Lawrence County Community Wildfire Protection Plan - Black Hills ...

Fire Regime I—This term means an area that historically has had low-severity firesevery 0 to 35 years that is located primarily in low-elevation forests of pine, oak, andpinyon-juniper.Fire Regime II—This term means an area that historically has had stand-replacementseverityfires every 0 to 35 years that is located primarily in low- to mid-elevationrangeland, grassland, or shrub land.Fire Regime III—This term means an area that historically has had mixed-severity firesevery 35 to 100 years that is located primarily in forests of mixed conifer, dry Douglasfir,or wet ponderosa pine.Firewise Construction—The use of materials and systems in the design andconstruction of a building or structure to safegaurd against the spread of fire within thebuilding or structure as well as the spread of fire to other buildings or structures or toadjacent natural areas.Firewise Landscaping—Vegetation placed around a home or other structure in amanner so as to reduce the exposure of the building to an encroaching wildfire, orslow/inhibit the spread of fire from an adjacent wildland area to the building or from thebuilding to the wildland area.Fuel—Native vegetation that is available to burn in a wildfire.Home Ignition Zone—See Survivable Space.Infrastructure—The physical support systems of a subdivision, including roads,power lines and central water and sewage.Ladder Fuels—Fuels that provide vertical continuity between strata, thereby allowingfire to move from surface fuels to the crowns of trees, (or to structures), with relativeease.Municipal Watershed—A community water system “that serves at least 15 serviceconnections used by year-round residents of the area served by the system; orregularly serves at least 25 year-round residents” (Safe Drinking Water Act, Section1401, 42 U.S.C.A. 300f.(15)).Municipal Water Supply System—This term means the:Reservoirs, canals, ditches, flumes, laterals, pipes, pipelines, and other surfacefacilities and systems constructed or installed for the collection, impoundment,storage, transportation, or distribution of drinking water.44 Lawrence County Community Wildfire Protection Plan