Wildfire Risk Reduction in Florida (DOF 2010)
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry
“Wildfire Risk Reduction in Florida: Home, Neighborhood, and Community Best Practices” is a 2010 update of the 2004 Best Development Practices manual, which Pandion originally researched and wrote in 2003.
This user-friendly manual is targeted at a diverse audience that includes homeowners, business and community leaders, elected officials, planners, developers and builders, landscapers, and architects. It addresses collaboration and outreach, local planning, community design, building construction, and landscaping; and also includes background on the wildfire problem and fire and fuel management in Florida.
Updates in the 2010 manual include the following.
- A simplified Wildfire Risk Assessment Decision Tree (see Chapter 1) that helps homeowners, developers, and communities determine if their home or community is at risk for wildfire.
- Expanded information on Collaboration and Outreach Strategies (see Chapter 2) to help communities and agencies work together to reduce wildfire risk.
- More focus on homeowners as one of the partners in wildfire risk reduction.
- New Florida-specific case studies, along with examples from other states.
- More photos and illustrations and updated graphics.
The manual includes clear guidelines to best protect homes, businesses, neighborhoods, communities, and new developments from the threat of wildfire while protecting forests and natural resources. Also included are Florida-specific recommendations for planning strategies to reduce wildfire risk, fuel management alternatives, fire-resistant landscaping and building construction, timber management practices, and social/economic cost-benefit analysis results. Case studies are included throughout the guide to give readers a sense of wildfire risk reduction projects that have been successfully completed.
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2010 Updated Manual
"Wildfire Risk Reduction in Florida: Home, Neighborhood, and Community Best Practices"
Florida Division of Forestry, 2010
Cover, Table of Contents, Reader's Guide
Chapter 1. Solving Florida’s Wildfire Problem Together
Chapter 2. Collaboration and Outreach Strategies for Wildfire Risk Reduction
Chapter 3. Local Planning Strategies for Successful Wildfire Risk Reduction
Chapter 4. Regulatory Approaches to Wildfire Risk Reduction
Chapter 5. Community Design to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Chapter 6. Building Construction to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Chapter 7. Firewise Landscaping to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Chapter 8. Fire and Fuel Management in Florida
Appendices
Acronyms, Glossary, Sources and References
2004 Manual
"Wildfire Mitigation in Florida: Land Use Planning Strategies and Best Develpoment Practices"
Florida Department of Community Affairs and Florida Division of Forestry, 2004
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Pandion Team
Christine Denny, MS, project manager
Susan Marynowski, MS, lead author
Karen Hill, lead editor
Peter Colverson, MA, contributing author
Ondine Wells, MS, contributing author
Jenny Carter, project editor
Period of Performance
2002 to 2004; 2009 to 2010
Location
Florida
