The Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is a plan that identifies specific wildland fire risks facing communities and neighborhoods and provides prioritized recommendations for local communities and agencies to reduce those risks.

A CWPP is a document collaboratively developed by the County, Fire Safe Councils, and community members to identify actionable solutions for wildfire risk reduction. The plan will identify and prioritize a variety of mitigation efforts such as areas for hazardous fuels reduction treatments, protecting infrastructure, increasing community preparedness and public education, and recommending actions homeowners and communities can take to reduce structure ignitability. In other words, it allows us to prioritize the places and resources that are important to us and to protect what we value most in our community.

Due to the unique combinations of vegetation, topography, and weather, much of western El Dorado County is at high risk of wildfire. The updated Community Wildfire Protection Plan will be a roadmap to guide and prioritize wildfire prevention and preparedness efforts for communities, agencies, and individuals. This cohesive document will help drive collaborative efforts to make our home safer and better adapted for future wildfires

El Dorado County stakeholders are collaboratively developing a CWPP to realize the following overarching goals:

• Enhance life safety and preparedness for responders and the public
• Reduce the wildfire threat to values & assets at risk
• Create healthy and productive fire adapted communities
• Develop a CWPP that prioritizes mitigation actions for identified risks & hazards in western El Dorado County
• Enhance the resiliency of western El Dorado County to future climate change impacts
• Improve accountability, public trust, and efficiency in implementation of action items identified in the CWPP