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Home My WebLink AboutFD Informational Report on Wildfire Prevention Efforts in the MWPA San Rafael Zone PPTInformational Report on Wildfire Prevention Efforts Fiscal years 2022-23 and 2023-24 Adapting to Wildfire Background 2019-20 Wildfire Action Plan Drafted and Adopted 2020 MWPA Creation via Voter Approval 2021 Adopted Updated City-wide Vegetation Standards 2020 - current MWPA Workplan in Action MWPA Overview •17 member Agencies •6 Non-Voting Members at Large •Board of Directors •Committees •Executive •Operations •Advisory/Technical •Citizens’ Oversight •Finance MWPA Structure •Land Management Agencies •Neighboring Fire Agencies •Stakeholder Groups Collaboration and Partnership Zone-wide MarinWildfire.org Total Funding Allocated by MWPA Goal Fiscal Year 2022-23 MWPA GoalAllocated Funding Defensible space and Home Hardening$969,010.00 Detection, Notification,Evacuation$317,000.00 Grant Management$436,242.00 Public Education$125,000.00 Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction$1,366,196.00 Wildfire Mitigation Team Staff$856,000.00 Grand Total $4,069,448.00 2022-23 Work Plan: Core Project Name MWPA Goal Budget Status China Camp LRAD Emergency Notification System Detection, Notification, Evacuation $150,000 On Hold Debris Disposal Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $40,000 Ongoing Direct Resident Assistance Grant Management $336,242 Ongoing Educational Landscaping Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $85,000 Completed Evacuation Route Vegetation Management Detection, Notification, Evacuation $75,000 Completed Fire Road Vegetation Clearance Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $150,000 Ongoing Open Space Defensible Space Fuel Reduction Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $200,000 Ongoing Prescribed Herbivory Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $200,000 Ongoing Public Education, Outreach, and Engagement Public Education $125,000 Ongoing Ridgewood Shaded Fuel Break Planning Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $100,000 Ongoing South San Pedro Fuel Reduction Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $95,533 Ongoing South San Rafael Hill Fuel Reduction Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $57,663 Completed Vegetation Project Management Staff Staffing $350,000 Ongoing West San Pedro Fuel Reduction Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $75,000 Not Started $2,039,438 2022-23 Work Plan: Defensible Space and Local Project Name MWPA Goal Budget Status Defensible Space Program Defensible space and Home Hardening $969,010 Ongoing Cal Fire Forest Health Grant Grant Management $100,000 Not Funded Landscape Restoration Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $200,000 Ongoing Management Staff Staffing $96,000 Ongoing Mitigation and Preparedness Staff Staffing $60,000 Ongoing Parking Boxes Detection, Notification, Evacuation $92,000 Ongoing Police Rangers for Ignition Reduction Staffing $350,000 Ongoing Small and Responsive Projects Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $163,000 Ongoing $2,030,010 Vegetation Management and Landscape Restoration •Demonstration Garden •Defensible space fuel reduction •Prescribed herbivory •Fire road vegetation clearance •Planning and environmental compliance for larger landscape-level workGoals to Reduce: •Chance of ignitions •Rate of fire spread •Impacts on natural & built environment Evacuation Improvements •Roadside vegetation clearance •Alert and Warning Registrations •Parking boxes •Lincoln Hill-pilot completed •Downtown & Dominican in progress Public Education and Outreach Digital and Print Outreach Community and Neighborhood Meetings FireSafe Marin resources & content support Emphasis on accessibility 1 on 1 Education via Defensible Space Evaluations Defensible Space Program •Research-based approach to Wildfire Structure Defense •Direct Face to Face outreach •Education •Resources •Citywide Vegetation Standards Compliance -SRMC 4.12 •Data Collection 2020-2021 3 Full time Vegetation Specialists and 12 Seasonal Staff Objective: Data Collection and