1.Have you seen your fire district's Community Wildfire Protection Plan?

I did not know this exists

I have heard about it but read none

I have read some

I am familiar with the document

I helped write or know the document intimately

I did not know this exists

I have heard about it but read none

I have read some

I am familiar with the document

I helped write or know the document intimately

2.What concerns you most about the risk of wildfire in our community?

Losing my house.

Losing my trees/forest.

Losing community members (whose homes burn).

Losing my views.

Losing property value.

Losing my pet.

Other (please specify)

3.Do you think your home is well mitigated?

Yes

No

Unsure

4.Do you think your nearest neighbor's house is well mitigated?

Yes

No

Unsure

5.What do you think is the most important thing your fire department does to address wildfire risk besides training/providing firefighters?

Creating fuel breaks.

Maintaining egress routes.

Advising residents on home ignition zone concerns.

Adding cisterns/water sources to the district.

Community chipping.

Purchasing fire engines.

Purchasing PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for firefighters.

Other (please specify)

6.What is the most important thing your fire department should do but isn't to address wildfire risk?

Creating fuel breaks.

Maintaining egress routes.

Advising residents on home ignition zone concerns.

Adding cisterns/water sources to the district.

Community chipping.

Purchasing fire engines.

Purchasing PPE for firefighters. 

Other (please specify)

7.What things do you do to your forest/landscape to mitigate wildfire risk to your property or community? (choose all that apply)

Cut/remove unhealthy trees.

Cut healthy or unhealthy trees to create greater crown separation.

Low limb trees.

Remove understory ladder fuels (shrubs and tall grasses).

Trim grass within 10 feet of my house.

Trim grass within 30 or more feet of my house.

Other (please specify)

8.What actions do you take to mitigate your home against the risk of wildfire? (choose all that apply)

Maintain a 3+ foot noncombustible zone (free of weeds, pine needles etc) around the house.

Maintain a noncombustible zone around all outbuildings.

Clean gutters regularly.

Check for and repair gaps or holes in the house siding.

Maintain my wood deck or have noncombustible deck surface material. 

Other (please specify)

9.What things do you feel you should but currently do not do to mitigate wildfire risk on your property or in your community? (choose all that apply)

Cut/remove unhealthy trees.

Cut healthy or unhealthy trees to create greater crown separation.

Low limb trees.

Remove understory ladder fuels.

Trim grass at least 10 feet from my house. 

Maintain a 3+ foot noncombustible perimeter around my house.

Maintain a noncombustible zone around outbuildings.

Clean gutters regularly.

Check for and repair gaps and holes in the house siding. 

Maintain my deck surface. 

Other (please specify)

10.How well do you understand how to make your home defensible against wildfire?

Not at all

Weak understanding

Somewhat

Pretty good understanding

Strong understanding

Not at all

Weak understanding

Somewhat

Pretty good understanding

Strong understanding

11.What obstacles prevent you from performing mitigation? (choose all that apply)

Money

Time

Knowing how to do it yourself.

Being physically able to DIY.

Can't find help.

Aesthetic preference.

Other (please specify)

12.Do you believe you would know how to safely evacuate in the event of a wildfire?

Yes

No

Unsure

13.Have you ever evacuated or practiced evacuating from your home?

Yes

No

Unsure

14.Are you familiar with the secondary (ie, not the main road/s)
evacuation routes in your neighborhood?

Yes

No

Unsure

I think there are none.

15.Do you believe that wildfire mitigation (forest thinning) projects benefit or harm the forest?

Harm

Benefit

Unsure

Other (please specify)

16.How supportive would you be of community-scale forest thinning that involved cutting trees on your property?

I would never support

I might support if I could choose the trees

I would support 

I would strongly support

I would support and contribute financially 

I would never support

I might support if I could choose the trees

I would support 

I would strongly support

I would support and contribute financially 

17.Which would you be willing to participate in to support wildfire risk reduction in your community? (choose all that apply)

Volunteer time to raise wildfire awareness.

Volunteer time and labor for activities like community slash cleanup or forestry projects.

Contribute to a wildfire risk reduction fund.

Act as a community leader/project manager to support wildfire risk reduction projects.

Other (please specify)

18.In the past 5 years, have you ever violated fire restrictions (Stage 1 or 2 fire bans)?

Yes

Not to my knowledge.

19.Would you report someone who was violating these restrictions?

Yes, anyone.

Yes, unless I knew the person.

No

Unsure

Other (please specify)

20.Are you familiar with slash burning as a method of disposing of woody material generated during wildfire mitigation (forest thinning) projects?

I have never heard of this.

I've heard of it but don't know exactly how it works.

I understand it completely but have never done it.

I have burned slash.

Other (please specify)

21.Do you support slash burning when conducted according to local rules?

Strongly against

Somewhat against

Unsure

Somewhat supportive

Strongly supportive

Strongly against

Somewhat against

Unsure

Somewhat supportive

Strongly supportive

22.Do you have any personal experience with wildfire?

Yes

No

If yes, what did you learn? (click here if you want to leave a comment in the box)

23.Have recent fires in Boulder County changed your attitude towards wildfire risk?

Yes

No

If yes, how? (click here if you want to leave a comment in the box)

24.Name the top three things your fire district could do to facilitate fire mitigation work on your property?

1: 

2: 

3: 

25.Which fire district are you in?

Fourmile

Gold Hill

Sugarloaf

Sunshine

26.How many people currently reside in your house?

1

2

3-5

6 or more

27.How old are the residents of your home? (choose all that apply)

0-5

6-12

13-18

19-74

75 and over

28.Would you be likely to join a community work party?

No, I am not interested or physically incapable

Unlikely

Maybe

Likely

Definitely if I were available

No, I am not interested or physically incapable

Unlikely

Maybe

Likely

Definitely if I were available

29.Do you support spending some of your district's wildfire mitigation funds to perform wildfire mitigation work in neighboring communities in order to lower your district's wildfire risk?

None

5%-15%

16%-30%

31%-50%

over 50%

Unsure

30.Is there a specific wildfire mitigation project that you think your fire district should prioritize?  (Examples would be: vegetation management in a specific location, adding water resources, creating a new egress route in a specific location, etc)