U.S. Joint Fire Science Program
Joint Fire Science Program Digests
Date of this Version
7-2009
Document Type
Newsletter Issue
Citation
Fire Science Digest, Issue 4, July 2009
Abstract
The 2003 Healthy Forests Restoration Act calls for local communities in the wildland-urban interface to collaborate on developing Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) to reduce their wildfire hazard. To craft a successful CWPP, a community must collaborate effectively. A Joint Fire Science Program-sponsored research team studied 15 communities as they developed CWPPs. They found that social networks, learning communities, and community capacity were key indicators of success, and that working together on a CWPP can enhance a community’s capacity to collaborate, helping it address future challenges more skillfully.
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Comments
United States government work