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:
Oregon Department of Forestry
Phone:
541-935-2283
FAX:
Email:
541-935-0731
dspiesscha@odf.state.or.us
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
2600 State Street, Salem, OR 97310
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator (Name and Title):
Danny Benson, Unit Forester
Organization/Jurisdiction:
Klamath-Lake District, Oregon Department of Forestry
Phone:
541-883-5681
FAX:
Email:
541-883-5555
dbenson@odf.state.or.us
Project Information
Project Title:
KL Interface Hazard Inventory & Education
Project Start:
Project End:
June 2002
September 2004
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$115,000
$115,000
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
Yes, Priority #3
Brief Project Description:
This project would inventory the wildland urban interface and make one on one contact with the
rural residents within the Klamath-Lake District. This area covers 1.3 million acres of private lands
intermingled with approximately 10 million acres of federal lands. The demographics have changed
in the area from scattered ranches and timberland to a more rural residential with concentrations of
homes built in the forest. Contacts would be made with the rural residents and provide technical
assistance in creating a fire safe environment, defensible space. At the same time an inventory
would be done on each improvement or group of improvements that would include access, water
availability, bridges, defensible space issues, and specialized equipment needs. This will provide
additional information in the Risk and Hazard analysis process. This has been completed on three
areas in the Klamath-Lake District and has proved invaluable in assessing fire protections needs
during large fire situations. The areas completed represent less than 2% of the total area.
Project Location:
County:
Congressional District:
Klamath-Lake District
Klamath and Lake
2nd Walden
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
(2) X Wildland Urban Interface Education and Prevention Project
(3) X Community Planning for Fire Protection Project
(4)
Fuels Utilization and Marketing Project
If the applicant is an unincorporated area, define the geographic area being represented:
Klamath-Lake District, Oregon Department of Forestry
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
Response:
Project Location: The area covered under this inventory and education project is the Klamath-Lake District
of ODF. The counties in this area are Klamath and Lake.
Project Implementation: The project is a two fold project, one is educational and the second is developing
an analysis. It will consist of contacting rural landowners and providing technical advice on creating a fire
safe environment and defensible space. At the same time an inventory would be done on each improvement
or group of improvements that would include photographs of the improvements, access, water availability,
bridges, defensible space issues, and specialized equipment needs. This information will be documented and
stored in two formats, one will be a hard copy that will be available to dispatchers, fire managers, and
incident management teams. It will also be stored in an electronic format and eventually tied to the ODF Spot
Fires program (ODF Desktop ArcView Program.) This will provide additional information for the Risk and
Hazard analysis process. The inventory has been completed on three areas in the Klamath-Lake District and
has proved invaluable in assessing fire protections needs during large fire situations. The areas completed
represent less than 2% of the total area.
Project Outcomes: The outcomes are twofold, first in public education and technical assistance, the second
is the development of data for the Risk and Hazard analysis process. This information will be available to the
Oregon Department of Forestry, U.S Forest Service, BLM, NPS, USFW and local Fire Chiefs.
Partners: Federal Agencies, Klamath and Lake County Fire Chiefs, and Private Landowners.
Project Time Frames: June 2002 through September 2004
Specific Activities & Equipment Used: The project will utilize ODF NRS 1 and Forest Officer positions to
make the educational and technical contacts with the private landowners, fill out the inventory form, and
coordinate all grants. The preparation of hard copy and electronic documents will be conducted by an Office
Specialist. The GIS layer will be developed by Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Graphics office. The
information will be shared with the local and federal partners.
Extent of Action: The area covers communities at risk in a 1.3 million acre Protection Unit which is
intermingled with approximately 10 million acres of Federal protection.
Environmental, Cultural, and Historic Resources: This is not a ground disturbing activity, so it will not
have an impact on the environmental, cultural, or historic resources.
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?
This project will first promote the reduction of fire risk by providing direct one on one education to
the landowners, second it will give fire managers a tool to increase the effectiveness of the response to a
wildland fire and an analysis tool for designing future hazard mitigation projects. This grant will allow for
seed money to finish the initial inventory and public contacts, and the development of the documentation and
electronic data. It then will be a small task to maintain the information.
Response:
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?
This project has the potential to provide 2.5 person years of seasonal work in the short term.
In the long term the measurements will be more difficult and indirect related to the employment. This project
is patterned after other successful projects in the state. The benefits to the local community are in minimizing
the risk to property and increasing awareness to fire safe issues. The Klamath-Lake District is in a fire prone
area. The average fire occurrence within the boundaries of the Forest Protection District which includes both
BLM, NPS, UFSW, and Forest Service protection is approximately 350 fires per year
Response:
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.
This project will develop a tool that will assist with the analysis of fire risk and hazard.
Currently the Assessors office, Forest Service and BLM, and Oregon Department of Forestry have been
working together in identifying, and prioritizing fuel hazard mitigation and defensible space
Response:
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?
The majority of the work in this project will be working directly with private landowners in a
one on one situation providing education and technical assistance. In the local area we have taken the
opportunity to provide information in displays at the county fair, presentations to local groups, newspaper
inserts and articles, direct mailings and public meetings.
Currently the Klamath-Lake district has three Fuel Hazard Mitigation Grants, one funded by the BLM, and
two being funded by the WSFM. These grants cover approximately 250 separate landowners, at this time
only a portion of the landowners will be funded because of the limited amount of money in the grants. In that
process the landowners are being funded to create defensible space and work in the area beyond defensible
space to reduce the fire hazard and improve forest health, with the priority going to landowners that have
residences or other improvements. Direct mailing, newspaper articles, and public meetings have been the
primary method of public involvement. Cost share incentives have be tied to the grants that include;
landowners working together, product utilization, discouraging burning, and the use of local contractors.
The inventory that is produced from this grant would give us a tool to prioritize the hazard mitigation work
that remained to be done.
Response:
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Recruit NRS 1 and Forest Officer
June 2002
Klamath Unit Forester
Coordinate the inventory data process with the
County Courts, fire chiefs, Watershed
Councils.
June 2002
Klamath Unit Forester
Orientate the NRS 1 and Forest Officer
September 2002
Klamath Unit Forester
Public Contacts & Inventory
October 2002 through September
2004
NRS 1 and Forest Officer
Process documentation
October 2002 through September
2004
Office Specialist
Develop GIS layer
October 2002
Salem Graphics
Share data with cooperating agencies
September 2004
NRS 1
Enclosure 3D - Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Personnel
NRS 1 and Forest Officer 24 mths
Salem Graphics 1 mth
Subtotal
$61,500
$3,700
$65,200
$61,500
$3,700
$65,200
Fringe Benefits
OPE 41.41%
$25,500
$25,500
Subtotal
$25,500
$25,500
Travel
NRS 1 & Forest Officers
Salem Graphics
Subtotal
$1000
$400
$1,400
$1000
$400
$1,400
$5,000
$14,000
$19,000
$5,000
$14,000
$19,000
$1,200
$1,200
$1,200
$1,200
$2,700
$2,700
$2,700
$2,700
$115,000
$115,000
Equipment
Vehicles
Computer/GIS
Subtotal
Supplies
Prevention Material
Subtotal
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
Contractual
Subtotal
Other
Salem Grant Coordinator 3%
Subtotal
Total Costs
Project (Program) Income1
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.