EL DORADO COUNTY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN

 

Appendix I - List of Acronyms

El Dorado County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)
 

ACRONYM   DEFINITION OF ACRONYM
ACPD Air Pollution Control District
AHJ Agency Having Jurisdiction
BEHAVE Fire Behavior Prediction and Fuel Modeling System
BI Burning Index
BLM Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior
CAR Communities At Risk
CDF California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
CDFG California Department of Fish and Game
CDZ Community Defense Zone
CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
CFP California Fire Plan
CWPP Community Wildfire Protection Plan
DFPZ Defensive Fuel Profile Zone
DPA Direct Protection Area
EA Environmental Analysis
EDCFSC El Dorado County Fire Safe Council
EIR Environmental Impact Report
ENF Eldorado National Forest
ERC Energy Release Component
FDR Fire Danger Rating
FRZ Fuel Reduction Zone
GIS Geographical Information System
GPS Global Positioning System
HFRA Healthy Forest Restoration Act
I-ZONE The area or zone between fuel types-Interface, Intermix, or Intermingle
LRA Local Responsibility Area
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NFDRS National Fire Danger Rating System
NFFL Northern Forest Fire Lab (Fire Behavior Fuel Models)
NFP National Fire Plan
NSAQMD Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District
NWCG National Wildfire Coordinating Group
RFZ Reduced Fuel Zone
ROS Rate of Speed
RTC Resistance to Control
SC Spread Component
SRA State Responsibility Area
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDI U.S. Department of Interior
USFS U.S. Forest Service
VFD Volunteer Fire Department
WFSA Wildland Fire Situation Analysis
WGA Western Governors Association
WUI Wildland Urban Interface

 
 
 



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