by sbfirescadmin | Jun 19, 2020 | Community Wildfire Protection Plans, Resources
The idea for community-based forest planning and prioritization is neither novel nor new. However, the incentive for communities to engage in comprehensive forest planning and prioritization was given new and unprecedented impetus with the enactment of the Healthy...
by Nic Elmquist | Sep 1, 2020 | Community Wildfire Protection Plans
The Santa Barbara City Fire Department is working on a plan to protect the residents within the city limits from the growing threat of wildfire. The information regarding the updated Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) process including the Draft CWPP, Fire...
by sbfirescadmin | May 6, 2020 | Community Wildfire Protection Plans, Resources
The purpose of this CWPP is to identify wildfire hazard mitigation strategies for communities in the SMP/EGV mountainous areas that are in balance with sustainable ecological management and fiscal resources.
by sbfirescadmin | May 6, 2020 | Community Wildfire Protection Plans, Resources
The City of Santa Barbara is an incorporated city located between the coastal Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, approximately 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
by sbfirescadmin | May 6, 2020 | Community Wildfire Protection Plans, Resources
Montecito and its surrounding area has an extensive history of catastrophic wildfires that have been costly in terms of fatalities and injuries, damage and loss of multiple structures, and extremely high fire suppression and fire rehabilitation...
by sbfirescadmin | May 6, 2020 | Community Wildfire Protection Plans, Resources
The Montecito Fire Protection District (District) completed their Montecito Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) on February 22, 2016.