A CWPP is intended to serve as a living wildfire protection planning document.
The City of Calabasas has approved its CWPP.
With the increased severity and frequency of wildfires in California, community wildfire planning is extremely important to help prepare for and adapt to wildfire. A Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is a tool to help reduce the severity and impact of wildfires and facilitate community resilience.
CWPPs are collaborative agreements, developed by at-risk communities in consultation with various interested parties and agreed to by the appropriate local government, fire department, and State Forester. Consistent with the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003, this CWPP serves as a mechanism for gathering community input and identifying areas with high wildfire risk, and for identifying potential projects intended to mitigate wildfire risk.
This CWPP is being developed consistent with the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003, Policy VII-20 of the Safety Element of the City’s 2030 General Plan, and the 2030 General Plan, which calls for preparation of a CWPP that also aligns with Los Angeles County’s Countywide CWPP (currently in draft).
Additionally, the CWPP process is intended to provide the community with a forum for identifying values at risk from wildfire, which may include people, property, natural resources, agricultural lands, cultural resources, economic interests, and infrastructure. The identification of these values at risk influences the potential wildfire risk reduction projects identified in this CWPP. The Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003 encourages land management agencies to consider the priorities established by the local community as they develop and implement forest management and hazardous fuel reduction projects. Developing a CWPP does not commit the at-risk community to carrying out, funding, or issuing a permit for any specific fuel reduction action. All legally required environmental review and permitting would be necessary prior to beginning any fuel reduction treatment.
This CWPP is intended to serve as a living wildfire protection planning document that presents the community’s physical characteristics, wildfire hazard, assets at risk from wildfire, wildfire risk reduction approaches, vegetation/fuel management projects, and goal and action items intended to reduce wildfire risk in the Plan Area. This CWPP has been prepared with input and direction from interested parties, agency representatives, and community members.
