Community Fire Planning

Tracy Katelman is the author of several community fire plans.

She is recognized as a national leader in community fire planning. She engages in an extensive collaborative process to ensure maximum community input into her plans.

Her most recent project was to develop Conservation Principles, a landowner brochure, and a guidebook for conservation-based community fire planning and prevention in California's Sierra Nevada: Sierra Nevada Community Conservation and Wildfire Protection Plan Guidebook.

For a list of conservation and wildfire background materials, click here.

Tracy is the principal author of these community fire plans:

• Lower Mattole Fire Plan
• Illinois Valley Fire Plan
• Upper Mattole Fire Plan
• Del Norte Fire Safe Plan

She also led the Community Outreach Process of the Humboldt County Master Fire Protection Plan. A summary of that process is found on the National Fire Plan Success Stories.

Tracy created the California Community Fire Plan Template in 2004 to help Californians develop fire plans for their communities.

Tracy (left) working with Selma, OR residents to map their local fire issues.

On a panel with Tim Ingalsbee (FUSEE) for the Gifford Pinchot Task Force.