VRMP Template – By Section
Step 1 -Introduction
•Introduce the VRMP
–Tool to assist reduction debris and increase public safety
–Urban tree canopy condition
–Better management both tree and EM
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| Step 1 in the template is the Introduction. Here the Vegetation Risk Management
| Plan (VRMP) and its purpose will be introduced.
| The VRMP is developed as a tool to assist in reducing vegetative debris following
| a storm event and increase public safety.
| The VRMP also aids in maintaining optimum urban tree canopy, promoting tree health,
| providing for the management, both emergency and arboriculture, and decreasing
| emergency management costs.
| The VRMP is a living and dynamic plan that should be reviewed, evaluated, and updated
| periodically and especially after major storm events that have altered the tree canopy
| in a major or significant manner.
| Developing and adopting a VRMP for your community or area of interest will decrease
| emergency management costs, reduce the likelihood of damage from tree debris,
| and reduce the overall impact of major storms on the urban forest.
| Trees and the debris accumulated from their destruction is the number one cost to
| emergency management in the aftermath of a storm event.