To: C.A.R.E. Delegates, Friends, Fire Departments, Community members concerned about wildfire issues…
WHAT: C.A.R.E. Quarterly Meeting Featuring Jeffco Director of Open Space-Tom Hoby, Director of Transportation and Zoning-Abel Montoya, and Director of Federal Grants-Mary O’Neal, leading a conversation on Wildfire mitigation and evacuation issues and funding.
WHEN: Wed November 9th, 2022
WHY: C.A.R.E. exists in unincorporated Jefferson County. Jefferson County and the Board of County Commissioners is the first level of government over the entire CARE area; they facilitate significant State and Federal funding on wildfire matters as well as evacuations and rules relating to wildfire mitigation.
We welcome you to view the presentation at https://youtu.be/w8DxZ1K6Tlo.
We value your feedback, please leave comments on this page or contact us at WildfireChair@carejeffco.org.
If you’ve lived in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) area of Jefferson County, or any WUI anywhere, for that matter, you’ve likely heard of something called a Community Wildfire Protection Plan, the CWPP, for short. But, just what is a CWPP?