CALFIRE PROGRAMS QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Landowner asks what can they do about the dying trees on their property. ANSW✅✅Answer
could be consult with pest mgmt program to identify problem and inform them of cfip program for a
cost share forest improvement project.
Landowner complains a neighbor is cutting trees and selling them likely without thp.
ANSW✅✅Answer would be notify calfire reg program etc.
What is the Forest Health Management Program? ANSW✅✅USFS program
-provides information to landowners and makes recommendations to the Board of Forestry
regarding the health of California's forests.
What is the Fire Prevention Program? ANSW✅✅Part of CAL FIRE's mission is to prevent fires.
The department's Fire Prevention Program consists of multiple activities including
-wildland pre-fire engineering,
-vegetation management,
-fire planning,
-education
-law enforcement.
Common Fire Prevention projects include ANSW✅✅-fire break construction
-brush clearance around communities, along roadways and evacuation routes.
-defensible space inspections,
-emergency evacuation planning,
-fire prevention education,
-fire hazard severity mapping,
-implementation of the State Fire Plan,
-fire-related law enforcement activities such as investigations to determine fire cause and origin as
well as arson cases,
,-support for local government fire safe planning in the SRA.
State Fire Plan, Fire Prevention ANSW✅✅The California Fire Plan is the state's road map for
reducing the risk of wildfire.
The Fire Plan is a cooperative effort between the Board and the CDF.
By placing the emphasis on what needs to be done long before a fire starts, the Fire Plan looks to
-reduce fire fighting costs and property losses,
-increase firefighter safety,
-contribute to ecosystem health.
The current plan was finalized in early 2010.
WILDLAND FIRE ENGINEERING Fire Prevention ANSW✅✅Wildland fire prevention engineering
processes
-reduce or eliminate fire hazards and risks,
-change the environment by
~~removing or reducing the heat source,
~~modifying or reducing the fuels (this is where our defensible space program resides),
~~~modifying the act or omission allowing the heat source to contact ignitable fuels.
FIRE PLANNING AND RISK ANALYSIS Fire Prevention ANSW✅✅Fire planning incorporates concepts
of the
-National Fire Plan,
-California Strategic Fire Plan
-individual CAL FIRE Unit Fire Prevention Plans,
-Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP's).
Unit plans and CWPP's outline fire situations at the local levels.
Each identifies prevention measures to
-reduce risks,
, -educates and involves the local community
-provides a framework to diminish the potential loss due to wildfire.
Planning includes other state, federal and local government agencies, as well as fire safe councils.
EDUCATION/INFORMATION Fire Prevention ANSW✅✅CAL FIRE has a long history of providing fire
prevention, fire safety, and natural resource protection education to the citizens and visitors of
California.
CAL FIRE's Fire Prevention Education programs are spread statewide and come in the form of
-social media campaigns,
-school programs,
-fair exhibits,
-posters,
-flyers and thousands of other printed materials,
-radio and television spots,
-internet communications,
-community meetings,
-one-on-one contacts with those who live, work and recreate in wildland areas.
On July 1, 1980, CAL FIRE implemented the Volunteers in Prevention (VIP) Program to involve and
utilize citizens and public service groups in non-salaried positions to reduce human-caused fires.
ENFORCEMENT Fire Prevention ANSW✅✅CAL FIRE utilizes trained peace officers to enforce state
forest and fire laws.
They are trained and certified
The enforcement responsibilities within the prevention program include
-fire investigations,
-criminal and
-civil case management citations.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Landowner asks what can they do about the dying trees on their property. ANSW✅✅Answer
could be consult with pest mgmt program to identify problem and inform them of cfip program for a
cost share forest improvement project.
Landowner complains a neighbor is cutting trees and selling them likely without thp.
ANSW✅✅Answer would be notify calfire reg program etc.
What is the Forest Health Management Program? ANSW✅✅USFS program
-provides information to landowners and makes recommendations to the Board of Forestry
regarding the health of California's forests.
What is the Fire Prevention Program? ANSW✅✅Part of CAL FIRE's mission is to prevent fires.
The department's Fire Prevention Program consists of multiple activities including
-wildland pre-fire engineering,
-vegetation management,
-fire planning,
-education
-law enforcement.
Common Fire Prevention projects include ANSW✅✅-fire break construction
-brush clearance around communities, along roadways and evacuation routes.
-defensible space inspections,
-emergency evacuation planning,
-fire prevention education,
-fire hazard severity mapping,
-implementation of the State Fire Plan,
-fire-related law enforcement activities such as investigations to determine fire cause and origin as
well as arson cases,
,-support for local government fire safe planning in the SRA.
State Fire Plan, Fire Prevention ANSW✅✅The California Fire Plan is the state's road map for
reducing the risk of wildfire.
The Fire Plan is a cooperative effort between the Board and the CDF.
By placing the emphasis on what needs to be done long before a fire starts, the Fire Plan looks to
-reduce fire fighting costs and property losses,
-increase firefighter safety,
-contribute to ecosystem health.
The current plan was finalized in early 2010.
WILDLAND FIRE ENGINEERING Fire Prevention ANSW✅✅Wildland fire prevention engineering
processes
-reduce or eliminate fire hazards and risks,
-change the environment by
~~removing or reducing the heat source,
~~modifying or reducing the fuels (this is where our defensible space program resides),
~~~modifying the act or omission allowing the heat source to contact ignitable fuels.
FIRE PLANNING AND RISK ANALYSIS Fire Prevention ANSW✅✅Fire planning incorporates concepts
of the
-National Fire Plan,
-California Strategic Fire Plan
-individual CAL FIRE Unit Fire Prevention Plans,
-Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP's).
Unit plans and CWPP's outline fire situations at the local levels.
Each identifies prevention measures to
-reduce risks,
, -educates and involves the local community
-provides a framework to diminish the potential loss due to wildfire.
Planning includes other state, federal and local government agencies, as well as fire safe councils.
EDUCATION/INFORMATION Fire Prevention ANSW✅✅CAL FIRE has a long history of providing fire
prevention, fire safety, and natural resource protection education to the citizens and visitors of
California.
CAL FIRE's Fire Prevention Education programs are spread statewide and come in the form of
-social media campaigns,
-school programs,
-fair exhibits,
-posters,
-flyers and thousands of other printed materials,
-radio and television spots,
-internet communications,
-community meetings,
-one-on-one contacts with those who live, work and recreate in wildland areas.
On July 1, 1980, CAL FIRE implemented the Volunteers in Prevention (VIP) Program to involve and
utilize citizens and public service groups in non-salaried positions to reduce human-caused fires.
ENFORCEMENT Fire Prevention ANSW✅✅CAL FIRE utilizes trained peace officers to enforce state
forest and fire laws.
They are trained and certified
The enforcement responsibilities within the prevention program include
-fire investigations,
-criminal and
-civil case management citations.
