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<br />Issue C-8: Wildfire Hazard Identification <br />Background: Vegetation and its atLendant wildfIre hazards are constantly changing <br />due LO natural growLh, mortaliLy, fires and human activities. Colorado SLaLe Forest <br />Service wildfire hazard maps are 15,20 years old and need to be updated. Such maps help <br />local governments and landowners make good decisions about land use, vulnerabiliLy to <br />wildfire and mitigation priorities. Severallow,cost devices are also available to rate <br />wildfire safety of a homesiLe. Technologies such as geographic infonnaLion systems <br />(GIS) are now available for hazard infonnation, <br /> <br />Action Element: <br /> <br />1. Update existing wildfire hazard area maps using modem technologies. Mapping <br />performed by contractors should meet Colorado State Forest Service standards. <br /> <br />2. IncorporaLe wildfire hazards and fuels infonnation into any GIS being <br />established for land use planning. <br /> <br />3. Distribute simple, inexpensive devices for homeowners, prospective buyers and <br />fire departments to easily evaluaLe wildfire hazards of a specific homesiLe or <br />development. <br /> <br />Agencies: <br />Mannin2 - counLy *r contractors, Colorado State Forest Service. <br />illS. - counLy, ciLy *r Division of Local GovernmenL, Colorado StaLe Forest <br />Service <br />~ -local building departments, fire departments *r Colorado State <br />ForesL Service, US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management. <br />Estimated Costs: <br />Mannin2 - $3,000 per USGS 7,1/2 quad to update. <br />illS. - determine locally by data needs and hardware. <br />Device - $1.00 each, <br /> <br />Funding Sources: <br /> <br />Mannin2 - counLy funds. <br /> <br />illS. - counLy funds and grants. <br />~ - agency budgets, <br /> <br />Schedule: <br /> <br />Mappin. - complete updates by 1999. <br />GIS - as GIS is insLalled. <br /> <br />Device - ongoing. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />30 <br />