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Issue A-4: Child Awareness (Ages 5-8) Background: Successful children's education programs such as Smokey Bear and Sesame Street are well known. Children are very recepLive LO family safety concepts. A cartoon book on wildland/urban interface fire safeLy specifically for children can provide basic infonnation. The book could be Laken home for family discussion. Action Element: Utilize exisLing wildland/urban inLerface fire safety cartoon bookleL such as used in Utah for Colorado children. Booklet distribution be accomplished by local fire agencies as part of a wildfire hazard mitigation projecL in schools and youth organizations. Agencies: ~ - already available or develop locally. Distribution - fire departments */* service clubs, counties, Colorado Stale Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Forest Service, Estimated Costs: Printing costs. $10 per 50 booklets. Funding Sources: Local fire agencies and service clubs. Schedule: Begin immediaLely and ongoing thereafter, . Issue A-S: Public Awareness Background: The individual property owner/occupanL has the primary responsibility of fire safety in the wildland/urban interface. Only a limited number of individuals in the general public are aware of the wildfire threat. Information is available, but a coordinated approach to awareness and education is needed, Action Element: Continue efforts of the Education and Awareness Task Force of the state Wildfire Mitigation Committee to increase public awareness about wildlandfurban interface fire threats. Agencies: Colorado Stale Forest Service *;* US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado StaLe University, counties, fire departments, fire insurance industry, news media. Estimated Costs: $5,000 annually. Funding Sources: Pooled enLity funds; phase new projects into annual budgets. Schedule: Ongoing, Issue A-6: Public Awareness Study Background: Except for fire professionals and emergency managemenL personnel, mosL people do not understand the wildlandfurban interface fire problems or solutions because they may be unaware of them. Action Element: Conduct a baseline study to define the level of awareness of the interface residents. Based on findings, develop maLerials required to increase citizen knowledge. Detennine if education/awareness level has improved through a secondary survey. Agencies: Federal Emergency Management Agency */* Colorado State Forest Service, US ForesL Service, Bureau of Land Management, counties, universities. Estimated Costs: $30,000. Funding Sources: Special grants. Schedule: Initiate study 1997; distribuLeresults 1998. 20