University of Oregon. Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management. Community Planning Workshop2015-02-192015-02-192013-01https://hdl.handle.net/1794/1881887 pagesAmidst increased severity of wildfires throughout the American West, the need for improved preparedness and more robust mitigation strategies for communities in the Wildland Urban Interface have become imperative. The Institute for the Sustainable Environment partnered with Community Service Center to better understand the relationship between wildfire mitigation planning process and outcomes of Community Wildfire Protection Plans in communities throughout the American West. The Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003 established a mandate for communities to prepare for wildfire events, the planning of which can be interpreted through Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs).The Community Service Center at the University of Oregon qualitatively analyzed a set of these plans from geographies affected by fire since 2004. In conjunction with further research regarding the longer-term implications of fire on the safety and well-being of at-risk communities, this analysis seeks to provide an objective measurement of CWPPs, not only for more comprehensive understanding of the documents themselves, but to provide a tool that may be complemented by further case study research.en-USCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USCommunity developmentLand use planningOregon wildfiresNorthwest wildfiresInstitute for the Sustainable EnvironmentOPDR Oregon Partnership for Disaster ResilienceWildfire mitigationHealthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP)National Fire Plan Title III funding grantsTechnical Report