an Educational Approach Nearly 16,000 Properties were inspected Offering a Free Chipper and 2 AmeriCorps teams Issued 1803 Courtesy letters late 2021 2022 Season Emphasis on Re-inspections Developed the SRFD grant program Foundry Crew provided Direct Assistance Began issuing the initial notices Community Assistance Grants Retroactive Over $153,000 given back to the community Direct Assistance Over 230 Properties helped Free Juniper Removal weeks Foundry and Americorps Free Chipper Program Countywide City by Request 2023 Citywide Vegetation Standard Compliance for Community Safety •85% of the community took steps toward code compliance prior to January 2023 •Compliance efforts focus on large significant hazards Initial Inspection Courtesy letter (WUI) Follow-up Inspection(s) Pre- Enforcement Notice Pre-Citation Citation Case Study-Terra Linda Compliance Shift •Large, disproportionate number of high hazards •Juniper and Italian Cypress common part of landscape architecture •Multiple Rounds of Inspections •~1800 inspections •Extensive Assistance Outreach •Juniper Removal Program •Over 100 properties used Direct Assistance 19 Citations 74 Pre- Citations 112 Pre- Enforcement 309 Courtesy Total Funding Allocated by MWPA Goal Fiscal Year 2023-24 MWPA Goal Allocated Funding Defensible Space and Home Hardening $969,010.00 Detection, Notification, Evacuation $150,000.00 Grant Management $250,000.00 Public Education $150,000.00 Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $1,513,010.00 Staff $856,000.00 Grand Total $3,888,020.00 Project Name MWPA Goal Budget Status Defensible Space Program Defensible space and Home Hardening $969,010.00 Ongoing Management Staff Wildfire Mitigation Team Staff $96,000.00 Ongoing Marinwood Fuel Reduction Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $65,000.00 Ongoing Mitigation and Preparedness Staff Wildfire Mitigation Team Staff $60,000.00 Ongoing Parking Boxes Detection, Notification, Evacuation $50,000.00 Ongoing Police Rangers for Ignition Reduction Wildfire Mitigation Team Staff $350,000.00 Ongoing San Rafael Landscape Restoration Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $100,000.00 Ongoing San Rafael Small and Responsive Projects Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $248,010.00 Ongoing $1,938,020.00 2023-24 DraftDefensible Space and Local Projects *BUDGET DRAFT SUBJECT TO APPROVALS* 2023-24 Draft Core Projects *BUDGET DRAFT SUBJECT TO APPROVALS* Project Name Funding Source MWPA Goal Budget Status Direct Residence Assistance Core Grant Management $250,000.00 Ongoing Educational Landscaping Core Public Education $50,000.00 New Site Evacuation Route Vegetation Clearance Core Detection, Notification, Evacuation $100,000.00 Ongoing Fire Road Vegetation Clearance Core Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $200,000.00 Ongoing Open Space Defensible Space Fuel Reduction Core Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $150,000.00 Ongoing Prescribed Herbivory Core Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $250,000.00 Ongoing Public Education, Outreach and Engagement Core Public Education $100,000.00 Ongoing Ridgewood Shaded Fuel Break Implementation Core Vegetation Management and Fire Hazard Reduction $500,000.00 New Vegetation and Project Management Staff Core Wildfire Mitigation Team Staff $350,000.00 Ongoing Peer to Peer Prepared and Resilient Community Outreach Core -JPA Wide Public Education $200,000.00 New $2,150,000.00 What's New and Growing Citywide Vegetation Standard Compliance Increased Outreach Connecting Recreation Goals Home Hardening Restoration Work Prescribed Fire Prescribed fire on the landscape Reintroducing good fire for ecological benefit, debris management, & invasive plant control Achieved through: •Pile burning •Broadcast burning •Air curtain burners or kilns Long term maintenance of wildfire adaptation investments Retreatment of existing fuel breaks, fire roads, and evacuation routes Monitoring fuel breaks for invasive plants Continued defensible space inspections to reach and maintain vegetation code compliance Questions & Feedback •SRFD.org •Marinwildfire.org •FiresafeMarin.org