Non-CWPP Areas, Fire Risk, and Disadvantaged Communities

Community Wildfire Protection Planning is a structured process that helps communities assess their preparedness for wildfires, identify priority actions and secure policy guidance from their elected leaders so that fire protection agencies can then plan, permit and pursue funding to implement those priorities. Having a CWPP in place can open up funding opportunities that are otherwise unavailable. Some areas of Santa Barbara County have prepared Community Wildfire Protection Plans, but there are large parts of the County that do not currently have a plan and would benefit therefrom. These include: -Lompoc Valley and Burton Mesa/Mission Hills -Tepesquet Canyon -Santa Barbara Foothills (gap between existing San Marcos Pass CWPP and the City of SB CWPP) -Goleta City and Foothills (update to include foothills) -Santa Ynez Valley -Miguelito Canyon -Mission Canyon (update) These areas have been named as priorities for places that are in need of a CWPP to address the threat of wildfire. These CWPPs will examine projects and prioritze them based on detailed fire modeling.