Mohave County emergency management outlines community wildland protection plan, evacuation coordination and grant prospects

Mohave County emergency management staff presented the county’s approach to wildland fire mitigation and interagency coordination to the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 6, describing the county’s Community Wildland Protection Plan and ongoing efforts to link local fire districts, state agencies and federal partners.

Joe Dorner, director of risk and emergency management, said Mohave County’s emergency team is small — "3 and a half personnel," he said — and that the county relies on a network of federal, state and local partners to implement mitigation and suppression activities. Dorner said the county’s Community Wildland Protection Plan began in 2007, was completed in 2008, updated in 2019, and will be revised again in the next 24 months.

Dorner described priorities from the plan: improve fire…