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:
Washington Department of Natural Resources
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
(360) 902-1300
(360) 902-1781
sandy.williams@wadnr.gov
Address (Street or P. O. Box, City, State, Zip):
Resource Protection Division, 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
June 30, 2004
Federal Funding Request:
Total Project Funding:
$28,750.00
$37,710.00
Are you submitting multiple projects? If so, please explain and prioritize:
State Priority #6
Brief Project Description:
This proposal is to be able to offer scholorships to Washington Rural fire district personnel to attend
the annual PNWCG Fire Prevention Week Conference. Grant funds will pay for registration fees,
room and meal costs only for approximately 25 people per year for the 2003 and 2004 conferences.
The PNWCG Fire Prevention Conference rotates between Skamania, Washington and Gleneden
Beach, Oregon.
Project Location:
County:
Congressional District:
statewide
statewide
1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9
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
These grant funds enable the Washington State Department of Natural Resources to provide
scholorships to Washington Rural Fire District Personnel to attend the annual PNWCG Fire Prevention
Conference. Without these scholorships, most of the rural fire district personnel are unable to attend due to
funding hardships. Attendance by rural fire district personnel is critical because of their proximity to many of
our high risk wildland fire communities and their presence in the local communities. These are also the
cooperattors we regularly depend on in doing Firewise workshops, helping create community protection
plans, and to help educate the public on the serious wildland hazards threatening their communities.
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?
Enabling fire district representatives to attend the annual PNWCG Fire Prevention Conference
enables personnel to gather the latest techniques in designing, promoting or presenting prevention and
mitigation information to their communities. At the PNWCG Conference personnel are able to attend
seminars on topics such as Firewise; Grant Writing; Learn about products that have already been developed
and are available to fire districts, such as Fire Free, etc.. Attendance at these conference allow personnel to
learn first hand about grant funds they can apply for to promote fuel reduction projects in their local
communities, lear up to date information on the hazards and how to convince their communities to take part
in hazard reduction. These are the fire professionals that represent us to their communities.
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?
Response: Potentially this
grant could lead to job opportunities in the area of fuel reduction resulting from
either grants the fire districts are able to secure from attending this training and becoming more
knowledgeable on how to put a grant application together; and/or prevention ideas implemented by
communities as a result from prevention education training put on by the fire districts.
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.
Fire districts are an integral part of the fire response and risk information line in Washington.
Additionally, we rely on local personnel to work within their community on fire prevention issues. The
training and information gathered from attending this conference enables rural fire district communities to
learn the latest techniques in designing, preparing, and presenting prevention materials and hazard reduction
projects to their communities or when participating on a prevention team at a fire. This also gives them
additional knowledge that might allow more fire service participation on prevention teams.
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?
Response: The Pacific Northwest,
during the summer of 2001, endured the most severe fire season in twenty
years. The impacts to watersheds, homes, federal and private lands were some of the worst in history. The
main outcomes realized by this proposal are to include staff in interagency training opportunities that
participate in wildfire suppression efforts and/or work to educate their communities in how to be firesafe.
The information and knowledge gained from these conference helps members on our Interagency
Management Teams and brings opportunities to the communities in which they work and live. Seminars
presented at the PNWCG Conference have included: Firewise; Public Service Announcements; I'm
Concerned Campaign; How to put together a web-site; Age Appropriate Learning Levels; etc. All of the
conference sessions are geared toward having the latest and best information on dealing with fire prevention
and hazard reduction in our own communities.
Enclosure 3C - Project Work Form
Tasks
Time Frame
Responsible Party
Provice scholarship information to local fire
districts
October 2002/2003
Department of Natural Resources
Award scholarships
January 2003/2004
Department of Natural Resources
Attend Fire Prevention Conference
February 2003, 2004
Fire District Personnel
Enclosure 3D Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Personnel
Subtotal
Applicant
Partner 1
Partner 2
Total
$0.00
$7,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$7,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,960.00
$0.00
$1,960.00
$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
$7,000.00
$0.00
$7,000.00
$0.00
Fringe Benefits
$1,960.00
Subtotal
$0.00
$1,960.00
$0.00
Travel
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Equipment
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Supplies
Subtotal
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Contractual
Subtotal
$0.00
Other
Payment for registration
Payment for Per Diem
Subtotal
$6,250.00
$22,500.00
$28,750.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$6,250.00
$22,500.00
$28,750.00
Total Costs
$28,750.00
$8,960.00
$0.00
$0.00
$37,710.00
Project (Program) Income1
(using deductive alternative)
1
$0.00
$0.00
$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.