FLOOD03008

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Colorado Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex I
• Date: 8/1/1995
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: USFWS
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

Appendix E

Some Past Mitigations Efforts in Colorado

A random listing without priority; not al/,inclusive:

. "Design For Fire" video for land use decision,makers
showing wildfIre threats in rural developments
(1971).

. Model Subdivision Regulations and Guidelines for
Wildfire Safety (1971 to present).

. Numerous homeowner wildfire safety and defensible
space guides, booklets and pamphlets by various
federal, state, local and private entities (1985 to
present).

. Wildfire Hazard Area Map system for county planners
(1971).

. Senate Bill 35 (1972) and subsequent development plat
reviews for wildfire safety by Colorado State Forest
Service.

. House Bill 1041 (1974) and subsequent state guidelines
for identifying and administering wildfire hazard
areas.

. Engine strike teams (1988 to present).

. Wildland fIre training provided by Colorado State Forest
Service for rural fire departments and counties (1958
to present).

. Interagency approaches in fIre prevention, dispatching,
fIre teams, fire suppression, agreements and Annual
Operating Plans for wildfire protection.

. Legislative attention directed to wildfire issues via
budget requests and special budget Decision Items.

. State single-engine air tanker programs (1991 to
present).

. County,state funding of wildfire mitigation efforts (1993
to present).

. Dry Hydrant Manuals for Colorado to all fire
departments, installation of dry hydrants (1992 to
present).

. Red Cross video on interface fire problems in Colorado
(1992).

. Wildfire Hazard Information Management System in
Boulder County (1993 to present).

. Annual briefmgs by Colorado State Forest Service to
Governor about wildflfe potentials.

. State wildfire engines standardized and assigned to
counties and rural fIre departments (1966 to present).

. Improvements to CSFS fIre engines for interface fifes
(1966 to present) and foam capability (1991 to
present).

. "Stand And Fight Or Cut And Run" interface fife
training sessions for fife departments (1989).

. Statewide implementation of Incident Command System
by wildfire agencies (1984 to present).

. Application of Incident Command System to all risks
such as hazardous materials, structural fIre, public
gatherings (varied since 1984).

. First Colorado Wildfire Hazard Mitigation Plan (1990).

. State Emergency Fire Suppression Fund contracts with
35 counties (1966 to present).

. CSU Graduate student study of homeowners' and
developers' awareness of wildfire threats on
Colorado's Front Range (1969).

. CSU Graduate student analysis of wildfire risk by
Colorado county (1992).

. Workshop "Protecting People and Homes From
Wildfires" (1988).

. State Wildfire Mitigation Committee formed and active
(1991 to present); local mitigation groups forming
(1993 to present).

. "Lets Talk Fire" materials developed and presentations
to decision,makers and homeowners (1993 to
present).

. Local prohibitions of new wood roofIng in wildflfe prone
areas (1992 to present).

. State,federal multi,partite wildfire agreement updated
(1994); county level fire operating plans updated
annually and standardized (1990 to present).

. Interagency fire dispatch centers for most wildfire
resource dispatching and all reinforcement needs
(1986 to present).

. Demonstration fuel hazard reductions and defensible
spaces installed throughout Colorado (1992 to
present).

. Legislative attempts to authorize and fund state inmate
conservation camp crews (1991 and 1992).

. Colorado Army National Guard flfe'fIghting helicopters
with buckets (1994 to present).

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