Summary and Checklist

Step One: Convene Decision-makers
• Form a core team made up of representatives from the appropriate local

governments, local fire authority, and state agency responsible for wildland fire management.

Step Two: Involve Federal Agencies
• Identify and engage local representatives of the USFS, BLM and National Park Service.
• Contact and involve other land management agencies as appropriate.

Step Three: Engage Interested Parties
• Contact and encourage active involvement in plan development from a

broad range of interested organizations and stakeholders.

Step Four: Establish a Community Base Map
• Work with partners to establish a baseline map of the community that

defines the community’s WUI and displays inhabited areas at risk, forested areas that contain critical human infrastructure, and forested areas at risk for large-scale fire disturbance.

Step Five: Develop a Community Risk Assessment

• Work with partners to develop a community risk assessment that considers fuel hazards, risk of wildfire occurrence, homes, businesses, and essential infrastructure at risk, other community values at risk, and local preparedness capability.

• Rate the level of risk for each factor and incorporate into the base map as appropriate.

Step Six: Establish Community Priorities and Recommendations

• Use the base map and community risk assessment to facilitate a collaborative community discussion that leads to the identification of local priorities for fuel treatment, reducing structural ignitability, and other issues of interest, such as improving fire response capability.

• Clearly indicate whether priority projects are directly related to protection of communities and essential infrastructure or to reducing wildfire risks to other community values.

Step Seven: Develop an Action Plan and Assessment Strategy
• Consider developing a detailed implementation strategy to accompany the CWPP, as well as a monitoring plan that will ensure its long-term success.

Step Eight: Finalize Community Wildfire Protection Plan
• Finalize the CWPP and communicate the results to community and key partners.