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Travis County and Austin launch CWPP update; officials outline mapping, outreach and homeowner steps
Summary
SWCA and local fire officials described a countywide desktop risk assessment plus on‑the‑ground WUI inspections, said the CWPP update is funded by city and county but does not itself fund projects, and urged residents to use the project website and survey to inform priorities.
Arianna Porter, project manager at SWCA Environmental Consultants, told attendees at a public webinar that Austin and Travis County are updating their Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) to identify and prioritize hazardous‑fuels treatments and measures to reduce structural ignitability. "A CWPP does not mandate or require anything. It simply assesses the risk and makes recommendations," Porter said.
The update will include a countywide desktop risk assessment that considers fuels, topography and historic weather and targeted on‑the‑ground assessments in the highest‑risk wildland‑urban interface (WUI) areas, Vicky Amato, a principal planner at SWCA, said. Luke Ball, wildfire mitigation officer at the Austin Fire Department, said…
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