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FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, the park landscape has been
divided into 11 fire management units (FMUs) based
on geography, fuels management and habitat enhancement
needs, and on values at risk .Ten of these FMUs
are units that may be subject to fire management
actions (prescribed burning or mechanical fuel reduction
treatments). The eleventh FMU - the Minimum Management
Unit - includes large areas of the park that would
only be subject to vegetation clearing around buildings
and along roads, and full suppression of all fires.
These FMUs were developed using Marin County's Fire
Plan: A Wildland Fire Risk Assessment Model (MCF,
2000) and fire professional expertise. Many FMUs
such as Inverness Ridge, Wilderness North, Wilderness
South, Bolinas Ridge, Highway 1, Limantour, and
Palomarin are strategically located to primarily
treat the highest ranking fuels (secondarily, there
are resource enhancement benefits). In the event
of a wildland fire, these treated areas would provide
a tactical advantage to firefighters. Their treatment
with defensible space, fire road clearing for emergency
evacuation, and wildland urban interface programs
provide a systematic effort to protect life and
property. Other FMUs such as Tomales Point, Estero,
and Headlands have been established primarily for
resource management reasons.
