Power County, Idaho Wildfire Protection Plan - February 2004
8.86 MB - 90 pages 
- Table of Contents
- Adoption by the Power County Commissioners
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Power County Profile
- Current Population and Population Trends
- Shoshone-Bannock Tribe/Ft. Hall Reservation
- Climate
- Vegetation
- Geology
- Soils
- Wildlife
- Archeological and Historic Sites
- Recreation
- Hydrology
- Transportation and Commuting
- Aviation Facilities
- Emergency Services
- Hazard Identification Location, Risk
- Wildfire Fuels in Power County
- Power County Weather
- Power County Topography
- Power County Wildland/Urban Interface (WUI)
- Hazard Location
- Other Hazard Issues
- Values at Risk
- Hazard Prioritization
- Mitigation Goals, Strategy and Implementation
- Mitigation Strategy
- Goal 1: Provide additional communication capability for Power County dispatchers, Fire departments and residents
- Goal 2: Provide additional sources of water at strategic locations throughout Power County and means of supplementing or replacing service in the event of disruption
- Goal 3: Provide Power County VFDs with facility improvements and equipment as identified in the Three Rivers RC&D Survey of Volunteer Fire Departments and improve coverage in areas (i.e., Arbon Valley) where facilities and equipment are currently lacking
- Goal 4: Provide complete and/or coordinated fire protection coverage for all residents of Power County
- Goal 5: Reduce identified hazardous fuels buildup in high-risk areas on a countywide scale
- Goal 6: Create and implement defensible space standards for homeowners and developments and utilize standard Fire Protection Guidelines for Residential Development in the Wildland/Urban Interface for subdivisions as identified in NFPA 1144, Standard for Protection of Life and Property from Wildfire, 2002 edition
- Goal 7: Provide Power County VFDs with required training, communications, PPE, apparatus, facility improvements and equipment as identified in the Three Rivers RC&D Survey of Volunteer Fire Departments
- Goal 8: Gain community or development participation in Firewise activities, including education and information distribution
- Goal 9: Develop County Fire-Emergency Mobilization Plan and County/Interagency Communications Plan with Landowners and Cooperators in Power County and develop subdivision/homeowners wildfire and other emergency operations plan(s) as requested
- Goal 10: Apply fuels treatment - hand, mechanical, prescribed fire or combination of treatments to reduce fuels loads on CRP land
- Goal 11: Develop a comprehensive inventory of homes and provide the inventory dispatchers and VFDs in time of emergency response
- Existing Mitigation Programs and Resources
- Local Programs
- County Codes
- State (IDL) Programs
- Federal Programs
- National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Protection Program
- Prescribed Burning/Mechanical/Biological Treatment
- Firewise
- Wildfire Mitigation Plan Maintenance
- Continued Public Involvement
- List of Authors
- Appendix A - Maps
- Appendix B - Public Participation/Planning Process Documentation
- Appendix C - Meetings and Public Outreach
- Team Meeting #1
- Team Meeting #2
- Public Meeting #1
- Public Meeting #2
- Public Meeting #3
- Team Meeting #3
- Team Meeting #4
- Appendix D - Cost Comparison
- Appendix E - Financial/Technical Resources
- Appendix F - List of Acronyms
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