1. El Dorado County Western Slope Wildfire Protection Plan A collaborative effort funded by an SRA Grant from CAL FIRE And Title III Funds

2. Objectives Develop a cohesive plan for the western slope of the county that incorporates existing CWPPs, CAL FIRE Unit Plan and existing and proposed fuels treatments. The plan will be based on the results of a landscape scale community risk assessment and treatment prioritization strategy. Emphasis will be placed on establishing “logical” fuel management areas that are integrated with the existing treatment network. Community projects will be presented in a standardized format (template) so they are “shovel ready” for funding applications. Projects will be designed to provide maximum community protection at lowest potential costs.

3. Guidelines National Fire Plan Healthy Forest Restoration Act (2003) RPF CWPP Handbook (2004) CAL FIRE CWPP Guidelines Revised Policies (2005) CAL FIRE AEU Strategic Plan (2011) El Dorado County Disaster Plan California Fire Alliance CWPP Template Other County CWPPs

4. Auburn Lake Trails FSC Lakehills -El Dorado Hills FSC Logtown FSC Grizzly Flat FSC Georgetown FSC Cameron Park FSC Sandridge FSC Volcanoville FSC PV Grange FSC Pollock Pines FSC Lotus Coloma FSC Cool Pilot Hill FSC REE FSC Patterson FSC Fire Safe Councils

5. Communities at Risk (source CAL FIRE) Cameron Park Coloma Cool Diamond Springs El Dorado Hills Georgetown Glenridge Grizzly Flat Kelsey Latrobe Logtown Omo Ranch Outingdale Placerville Pleasant Valley Pollock Pines Rubicon Shingle Springs Tahoma

6. General Approach for Preparing CWPP Create a project team Engage interested parties i.e., stakeholders and affected communities Establish a community base map Develop a community risk assessment Establish community hazard reduction priorities and recommendations to reduce structural ignitability Develop an action plan and assessment strategy Finalize the Community Wildfire Protection Plan

7. Project Team El Dorado County Fire Safe Council Pat Dwyer Steve Willis Barry Callenberger Spatial Informatics Group Gary Roller, RPF #2899 Shane Romsos Dr. Richard Harris, RPF #1961 CAL FIRE Darin McFarlin

8. Preliminary Stakeholder List County Fire Chiefs’ Association US Forest Service El Dorado County DOT Pacific Gas and Electric Company Sierra Pacific Industries UC Cooperative Extension El Dorado County RCD Georgetown Divide RCD El Dorado Irrigation District Sierra Nevada Conservancy Others to be determined

9. Public/Stakeholder Meetings Today’s meetings with fire chiefs and stakeholders represent “kick-off” meetings for the project Future meetings with stakeholders will be convened as needed in conjunction with project milestones Meetings will be held in communities to present results of risk assessment Auburn Lake Trails El Dorado Hills Sly Park Placerville

10. Community Base Map The base map encompasses the western slope up to Echo Summit and includes: Landscape features-topography, lakes, rivers, communities Communities and inhabited areas at potential risk from wildland fire (wildland urban interface-wui) Other critical infrastructure as available (major water systems, power infrastructure, communications) Location of fire stations (volunteer or municipal, CALFIRE, USFS) Vegetation (LANDFIRE)-current vegetation condition which reflects recent wildfires Completed, in progress, and planned treatments-a crucial step!

11. Fuel treatment data provided by several El Dorado County agencies and organizations Need to make sure all known treatments are accounted for Do our best to incorporate known planned treatments Compile and Map All Known Existing, In Progress, and Planned Fuel Treatments

12. Community Risk Assessment Historic Risk of Wildfire Occurrence: Assessment of ignition potential using historic ignition data Fire Hazard Assessment: FLAMMAP Homes, Businesses, and Essential Infrastructure at Risk: Predicted Flame Length, Fire Type (Surface, Fire, Crown), and Conditional Burn Probability*. Other Community Values at Risk: Identified via Stakeholder Meetings and Existing Geo-Spatial Data Local Preparedness and Firefighting Capability: Local, State, and Federal Fire Fighting Resources

13. Conditional Burn Probability “The chance occurrences of a pixel burning given an ignition within the study area under modeled weather conditions” (Collins et al 2011) Thousands of fires are ignited and allowed to burn freely across the landscape for typically one burn cycle (24 hours). This creates raster maps of the burn probabilities at defined flame length classes and overall burn probabilities across a landscape Can help prioritize a treatment plan the maximizes the reduction in conditional burn probability across the landscape

14. Community Hazard Reduction Priorities and Recommendations to Reduce Structural Ignitability Further refine potential treatment locations and practices by prioritizing treatments which most effectively reduce fire risk to communities and identified resources at risk when combined with the existing and planned fuel treatment network Provide additional education and outreach on “fire adapted communities”

15. Finalize CWPP Prepare a concise action plan that identifies treatment locations, types, methods, priorities, potential cost, and potential CEQA or other review needs Work with local Fire Safe Councils to refine and finalize CWPP and adapt their CWPPs. Publish, post, and distribute the approved plan Photo courtesy Miriam Morrill, formerly US Fish and Wildlife Service, from Butte County Fire Safe Council CWPP

16. TASKS AND TIMELINE Tasks August 2015 October 2015January 2016June 2016September 2016 December 2016January 2017 1. Form team, involve stakeholders create tools X 2. Community interface to update existing CWPPs X 3. Update HY49 and HW 50 CWPPs X 4. Create four new community CWPPs X 5.Complete detailed project proposals X 6. Compile the finished document, begin coordination X 7.Publish and Post on Web X

17. Questions? Please contact groller@sig-gis.comgroller@sig-gis.com El Dorado County Western Slope Wildfire Protection Plan A collaborative effort funded by a SRA Grant from CAL FIRE And Title III Funds