Power County

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
    • Drought
  • 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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