1. (a) The office may develop and administer a community risk reduction program that:

   1. (1) Emphasizes education and methods for the prevention of wildfire risk;
   2. (2) Encourages cost-effective hardening and retrofitting of structures that creates fire-resistant homes, businesses, and public buildings; and
   3. (3) Facilitates vegetation management, the creation and maintenance of defensible space, and other fuel modification activities that provide neighborhood or community-wide benefits against wildfire.
2. (b) The counties may opt into the community risk reduction program to provide resources and localized knowledge of the community.
3. (c) The office or counties may contract with educational or other nonprofit entities to assist with the administration of the community risk reduction program.

[L 2025, c 302, pt of §3]