WUI Planning Best Practice Case Study: Napa County Fire Hazard Abatement Ordinance

Source

Authors

California Governor's Office of Planning and Research and Community Wildfire Planning Center

Published

2022

Description

This case study illustrates a proactive and science-based regulatory approach to mitigating wildfire threats to structures, including ember ignitions within the zone closest to a structure. The success of these regulations in Napa County is based on close collaboration among multiple county departments. Finally, this case study also shows how other voluntary wildfire risk reduction programs can work in tandem to support regulatory approaches. This case study is part of a series of Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Planning Best Practices developed by the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR) to complement the "Wildland Urban Interface Planning Guide: Examples and Best Practices for California Communities" (OPR, 2022). Each case study focuses on a specific planning tool (or set of tools) that a community is utilizing to reduce risk and build resilience to wildfire across the state of California. A WUI planning best practice is a practice or procedure that has been shown by research, experience, and evaluation to produce optimal results for addressing risk factors in the wildland-urban interface. WUI planning best practices offer opportunities for learning and may be suitable for adoption and implementation in other communities.

Climate Impact Tags

Wildfire

Adaptation Planning Guide Phases

Phase 3: Define Adaptation Framework and Strategies Phase 4: Implement, Monitor, Evaluate, and Adjust

Resource Type Tags

ICARP Case Study

Topics

Extent: Napa County

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Last updated: Feb. 18, 2025