California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 7 - Fire Protection › Subchapter 1 - Subdivision Safety › Article 3 - Fire Risk Reduction Community List › Section 1268.02 - Criteria for Local Agencies that Are Not Cities, City and County, or Counties

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 A Local Agency that is not a city, city and county, or county shall qualify for
					 placement on the Fire Risk Reduction Community List if it has met two or more
					 of criteria (1)-(7), A Low-income Local Agency that is not a city, city and
					 county, or county shall qualify for the list if one or more of criteria (1)-(7)
					 has been met, and one or more is included as an objective or expected outcome
					 in that Agency's management or strategic plan or similar planning document
					 (such as but not limited to a capital improvement plan, climate adaptation
					 plan, or resiliency plan). The applicant shall provide appropriate evidence
					 demonstrating that each criterion it meets has been satisfied.
(1) The applicant has identified wildfire as
					 a high priority hazard in a Local, Tribal or Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard
					 Mitigation Plan updated within the last five years, or as a low or medium
					 priority hazard with the inclusion of one or more mitigation actions.
(2) The applicant has adopted a Community
					 Wildfire Protection Plan; critical infrastructure protection plan; evacuation
					 plan; Integrated Resource Management Plan including a Fire Management Plan; or
					 similar plan addressing fire protection within the Local Agency's jurisdiction
					 within the last five years.
(3) The
					 applicant sponsors, coordinates, or actively engages with a community disaster
					 preparedness council or group, including but not limited to a Firewise USA
					 community or a Fire Safe Council, with events or meetings at least
					 quarterly.
(4) The applicant has
					 adopted a plan within the last five years or implements an ongoing program to
					 conduct a hazardous fuels reduction project or projects, including but not
					 limited to California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP) projects, Forest
					 Management and Fuels Reduction Plans (FMRFP), Program Timberland Environmental
					 Impact Reports (PTEIR), prescribed or cultural burns, and community fuels
					 reduction work days.
(5) The
					 applicant has adopted a plan within the last five years or implements an
					 ongoing program to conduct public outreach and education about water
					 conservation, wildfire prevention, vegetation management and fuels reduction,
					 home hardening, evacuation preparedness, defensible space, Traditional
					 Ecological Knowledge (TEK) pertaining to fire, fire risk reduction, or similar
					 topics.
(6) The applicant has
					 adopted a special benefit assessment or tax measure or fee that addresses
					 wildfire risk reduction.
(7) If a
					 Local Agency is unable to meet at least two of the criteria within (1)-(6)
					 because the criteria are inapplicable to that agency, the agency may submit
					 substantial evidence demonstrating an equivalent means of local fire
					 planning.