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Kentucky Division of Forestry outlines Community Wildfire Protection Plan and free strike-team services for Ohio County
Summary
Kentucky Division of Forestry officials briefed the fiscal court on a draft Community Wildfire Protection Plan intended to improve grant competitiveness and provide free strike-team mitigation services to tornado-impacted properties; the court assigned staff to review and ground-truth the draft.
Representatives from the Kentucky Division of Forestry (KDF) told the Ohio County Fiscal Court that the county has been identified as at higher wildfire risk following timber damage from 2021 tornadoes, and they urged the court to consider adopting a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP).
Kessley Baker, wildfire mitigation specialist for KDF, said a CWPP includes a risk assessment and mitigation recommendations and can…
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