Community Wildfire Protection Plan

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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