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A Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is a plan developed by local communities, resource managers, large landowners, city planners, County/State/Federal agencies including emergency responders, state foresters, and other interested parties to:

• Comprehensively assess local wildfire hazards

• Conduct a community risk assessment

• Establish hazard reduction priorities

• Recommend and prioritize actions and projects

• Influence wildland-urban interface (WUI) wildfire mitigation planning and funding

A Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) helps communities clarify and refine priorities for protecting life, property, and critical infrastructure in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). CWPPs are built on collaboration and communication among diverse partners, working together to reduce wildfire risk.

Below is a list of CWPPs by island and their current status.

• Established means the CWPP is current and in use.

• Established; Update In Process indicates funding is secured and plan development will begin soon.

• Established; Funding for Update Process on the Way means funding has been approved but not yet received.

• New; Funding for First-Time Development of CWPP on the Way means funding for the development of a plan for this region has been approved but not yet received.

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Hawaiʻi County

• Hāmākua – Established

• North & South Kohala – Established; Update In Process

• North Kona (includes PTA) – Established; Update In Process

• South Kona – Established; Update In Process

• Kaʻū (includes Volcano and HOVE) – Established; Update In Process

• Hilo – New; Funding for First-Time Development of CWPP on the Way

• Puna – New; Funding for First-Time Development of CWPP on the Way

Maui County

• Leeward Haleakalā, Maui – Established

• Molokaʻi – Established; Funding for Update Process on the Way

• Lānaʻi – New; Funding for First-Time Development of CWPP on the Way

• Upcountry Maui – Established; Funding for Update Process on the Way

• South Maui - Established; Funding for Update Process on the Way

• Western Maui - Established; Funding for Update Process on the Way

City & County of Honolulu

• North Shore – Established

• East Honolulu – Established

• Central Oʻahu – New; Funding for First-Time Development of CWPP on the Way

• Windward Oʻahu – New; Funding for First-Time Development of CWPP on the Way

• Western Oʻahu – Established; Funding for Update Process on the Way

Kauaʻi

• Kauaʻi – Established; Update In Process

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