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FIREWISE ACTIVITIES MATCHING FUNDS Recording Sheet_Fill-in.pdf

Learn about the Firewise USA recognition Program

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National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

The Firewise USA® recognition program is administered by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and provides a collaborative framework to help neighbors in a geographic area get organized, find direction, and take action to increase the ignition resistance of their homes and community and to reduce wildfire risks at the local level.

Report Firewise Volunteer Hours and Investments

Firewise Volunteer Hourly Work SheetFirewise Time & Expense Investment Examples

EVERY NOVEMBER

Participating sites must submit an annual application to maintain their “in good standing” status. Renew using the Firewise USA® portal. Please be sure to submit your hours and investments before the deadline!

EVERY YEAR

Educational Outreach: Host an outreach event and work with neighbors on addressing items in the action plan.

Risk reduction investment: Record your community’s efforts to reduce its wildfire risk in the calendar year. You can include any time invested and expenses your community may have had to reduce its wildfire risk.

Find examples of activities that count towards your investment.

Use our volunteer hourly worksheet to collect information from residents in your community

At a minimum, each site is required to annually invest the equivalent of one volunteer hour per dwelling unit in wildfire risk reduction actions. If your site has identified 100 homes within its boundary, than 100 hours of work or the monetary equivalent. More information on the investment requirement can be found on your community dashboard in the Firewise portal.

EVERY THREE YEARS

Action plan: Review and update your action plan. Check your community dashboard in the Firewise portal to see when your next update is due.

California communities: please visit CAL FIRE’s website for more information and templates specific to California.

EVERY FIVE YEARS

Community risk assessment: Review and update your community risk assessment. Check your community dashboard in the Firewise portal to see when your next update is due.

Update your old risk assessment or, if you need to fill out a new one, use this risk assessment template .

California communities: please visit CAL FIRE’s website for more information and templates specific to California.

OTHER UPDATES

Overview: Has your community grown or changed its boundary? If so, you’ll need to update the number of dwelling units and submit a new boundary map to firewise@nfpa.org.

Committee/Board: Add and change the board member contacts, or keep it the same.

Vegetation removal: If you had an event where your community removed vegetation, you can tell us how much was removed and share a short narrative describing the event.

 

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