colorado springs wildfire mitigation “sharing the responsibility”
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Colorado Springs Wildfire MitigationColorado Springs Wildfire Mitigation““Sharing the Responsibility”Sharing the Responsibility”
Colorado SpringsFire Department
CSFD Wildfire MitigationCSFD Wildfire Mitigation
Wildfire Hazard Risk Wildfire Hazard Risk AssessmentAssessment
Education and OutreachEducation and Outreach Fuels ManagementFuels Management Development ReviewDevelopment Review
Colorado SpringsFire Department
CSFD Wildfire MitigationCSFD Wildfire Mitigation
Fire Behavior Analysis Fire Behavior Analysis Fire Danger, Burn Ban and Fire Fire Danger, Burn Ban and Fire
RestrictionsRestrictions Volunteer ProgramVolunteer Program GrantsGrants
Colorado SpringsFire Department
Mason Gulch 2005
Fort Carson 1950
Hayman Fire 2002
Fire HistoryFire History
• Big Burn of 1854
• Westwood Fire 2005
• Incline Fire 2007
• Fort Carson Fire 2008
Colorado SpringsFire Department
Wildfire Hazard Risk AssessmentWildfire Hazard Risk Assessment
WHINFOEWHINFOE Assessment Assessment
processprocess GISGIS Weighted Weighted
ValuesValues
Wildfire Hazard Risk AssessmentWildfire Hazard Risk Assessment
Education and OutreachEducation and Outreach
Interactive websiteInteractive website Neighborhood Neighborhood
meetingsmeetings On-site On-site
consultationsconsultations Champion Champion
recognitionrecognition
Fuels ManagementFuels Management
StewardshipStewardship Common Common
areasareas Open spacesOpen spaces OwnershipOwnership City asset at City asset at
riskrisk
Fuels ManagementFuels Management
Contracting and Contracting and Seasonal LaborSeasonal Labor
Licensed and Licensed and Insured Insured
ArboristsArborists Hand thinning and Hand thinning and
mechanized mechanized treatment treatment
Volunteers Volunteers
• Total Target: 1000-Total Target: 1000-1400 acres/yr1400 acres/yr
• Cost per acre from Cost per acre from $800 - $2500/acre$800 - $2500/acre
• 24% of the City lives in 24% of the City lives in the Wildland Urban the Wildland Urban Interface 35,360 Interface 35,360 addressesaddresses
•Est. population in the Est. population in the WUI = 91,200 (COS WUI = 91,200 (COS Pop. 380k)Pop. 380k)
Project AreasProject Areas
Grants and Contract AdministrationGrants and Contract Administration Total grants over Total grants over
$2.7 million in $2.7 million in federal and state federal and state grantsgrants
Sharing the Sharing the ResponsibilityResponsibility
City contractingCity contracting
Development ReviewDevelopment Review• Front end of Development
• Hillside Ordinance
• Building Characteristics “Engineer a Solution”
• Citywide Class A Roofing Ordinance
(*55,209 roofs changed out to Class A since 2003)
Wildland Fire SMEWildland Fire SME Fire Behavior Fire Behavior
AnalysisAnalysis
Monitor Fuel Monitor Fuel Moisture and Fire Moisture and Fire Wx for FIRE Wx for FIRE DANGERDANGER
Hazardous Hazardous Activity Permit for Activity Permit for Rx Burn (Agency)Rx Burn (Agency)
Wildfire Wildfire Mitigation: Mitigation:
Cedar Cedar HeightsHeights
Photo Courtesy US Forest Service
Photo Courtesy US Forest Service
Photo Courtesy US Forest Service
Lessons LearnedLessons Learned
• True Wildland URBAN Interface
•Adult vs. Child Education
• Enforcement vs. Education
• Internal Customers (DRE, Planning, City Forestry, Operations)
Lessons LearnedLessons Learned
Motivational factors Detractors can be
your champions Insurance
Companies Covenants Developers and
Realtors
PlanningPlanning CWPPCWPP Senior / Special assistanceSenior / Special assistance Educational Program to address Educational Program to address
GrassfiresGrassfires Introduce Rx fireIntroduce Rx fire Incident updates / program information Incident updates / program information
(using social media sites)(using social media sites) Structural Retrofit Project (MSF)Structural Retrofit Project (MSF)
Wildfire Mitigation Structural Retrofit Wildfire Mitigation Structural Retrofit
Mt St Francis Mt St Francis Nursing CenterNursing Center
24/7 nursing facility, 24/7 nursing facility, patientspatients
Shelter v. EvacuationShelter v. Evacuation Single pane, wooden Single pane, wooden
frame windowsframe windows Flame impingement Flame impingement
& smoke& smoke Eligible for Nat’l Eligible for Nat’l
Register of Historical Register of Historical PlacesPlaces
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CollaborationCollaboration El Paso CountyEl Paso County FEMAFEMA Cheyenne Mountain ZooCheyenne Mountain Zoo Colorado Division of Colorado Division of
Emergency ManagementEmergency Management Colorado State Forest Colorado State Forest
ServiceService University of Colorado, University of Colorado,
Colorado SpringsColorado Springs Mount Saint FrancisMount Saint Francis
Colorado SpringsFire Department
Level of CommitmentLevel of Commitment
““Sharing the Responsibility”Sharing the Responsibility” FEMA (FEDERAL)FEMA (FEDERAL) CDEM (STATE)CDEM (STATE) CSFD (LOCAL)CSFD (LOCAL) Property Owner (PRIVATE)Property Owner (PRIVATE)
Contact InformationContact Information
http://csfd.springsgov.com(CSFD Wildfire Risk Assessment map)(CSFD Wildfire Risk Assessment map)
[email protected] (719) 385-7368(719) 385-7368
Colorado SpringsFire Department