HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 16-052-CC N �
BOARD OF COUloTTY COMMISSIONERS
Grant County, Washington
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RESOLUTION ADOPTING GRANT RESOLUTION No. 16-��-CC
COUNTY,WASHA\TGTON 2015
COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION
PLAN
'WHEREAS,the Corrununity Wildfire Protection Plan(CWPP)for Grant County,Washington, is the
result of analyses,professional collaboration, and assessments of wildfire risks and other factors focused on
reducing wildfire threats to people, structures, infi•astructure, and unique ecosystems in Grant County; and
WHEREAS,the following agencies and organizations have participated in the planning process and
signed off in support of the CWPP to serve as a guidance tool:
• Grant County Department of Emergency Management;
• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife;
• Washington Department of Natural Resources;
• Moses Lalce School District;
• US.Bureau of Reclamation;
• Bureau of Land Management;
• U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service;
• Grant County Fu•e Protection District#3; {
• Grant County Fire Protection District#4;
• Grant County Fire Protection District#5;
• Grant County Fire Protection District#6;
• Grant County Fire Protection District#7; ;
e Grant County Fire Protection District#8; �
• Grant County Fire Protection District#10; „
• Grant County Fire Protection District#11;
• Grant County Fire Protection District#12;
• Grant County Fire Protection District#13;
• Grant County Pire Protection District#14; ;
• Grant County Fire Marshal Office; '
• Grant County GIS;
• Ephrata Fire Department;
• Coulee City Fire Department; �
• Electric City Fire Department; i
• Grant County Board of County Commissioners Office; '
• Desert Aire Owners Association; '
and
WHEREAS,the CWPP and all of its components identified within it were developed in close �
cooperation with the participating entities listed, and the following members of the CWPP steering committee
have formally recommended that this document be approved by the Board of County Commissioners:
• Grant County Emergency Management;
• Forest Practices and Federal Relations, State Forester,Washington State Department of Natural �
Resources;
• Spokane District of the Bureau of Land Management;
and; ,
WI�EREAS,the goals of the planning process include integration with the National Fire Plan,the
Healthy Forests Restoration Act,the Disaster Mitigation Act, and the utilizatiion of the best and most
appropriate science from all partners as well as local and regional knowledge about wildfire rislcs and fire
behavior while meeting the needs of local citizens and recognizing the significance wildfire can have to the
regional economy;and
WHEREAS,the vision statement of the plan is to provide for the protection of people, structures,
infrastructure,livestock,agriculture, state and federally listed species,and unique ecosystems that contribute to
our way of life, and the growth and sustainability of the local and regional economy through education,
training,support, and planning; and
WHEREAS,the mission statement of the plan is to prepare and malce Grant County residents,
communities, state agencies, local, and federal governments,and the local economy less vulnerable to the
negative effects of wildland fires through the efFective administration of wildfire hazard mitigation grant
progt•ams, hazard rislc assessments,Firewise, and efficient fuels treatments, and to provide a coordinated
approach to mitigation policy through federal, state, regional, and local planning effects while providing a plan
that will not diminish the private property rights of land/asset owners within Grant County; and
WHEREAS,the Board of County Commissioners will utilize the"Community Wildfire Protection
Plan"as an update to the Grant County Hazard Mitigation Plau, Chapter 17 Wildfire dated December 2013,
which will be located under Appendix E, of the Grant County Hazard Mitigation Plan;and
WHEREAS,the Board of County Commissioners will utilize the CWPP as a guide for planning as
related to FEMA's Pre-Disaster Mitigation,National Strategy,The National Fire Plan,The Healthy Porests
Restoration Act, and other purposes as deemed appropriate by the Grant County Board of County
Commissioners.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,that the attached Grant County, Washington
Community Wildfire Protection Plan,2015,be adopted by the Board of County Commissioners.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this��day of May,2016.
SOARD OF COUNTY COlO�IMISSI0AIERS
Yea Nay Abstain GRANT COUNTY,WASHINGTON
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Cindy Carter, Chair `�
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ATT ST; �.. Carolann Swartz,Vice-Chair
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Clerk of the Bo,ar Richard Stevens,Member
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