What is a CWPP?
A CWPP is a Community
Wildfire Protection Plan. The development of a CWPP is a community-based
planning and prioritization process.
The CWPP is a
collaborative product that has two objectives: to identify and prioritize
hazardous fuels treatments that will protect the community and to recommend
measures for reducing structural ignitability.
A CWPP is a
required prerequisite under the Healthy Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) of 2003
to receive hazardous fuels reduction funding. The minimum requirements for
a CWPP as described in the HFRA are:
- Collaboration:
A CWPP must be collaboratively developed by local and state government
representatives, in consultation with federal agencies and other
interested parties.
- Prioritized
Fuel Reduction: A CWPP must identify and prioritize areas for
hazardous fuel reduction treatments and recommend the types and methods of
treatment that will protect one or more at-risk communities and essential
infrastructure.
- Treatment
of Structural Ignitability: A CWPP must recommend measures that
homeowners and communities can take to reduce the ignitability of
structures throughout the area addressed by the plan.