The National Fire Plan was groundbreaking for its congressional recognition of the need for increased wildland fire funding, and its direction to reduce the risk of wildland fire in the wildland-urban interface (GAO, 2001). This plan was initiated in response to the record-setting fire season of 2000 when over 7 million acres burned across the U.S. In the years that followed, fire seasons were even more extreme. Between 2001 and 2012, there were 3 years with over 8 million acres burned and another 3 years with over 9 million acres burned.  A trend of more mega-fires with the complications of climate change and more construction in the wildland-uban interface, was accompanied by more damage to private property and infrastructure. Likewise, a more all-encompassing national fire strategy was needed.

The National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy is a collaborative process with active involvement of all levels of government and non-governmental organizations, as well as the public, to seek national, all-lands solutions to wildland fire management issues. Guided by the requirements of the  FLAME Act of 2009 (ie. the Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act), and subsequent reports, the Cohesive Strategy identifies three primary factors as most significant for making a positive difference in the complex issue of wildland fire:

On March 18, 2013, approximately 25 piles were burned in the Rhubarb Meadow on Tamalpais Valley Community Service District parcels west of Tennessee Valley Road and adjacent to the Marinview Subdivision. These piles represent several years of fuel reduction work and a history of collaboration between many partners. The pile burning was completed by Southern Marin Fire Protection District (SMFPD) including three Reserve firefighters who are part of an apprenticeship training program with the district.  Fuel reduction to protect Marinview is based on defensible space evaluations for individual homes by SMFPD, a risk assessment in the Marin County Community Wildfire Protection Plan, and the goals of  the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Fire Management Plan. The Marinview Homeowners' Association has also successfully implemented several fire safety grants, and was honored with recognition by the national FireWise Communities USA Program in 2009.

FIRESafe Marin Neighborhoods: Marinview Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project

Fire Protection Enhanced for Marinview Subdivision Near Golden Gate NRA

Community Committment to Fire Safety in Marinview

KEY STAKEHOLDERS:
Federal - Golden Gate National Recreation Area