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<br />Chapter Three: <br />Mitigation Approaches <br /> <br />Mitigation is defined as "any action taken to eliminate or reduce the long- <br />term risk to human life and property from natural or technological <br />hazards. " <br /> <br />Hazard mitigation actions can be accomplished by: <br /> <br />1. Acting on the hazard. <br />. Fire prevention actions upon fuels or ignition sources to <br />eliminate the hazard or risk of ignition. <br />. Fast, effective fire control action to reduce the threat of a fire <br />disaster. <br /> <br />2. Redirecting the hazard. <br />. Fire control actions to keep an encroaching wildfire away <br />from improvements, more vulnerable areas or higher value <br />areas. <br /> <br />3. Interacting with the hazard. <br />. Vegetation management, fuelbreaks or fire safety provisions <br />incorporated into building codes or development regulations <br />which result in an improvement being better able to survive a <br />wildfire. <br /> <br />4. A voiding the hazard. <br />. Greenbelt or open space projects which create beneficial land <br />uses while restricting development of wildfire-prone areas. <br /> <br />Because of the complexity of the wildland/urban interface fire problem, no <br />single agency or level of government can provide all the solutions or <br />funding. All levels of government and the private sector as well must be <br />involved. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The recommended mitigation measures in Chapter Five are directed <br />toward independent governing agencies, special districts, business and <br />individual citizens. Specific implementation will likely involve several <br />agencies, business and/or individuals. <br /> <br />No single, large source of mitigation funds exist. Some projects may have <br />to wait for special funding. All parties must voluntarily work together to <br />collectively fund and implement the mitigation measures. A unified effort <br />is essential for success. Those which seem too costly might be <br />implemented by pooling funds. The overall objective is to implement the <br />recommendations. <br /> <br />Management of specific projects, monitoring of statewide efforts and <br />evaluation of results will be the responsibility of the lead entity(s) <br />identified for each mitigation project. <br /> <br />15 <br />