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Tolt Triangle Fire Council
Protect Life, Property and Infrastructure through Wildfire Prevention

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Committees of the TTFC
Education and Public Relations
Possible activities:
Collection, writing, duplicating, distribution of Firewise materials
Setting up workshops, speaking to community groups
Email program (to all or portion of database)
Special projects (such as Chipper Day)
Working with media, press releases, to further education process
Development of a fire council website to relate to outside public and to inside property owners
Partners:
 King County Forestry
 Washington State DNR
 CDCCC
Jeff Madden, Barbara Powrie, Wendy Sammarco, Adhiniá Olson, Don Stanwyck, Jim Francis
Evacuation
Possible activities:
Development of evacuation plans for individual areas in coordination with neighboring communities
Identify “safe areas” for individual areas – e.g., large clearings
Road signs
Inter-community communication
Partners:
 ESFR
 CDCCC/CERT
Lynn McIntyre, Dionne White, Toni McKeel, Barbara Powrie, Bill Broadhurst
Emergency Response
Possible activities:
Who to contact (see samples)
Expanded phone trees
What to do in case of wild fire?
Evacuation
Monitoring fire
Sprinklers
Other
Improve access
Partners
 CDCCC/CERT
 ESFR
 King County
Lissa Buban, Roger Friedman, Rod Olson, Barbara Powrie
Fuels Reduction
Possible activities:
Definition, what is it?
Rationalization, why is it important?
Information, what are my options?
Defensible space
Pruning
Thinning/Harvest
Cleaning out brush (ladder fuels)
Shaded fuel breaks
Closed vs. Open Canopies over roads
Other
Regulatory information
Are permits required?
How do I get permits?
Cost sharing?
Partners:
 King County DNR (Fuels Reductions)
 ESFR
 CDCCC
Jeff Madden, Chuck Woolfolk
Fire Plan
Possible activities:
Drafting of actual fire plan. 
Research and evaluate funding opportunities
Drafting of grant
Submission of grant proposals and follow-up with appropriate agencies
Partners:
 U.S. Forest Service
 WA DNR
 King County DNR
 ESFR
 City of Seattle (Tolt Watershed)
Jeff Madden, Wendy Sammarco
Grants and Finance
Create proposals for funding of fire council activities
Collect and manage monies for its expenses (Treasurer will chair committee)
Jeff Madden, Al Osgood, Sara Broadhurst
Records
Possible activities:
Create/maintain database of all property owners within plan boundary for contact/mailing purposes
Establish/maintain maps of fire plan area
Track Firewise actions taken by communities, groups, and individuals (this will require reporting by local individuals who are assigned to monitor Firewise activities in their neighborhood, e.g., Division 3 TRH)
Document hours and dollars spent by council and property owners on plan development and Firewise measures
Partners
 King County DNR
Barbara Powrie, Lindy Friedlander, Lee Butler
Executive
Keep us on track, oversee activities of fire council
Liaison with fire authority, governmental agencies, local government bodies
Dan Griner, Barbara Powrie, Jeff Madden

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