Mid Term (2-4 years)
- Zupko to follow up with Frank Riley on national RC&D CodeSmart Conference scheduled for north Georgia in October. - All stakeholders in fire management at local, regional, and national level work together to establish Outreach teams to work with local government community growth managers through workshops providing wildfire risk data and access to tools to assess local wildfire risk. Teams may provide guidance to assist in adopting responsible community growth planning codes as well as wildfire and/or wildland urban interface (WUI) codes, ordinances supporting prescribed fire as a valuable land and natural fuels management tool, etc. - All stakeholders work together to encourage the adoption of building codes that encourage ignition resistant home/neighborhood construction and emphasize preparedness/mitigation of wildfire risk. - Utilize Changing Roles as a framework and communications tool/template - Build into regional RSC communications and education plan.
