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Fire marshal outlines community wildfire protection plan, highlights collaboration with parks on vegetation management
Summary
Santa Barbara Fire Marshal Ryan DeJulio presented the updated Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) and described how fire department crews and park staff are coordinating fuel-reduction work in city open spaces to reduce wildfire risk while protecting habitat.
Santa Barbara Fire Marshal Ryan DeJulio told the Parks and Recreation Commission on May 28 that the city’s updated Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) — revised in 2021 and available on the fire department’s website — is the operating guide for vegetation management, defensible-space requirements and community preparedness in high fire hazard areas.
DeJulio described the CWPP as a cross-departmental playbook that outlines defensible-space distances, homeowner outreach (including free defensible-space evaluations), evacuation planning and vegetation management units on city-owned open spaces. He emphasized that much of the city’s highest-hazard acreage is in city-owned open space and that any large-scale vegetation treatment must balance wildfire risk reduction with…
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