El Dorado County Fire Safe Council | Firesafe Board | Wildlife Protection Plan

TABLE OF CONTENTS EL DORADO COUNTY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN
• Plan Index Page	I. Executive Summary	II. Background
III. Introduction	IV. Purpose and Scope	V. Problems and Issues
VI. Goals of the EDCWPP	VII. Strategic Action Plan Recommendations	VIII. Communities with Fire Safe Plans (CWPP)
IX. Communities with Fire Safe Councils	X. Guidelines for Listing Existing CAR and Rural Centers for CWPP Preparation	XI. Listing of Market Areas, Community Regions, Rural Centers, Rural Regions, and CAR from the Federal Register
XII. Process for Selecting Communities for a Community Action Plan (CAP), CWPP Preparation, and Other Fire Safe Project Funding	XIII. Standard Outline and Checklist for CWPPs	XIV. Plan Updates

I. Executive Summary

The EL Dorado County Wildfire Protection Plan provides an overview of local fire history, fire risks, hazards, and past strategies. The Plan identifies specific fire protection problems and issues, lists Plan Goals and Strategic Action Plan Recommendations, identifies and lists communities for Fire Safe Planning, provides for formation of local community Fire Safe Councils, adopts a standard outline for Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP), identifies the El Dorado County Fire Safe Council (EDCFSC) as a focal point for bringing citizens and protection agencies together to plan and accomplish fire safe measures, and establishes a public education role for the EDCFSC.

The Federal Register identified 17 Communities at Risk (CAR) in the county. The Land Use Map in the Draft El Dorado County General Plan identifies 33 Rural Centers. These Rural Centers and CAR compile the listings of communities for the EDCFSC to consider for funding. The National Fire Plan (NFP) and Healthy Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) of 2003 are providing the first funds to prepare CWPP and fuel reduction work for these communities.

The influx of people to El Dorado County and the building of homes in areas with hazardous fuels became alarming over 15 years ago. In response, El Dorado County initiated Fire Safe Planning for all new subdivisions and parcel splits. Over 150 Fire Safe plans were prepared by professionals and approved by the appropriate fire protection agencies since 1993. Major mitigation work was accomplished.

This Plan was prepared "in house" by members of the EDCFSC (Professional Foresters, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) and the Eldorado National Forest (ENF). Funding was provided by EDCFSC with National Fire Plan, Federal Forest Reserve and local funds.

This Plan is not a legal document, although the recommendations contained within the Plan carefully conform to the spirit and the letter of the NFP, HFRA, the State of California Fire Safe Plan and the El Dorado County General Plan adopted July 2004.