Morongo Basin Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)
Building a Community Wildfire Protection Plan
One of the core responsibilities of the Morongo Basin Fire Safe Council (MBFSC) is to oversee the maintenance and implementation of the Morongo Basin Wildfire Protection Plan. The plan, a first of its kind for the High Desert will be certified and meet the standards of a CWPP under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA).
A CWPP, as defined by the Healthy Forest Restoration Act (HFRA), is a plan for a community at risk that:
Is developed collaboratively.
Identifies and prioritizes fuel reduction projects.
Recommends measures to reduce the ignitability of structures.
The MBFSC CWPP is made possible through a generous grant, ‘Regional Fire Safe Project’ from Cal Fire organized by our partners at the Mountain Rim Fire Safe Council and Inland Empire Fire Safe Alliance.
The 2023 MBFSC CWPP will be the culmination of a months-long collaboration among Basin stakeholders with an emphasis on the community voice. In addition to the broad range of fire protection and prevention entities. The CWPP process includes extensive communication and coordination with local fire departments, state and federal agencies, personnel from various county departments, and the general public.
A CWPP serves as the guiding document for the work of the MBFSC and will be an excellent tool for planning and securing funding for numerous projects that will help local residents and community groups prepare for the impacts of wildfires. Building this plan is more important than ever as California faces unprecedented losses of life, property, and ecological values to wildfire.
While certification of a CWPP by local, state, and federal entities does not constitute plan adoption or approval, it does represent the signees’ agreement that the contents of the plan conform to the three HFRA CWPP standards.
MBFSC and partners are working together to implement a CWPP using the identified objectives, metrics, and priority action recommendations to meet each of the following areas:
WILDFIRE IGNITION PREVENTION: Reduce human-caused wildfire ignitions.
WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS: Increase community resilience and adaptation to wildfire.
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: Increase residents’ ability to effectively prepare for and survive wildfire.
FIRE PROTECTION: Support fire protection for people, property, communities, and natural resources.
INTEGRATED PLANNING: Maximize integration of planning efforts to improve community and ecosystem resilience to wildfire.
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