A Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is a document developed primarily by your local fire department in collaboration with County, State, and Federal agencies, as well as the community itself. It serves as a detailed assessment of our current hazards, plans to minimize them as best we can, and outlines for emergency response in the event of wildfire. The CWPP is very important for emergency preparedness throughout our response area, and serves as a gateway to qualifying for a multitude of grants - both to RCVFD and to homeowners.

The last time the greater Rist Canyon community developed a CWPP was in 2010. That document is still available, but in November 2025, we formed a team to update and rewrite the CWPP to reflect our changing community, hazards, needs, and available tools. For more information on this ongoing effort, see the January 2026 Ristwatch for a lot more details. We hope to complete the new CWPP by Spring/Summer 2026.

Want to get involved? Look for articles in the Ristwatch as well as Community Alerts soliciting your input. This is a community-wide effort, and we want your help!