Community Wildfire Protection Planning

Teton County prepared its Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) in 2014. This is our guiding document that contains strategies to prepare for wildfires and to reduce risks for homeowners and communities in the County. In 2022 TWMT wrote the CWPP for Sublette County in partnership with Y2 Consultants and Sublette County Unified Fire: Sublette County CWPP link

TWMT can help your smaller community, or HOA, develop a Wildfire Preparedness and Evacuation Plan (“mini-CWPP”) at the neighborhood scale.

Our Team will facilitate the following process:

1. Develop a team of community representatives

2. Involve community experts and agency representatives

3. Engage all neighborhood homeowners

4. Establish a baseline map with wildland urban interface concerns and potential fire risks

5. Develop a community risk assessment

6. Establish community priorities and recommendations for fire preparedness & evacuation planning.

7. Develop an action plan and assessment strategy

8. Finalize the Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Leadership and collaboration are the keys to the process and Teton Wildfire Mitigation Team can provide this for your community. In 2022 TWMT wrote Fire Preparedness and Evacuation Plans for the Gros Ventre North Subdivision and the Lost Creek Ranch/HOA, both in Teton County. As a result of the plan and homeowner motivation, Gros Ventre North was recognized as a Firewise USA Community in August 2022.

We can also assist any government agency with land management and natural resource planning.