The purpose of the Coos County CWPP is to establish a five-year strategic vision for long-term wildfire risk-reduction activities and public outreach in Coos County. The plan outlines Coos County’s wildfire mitigation goals, strategies, and activities and highlights other relevant plans, including land use, natural resource, capital improvement, and emergency operation plans. The Coos County CWPP addresses the requirements of the 2003 Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA), as well as other relevant federal and state wildfire policies. Once adopted, the Coos County CWPP will serve as a supplement to the wildfire chapter of the Coos County Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan (NHMP). The requirements for an HFRA-compliant CWPP are:

• Collaboration: Local and state government representatives, in consultation with federal agencies and other interested parties, must collaboratively develop a CWPP.
• Prioritized Fuel Reduction: A CWPP must identify and prioritize areas for hazardous fuel-reduction treatments and recommend the types and methods of treatment that will protect at-risk communities and essential infrastructure.
• Treatment of Structural Ignitability: A CWPP must recommend measures that homeowners and communities can take to reduce the ignitability of structures.

Plan Mission

The mission of the Coos County Community Wildfire Protection Plan is to prepare and protect the people, property, and resources of Coos County from wildfire through education, prevention, mitigation, and collaboration.

Plan Goals

The Coos CWPP planning process resulted in a set of goals that the plan coordinating body will use to further the county’s wildfire protection objectives and achieve the plan mission. A set of objectives and actions support each goal.

Goal 1: Wildfire Safety and Awareness Increase knowledge about wildfire safety among seasonal and full-time county residents who live, work, or recreate within the Coos County WUI zone.

Goal 2: Hazard Assessment & Inventory Refine the wildfire hazard assessment to ensure that new and enhanced data is being used to prioritize wildfire risk-reduction activities in Coos County.

Goal 3: Fuels Reduction Reduce hazardous fuels in the WUI on public and private land.

Goal 4: Interagency Communication Increase coordination among local, state, and federal agencies to address wildfire risk-reduction and response.

Goal 5: Noxious Weed Control Reduce the occurrence of and rate of spread of noxious weeds in Coos County.

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