Fire/Fuels Program

Roles/Responsibilities• Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and

Control, Wildland Fire Section• Lead state agency for wildland fire

preparedness, response, fire management, prescribed fire

• CSFS• Lead state agency for forest management and

wildfire mitigation• Prevention, fire ecology, natural resource

management, risk assessment, planning and fuels mitigation

Restore and Maintain Resilient Landscapes

• Restore Forest Ecosystems

• Provide forestry expertise and implement forest management to accomplish stewardship objectives

• Inform, train, and prepare agency personnel and our publics to anticipate and address wildfire hazards and changing forest conditions

• Effectively respond to emerging forest health issues

• Encourage continued development and advancement of sustainable forest industry

Restore and Maintain Resilient Landscapes

• Wildfire Hazard Mitigation• Fuel Treatments• Utilize best available science and practical field

experience• Prescribed Fire-pile burning on state lands• Collaborative Wildland Hazard Mitigation

Projects and Grant Programs

• Post-fire Vegetation Recovery• Site assessments• Participation in collaboratives• Reforestation plans

Create Fire-Adapted Communities

• Planning• CWPPs• Firewise Communities USA Program• Defensible Space Site Reviews• CO-WRAP• Land Use Planning Input

• Information and Education• Publications• Website• Social Media• Media Relations• Public Outreach• Ready, Set, Go• Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network

Create Fire-Adapted Communities

• Prevention• Rocky Mountain Area Communicators and

Education Committee (subcommittee of RMCG)

• Rocky Mountain Regional Fire Prevention/Mitigation Strategic Plan

• Smokey Bear

Safe and Effective Wildfire Response

• Planning• Colorado Statewide Wildland Fire Management

Annual Operating Plan• Colorado Statewide Cooperative Wildland Fire

Management and Stafford Act Response Agreement• State Emergency Operations Plan-merged

Response and Recovery• Technical assistance with post-fire rehabilitation

• Response• NWCG Qualified personnel for operations, overhead

support, prescribed fire• Gain experience for pile burn qualifications,

mitigation, hazard planning, and community programs