The above photo shows some of the drafters and supporters of the Monterey County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (MCCWPP).
On December 14, 2010, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to put the final signature on the MCCWPP, which has been signed by:
The MCCWPP was written following the collaborative process in the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, has been signed by the required signatories, and is complete.
Life-protecting wildfire fuel reduction grants are awarded based on a point system that includes consideration of whether an area has a completed and updated community wildfire protection plan. With a completed and updated plan, grant applicants are at an advantage when applying for these highly competitive grants.
Please communicate with your representative on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors and urge him or her support the MCCWPP and updating laws to enable creation of defensible space and performance of other wildfire fuel reduction work without regulatory hindrance. Their contact information is here.
The MCCWPP has been updated approximately every four years since its initial acceptance in 2010. Update dates are included on its cover.
The MCCWPP and its attachments, in its entirety, including updates through July 27, 2023, can be downloaded from Google Drive by clicking on this link (file size is 13 MB, so it's best to click on the Google Drive download icon once it has opened, and save it to your hard drive, then view it with your pdf software).
If you have hyperlinks to old versions of the MCCWPP please update them to the Google Drive link above to ensure you have access to its current language.
PDF reading software is needed to read the MCCWPP. You can download free Adobe Reader here, and there are many other free PDF readers.
The Directors of the Fire Safe Council For Monterey County wish to thank everyone who contributed to completion of the MCCWPP and its updates. The final document represents the voices of many interested parties within and outside of Monterey County. Without the cooperation of all involved, the MCCWPP and its updates would not have been possible.
On December 14, 2010, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to put the final signature on the MCCWPP, which has been signed by:
- The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection,
- The Monterey County Fire Chiefs Association,
- Fire chiefs representing fire districts, volunteer fire departments, and military bases,
- The United States Forest Service,
- The Bureau of Land Management,
- The Monterey County Sheriff's Department,
- The Fire Safe Council for Monterey County,
- The Chair of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, for the full Board.
The MCCWPP was written following the collaborative process in the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, has been signed by the required signatories, and is complete.
Life-protecting wildfire fuel reduction grants are awarded based on a point system that includes consideration of whether an area has a completed and updated community wildfire protection plan. With a completed and updated plan, grant applicants are at an advantage when applying for these highly competitive grants.
Please communicate with your representative on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors and urge him or her support the MCCWPP and updating laws to enable creation of defensible space and performance of other wildfire fuel reduction work without regulatory hindrance. Their contact information is here.
The MCCWPP has been updated approximately every four years since its initial acceptance in 2010. Update dates are included on its cover.
The MCCWPP and its attachments, in its entirety, including updates through July 27, 2023, can be downloaded from Google Drive by clicking on this link (file size is 13 MB, so it's best to click on the Google Drive download icon once it has opened, and save it to your hard drive, then view it with your pdf software).
If you have hyperlinks to old versions of the MCCWPP please update them to the Google Drive link above to ensure you have access to its current language.
PDF reading software is needed to read the MCCWPP. You can download free Adobe Reader here, and there are many other free PDF readers.
The Directors of the Fire Safe Council For Monterey County wish to thank everyone who contributed to completion of the MCCWPP and its updates. The final document represents the voices of many interested parties within and outside of Monterey County. Without the cooperation of all involved, the MCCWPP and its updates would not have been possible.