FIRE Measure 06

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FIRE-06

Collaborate with Agencies and Organizations on Programs to Reduce Wildfire Hazards

Implementation

Collaborate with the Sacramento County Regional Parks Department, Metro Fire, and other Sacramento County–based fire districts to continue to reduce wildfire hazards, including, but not limited to, enforcing defensible space guidelines for existing and new development, restoring wildfire-resilient conditions by thinning and removing live or dead vegetation and implementing wildfire fuel reduction action plans, and retaining healthy native trees.
Collaborate with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, CRCRC, the American River Parkway Foundation, the Sacramento County Regional Parks Department, the Sacramento River Watershed Program, resource conservation districts, and other local stakeholders in developing Resource Management Plans for the Sacramento, Cosumnes, and American Rivers.

Benefits: An integrated approach among agencies and organizations to reduce wildfire hazards within the County would ensure that effective fire management extends to a broad geographical area, resulting in more comprehensive protection against future wildfire events.

Timeframe: Midterm

Started

The efforts for this measure have started.

Status of Implementation

Sacramento County coordinates with local fire districts on reducing fire hazards. As noted for measure Fire-04, the Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services (SacOES) secured a grant from CAL FIRE to hire a County FireSafe Coordinator to educate, encourage, and develop county-wide collaboration and coordination among various wildfire mitigation groups operating within Sacramento County.

Other collaborations include partnerships with the American River Parkway Foundation for establishing plans and resources to reduce fire hazards in the Parkway while maintaining the integrity of sensitive natural and cultural resources. Plans include vegetation management, signage and access point mapping to enhance response times, and working to address illegal camping and related campfires and other fire ignition hazards in the Parkway.

SacOES continues efforts to build broader coalitions throughout the Sacramento County community in order to elevate partner participation in plans development, information sharing and whole-of-community preparedness programs. SacOES continues to pursue expansion of the firesafe council throughout communities to increase education and engage in wildfire mitigation. Ongoing participation in the FireSafe program will require the continued availability of grant dollars.

Updated 9/17/2024.

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