County presented a 10-year Community Wildfire Protection Plan; staff asks board to adopt resolution

Sep 10, 2026

Emergency management presented a 10-year Community Wildfire Protection Plan identifying wildfire as the county's top hazard, highlighting that 97.9% of structures lie in the wildland-urban interface and that adoption would enable grant eligibility; staff requested the board adopt the plan (no immediate financial commitment).

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Roscommon County emergency management and consultants presented a 162-page Community Wildfire Protection Plan and asked the board to adopt it as a framework for reducing wildfire risk over the next decade. Emergency Management Director Vanessa Varner said the plan builds on the 2016 document and that adopting it would not commit county funds immediately but would make the county and its fire departments eligible for state and federal grants.

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