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By Gary Giacomo
Community wildfire protection planning is one of the most important components of a wildfire safety strategy in any community. According to the U.S. Forest Service, fewer than 10 percent of communities at risk from wildfire have developed a CWPP.
The Ember Alliance is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, from 3-4:30 p.m. EST, Developing Community Wildfire Protection Plans. This webinar is offered through a partnership between the Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives, and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of the USDA Forest Service’s Community Navigators Program.
At the beginning of fiscal year 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service launched its Community Navigators Program (CNP) to support leaders in historically underserved communities to find and access funding and partnership support. The CNP connects communities to the appropriate resources for building climate resilience when and where they need it most.
Helping at-risk local communities and Tribes plan for and reduce the risk of wildfire is integral to the CNP’s mission, and having a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is an essential component of reducing wildfire risk.
The Ember Alliance is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, from 3-4:30 p.m. EST, Developing Community Wildfire Protection Plans. This webinar is offered through a partnership between the Ember Alliance, the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, Coalitions and Collaboratives, and the Hispanic Access Foundation as part of the USDA Forest Service’s Community Navigators Program.
In this webinar, participants will learn what a CWPP is and why your community may need one, what the process involves and what the components are, what resources you need to complete a CWPP, cost ranges for contractors versus in-house, how to use CWPPs to support funding for implementation, and more. The webinar will be offered in English and Spanish.
Register for the Jan. 10 webinar on Zoom. For more information and to access many additional planning and funding resources, visit the USDA Forest Service’s Community Navigator Program website at communitynavigators.net.