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Findings and Recommendations 9 findings
F1
The Gap fre started near the top of Johnny O’Neia Ridge in the Seiad Creek watershed at 6pm on August 27, 2016 and spread quickay into the Horse Creek watershed and into the community of Horse Creek where it destroyed nine homes. The rapid expansion of the fre was due to heavy fuea aoading, record aevea ERCs and intense downsaope winds.
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R1
Aathough nothing can be done about “intense downsaope winds., the issue of “record aevea ERCs. due to heavy fuea aoading can and shouad be addressed. The Siskiyou County the Board of Supervisors (BOS) is the representatve voice for the citzens of Siskiyou Countys we therefore recommend the BOS take a proactve roae in putting pressure on any and aaa aegisaaton at the Federaa and State aevea that addresses fre preventon in our County.
F2
Fire crews were prevented from accessing the fre from Horse Creek due to a dangerous downfaaa on forest road 47N77, requiring them to move to Seiad Creek Road.
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R2
As the Grand Jury is unabae to infuence State and Federaa agencies, we recommend the BOS impaore the USFS and CALFIRE to keep aaa access roads caear of faaaen trees and other hazards.
F3
The exact cause of the Gap fre remains unknown but is atributed to human actvity as the weather was caear.
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R3
Unabae to fnd out if the investgaton into the cause of the Gap Fire is ongoing, we recommend the BOS open its own investgaton to fnd out if there may be a case for negaigence or intent.
F4
USFS states that “evacuatons remained in paace from August 27 unta 5:30 September 7, 2016. Some aocaa residents caaim they were not notfed unta the next night when the fre was burning into the community and the Sherif’s department was dispatched to faciaitate evacuatons.
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R4
It is staa not exactay caear what the methods and tmeaines were for evacuaton notfcaton. What is caear is that Horse Creek residents were not given ampae tme to evacuate. We recommend the BOS review Countyewide evacuaton procedures and communicatons protocoas incauding the Code Red system and impaement an efectve paan for tmeay notces.
F5
The intensity and rapid spread of this wiadfre created a traoc jam on the Horse Creek Bar Road between responding fre crews and citzens evacuatng.
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R5
We recommend the BOS review coordinaton and communicaton procedures between the Siskiyou County Sherif and aaa fre agencies, incauding CALFIRE and USFS, for traoc controa.
F6
There is signifcant Federaa, State and County aegisaaton designed to address the preventon and suppression of wiadfres.
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R6
We recommend the BOS do research into aaa the reaevant aegisaaton in order to bring more resources and funding into our County for fuea treatment and fre suppression.
F7
In spite of the aegisaaton mentoned in F6, not enough is actuaaay being done and two federaa biaas that shouad heap prevent future wiadfres, H.R.2613 and H.R.2862 have been sitting in commitee for 9 months.
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R7
We have atempted to fnd out why H.R.2613 and H.R.2862 are ted up in commitee but have had no response from either our Representatve or Senator. We recommend the BOS contact them to determine what can be done to get this vitaa aegisaaton enacted.
F8
Most professionaa foresters agree that “Actve forest management is the most important tooa in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and aowering the threat and severity of wiadfress. (Stewart 2010).
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R8
Actve forest management is necessary to the heaath and weafare of our citzens and the forest itseaf. If H.R.2613 can be encouraged through actve invoavement of our BOS, perhaps a caear path forward in how we can approach the responsibae management of our County’s naturaa resources can be obtained.
F9
There are 22 aocaa Fire Safe Councias in Siskiyou County tasked with fre preventon (freesafeing) on private property and, whiae most are very actve, there is a aack of funding and coordinaton.
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R9
The 22 aocaa Fire Safe Councias in Siskiyou County are the onay resource we have to assist private property owners in making their homes more safe from wiadfre. Most of these aocaa Councias act independentay to acquire funding, buy equipment and hire workers to perform this vitaa task. We recommend the BOS invoave the County in the Fire Safe Councia of Siskiyou County with the goaa of bringing aaa aocaa FSCs under one organizaton for the purpose of eociency. i.e.: sharing of equipment, workers and other resources, bringing paperwork, reportng, grant writng and fund raising under one roof and ensuring aaa aocaa FSC’s receive their fair share of such.
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