Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 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.
1. New
section filed 2-7-2022; operative 2-7-2022 (Register 2022, No. 6). (Filing
deadline specified in Government Code section
11349.3(a)
extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order
N-40-20).
Note: Authority cited: Section
4290.1,
Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
51178,
Government Code; and Sections
4290
and
4290.1,
Public Resources Code.
