Tribe: Shoshone Paiute Tribes
View Source Document: Shoshone Paiute Tribes Climate Resilience Plan
Year: 2020
Topic: Protect homes, buildings, and facilities from wildfire.
Develop a TERC Facebook page to communicate fire danger forecasts, community fire education events, and evacuation notices. Identify who will...
Fund new equipment and technologies necessary to improve fire suppression for Duck Valley.
Ensure that wildfire protection planning efforts overlap and communicate well across tribal departments (e.g. Owyhee Clinic, schools, Fire Department, Irrigation...
Identify old or current equipment and technologies necessary to improve fire suppression for Duck Valley.
Change the Fire Department’s wildfire mitigation policy to include climate change projections for Duck Valley so that the department is...
Update the Wildfire Emergency Management Plan.
Update the Wildfire Prevention Plan.
Develop a controlled burn permit program to ensure ranchers and other private landowners are complying with Fire Department policies.
Adopt a tribal ordinance to enforce the controlled burn permit program.
Coordinate with state and federal partners (BIA, Idaho DOT, Nevada DOT, etc.) to improve vegetation management on paved and unpaved...
Explore the development of a USRT Wildfire Prevention Authority Board.
Coordinate with local businesses to identify grants for community wildfire preparedness (e.g. Walmart grants that support fire extinguishers, fire alarms,...
