Tribe: Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
View Source Document: Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Climate Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan
Year: 2013
Topic: Increase wildfire preparedness through prevention and rapid response (View All Topics in the Plan)
Create defensible spaces around essential infrastructure, communication towers, power lines, wastewater treatment, water, emergency response facilities, key transportation corridors (per...
Update Tribal Public Health and Safety Code to include Wildlife and Air Pollution response.
Expand or adjust the region's protected areas to incorporate greater landscape diversity. This facilitates range-shifts in terrestrial communities and enhances...
Manage forest density for reduced susceptibility to drought stress. This includes developing a strategy to reduce biomass fuel in the...
Monitoring trends in forest condition and climate to proactively identify areas with high susceptibility to wildfire.
Start a public communication effort concerning strategies to reduce personal harm from fire. Highlight activities such as the use of...
Update Building Codes to require or provide incentives for FireSmart building standards for new builds and renovations.
Establish a community evacuation plan and ensure the community knows about the plan (i.e., integrate into all tribal and emergency...
For critical facilities, establish a back-up power supply in the event that electric water pumps are unavailable.