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.