WHO

Elected Officials & Government

Local government and staff, elected officials, planning departments

Elected officials and governments play a crucial role in wildfire preparedness through establishing building codes, planning for appropriate land use, supporting locally-led Community Wildfire Protection Plans and much more. These resources cover the wide array of ways elected officials and governments can engage on wildland fire. Please note, some resources might be applicable to multiple roles within the community.

EXPLORE Elected Officials & Government RESOURCES

  • WHAT

  • WHERE

  • FORMAT

Who is Involved Graphic
Explore the rest of the WHO categories
Found 64 Results

Oregon Health Authority’s Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Toolkit for Wildfires

Database
State of Oregon
This SmartSheet provides a database of resources in multiple languages to communicate with the public during disasters. Topics include how to clean up outdoor ash, the right respirator and fit, keeping food safe during an emergency, getting emergency refills from a pharmacy, and more. While many of the resources are from Oregon, some are national... Read More
Tags:
View

National Institute of Standards and Technology Fire Research Division

Website / Interactive Map
National Institute of Standards and Technology
This page offers a useful overview of the latest research, news and updates from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Fire Research Division. Their work relates to how fire interacts with the built and natural environments as well as fire safety engineering, fire fighting, fire investigation, and more. Read More
Tags:
View

Multilingual Alerting for the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts

Website / Interactive Map
Federal Communications Commission
Information, resources, and reports to support the accessibility of alert information. Read More
Tags:
View

Multilingual Alerting

Video
Federal Communications Commission
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau hosted this public workshop to promote the use of multilingual emergency alerting. The workshop included presentations related to the multilingual capabilities of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), alternative methods for delivering emergency information to the non-English speaking public, and real-world examples demonstrating the... Read More
Tags:
View

Minimum Standards for Developing Community Wildfire Protection Plans in Colorado

Agenda / Template / Tool
Colorado State Forest Services
The following are updated minimum standards and guidelines for developing Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) in Colorado. Read More
Tags:
View

Long Term Recovery Guide

Guide / Pamphlet / Handout
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
This 96-page guide from the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster coalition covers disasters and long term recovery, organizing a long term recovery group, disaster case management, volunteer management, communications and more. Read More
Tags:
View

Land Use Planning Tools to Reduce Wildfire Risk

Graphic / Illustration
Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire
This interactive site provides examples of land use planning strategies and techniques that can address wildfire risk in a community. Read More
Tags:
View

Land Use Planning Approaches in the Wildland-Urban Interface

Guide / Pamphlet / Handout
Community Wildfire Planning Center
This report explores four western states—California, Colorado, Montana and Washington—to better understand each state’s approach to wildfire policy and regulation, and to identify potentialopportunities for reducing wildfire risk to communities in the future. Read More
Tags:
View

IPAWS Program Planning Toolkit

Agenda / Template / Tool
Federal Emergency Management Agency
The Alerts, Warnings, and Notifications (AWN) Program Planning Toolkit is designed to aid alerting authorities and alert originators at federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial levels in the development of mature alerting programs using customized resources, best practices, and program templates. Read More
Tags:
View

Integrating Community Wildfire Protection Plans and Natural Hazards Mitigation Plans

Guide / Pamphlet / Handout
Federal Emergency Management Agency
“Both Natural Hazards Mitigation Plans (NHMP) and Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) benefitcommunities striving to reduce risk to natural hazards. Though CWPPs are focused on the wildfire hazard and NHMPs address multiple natural hazards, their process and content requirements are very similar. As a result, many communities have chosen to integrate. This document highlights the... Read More
Tags:
View
Page 3 of 7
Accessibility by WAH