Operations
Maintenance
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$15,000.00
$500.00
$15,500.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$1,500.00
$0.00
$1,500.00
$0.00
$21,500.00
$500.00
$22,000.00
Fringe Benefits
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Travel
Subtotal
Equipment
Aluminum Fire Danger Signs
5" Capacity Chipper
Subtotal
$2,800.00
$18,000.00
$20,800.00
$200.00
$0.00
$200.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$3,000.00
$18,000.00
$21,000.00
Supplies
Tools, Blades, Equipment
Fuel and Lubricants
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$750.00
$1,750.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$750.00
$1,750.00
Contractual
Postal Permits & Costs
RFP Advertising
Subtotal
$1,200.00
$0.00
$1,200.00
$300.00
$250.00
$550.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,500.00
$250.00
$1,750.00
Other
9,000 Living With Fire, Pub.
9,000 Cover Sheets
Subtotal
$950.00
$650.00
$1,600.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$950.00
$650.00
$1,600.00
Total Costs
$23,600.00
$18,000.00
$5,000.00
$1,500.00
$48,100.00
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.