The Municipality of Anchorage Community Wildfire Protection Plan is a collaborative effort in response to the 2003 Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA). The HFRA directs communities exposed to wildland fire to conduct a risk assessment and create a hazard fuel mitigation plan. Anchorage and its surrounding communities have been designated as 'urban wildland interface communities within the vicinity of federal lands that are at high risk from wildfire' (Federal Register 2001). Through collaboration with other municipal departments and federal, state, and local agencies, the Anchorage Fire Department (AFD) has been working to mitigate the risks and hazards of wildland fire in the municipality. This process of developing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) for local communities will document that work and serve as the catalyst for future projects.