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Economic disruption ; <br /> Disruption of community services ; <br /> Agricultural/fisheries damage ; <br /> Loss of livestock ; <br /> Damage to critical environmental resources ; <br /> Damage to identified historical resources ; <br /> Fire ; and <br /> Toxic releases . <br /> Locations where forested lands and homes or businesses intermingle create <br /> potential risk areas for wildland fire . Less urbanized communities and vacant tracts of land <br /> within the County are more vulnerable to wildland fires than the more developed <br /> communities . Large areas in the western part of the County and many isolated <br /> unincorporated pockets of residential development are quite vulnerable to wildland fire in <br /> Indian River County . As of the year 2000 , there was an estimated 31 , 200 acres of forested <br /> land in Indian River County , accounting for nearly 10 % of the area of the County ( University <br /> of Florida , 2001 ) . In 2001 , Indian River County developed a wildland fire mitigation plan in an <br /> effort to identify at- risk areas as well as strategies to reduce the risks posed by wildland fire in <br /> the County . Figure 4. 8 illustrates the County's overall risk to wildland fires . <br /> Figure 4 . 8 can be used to determine the extent of the wildland fire hazard in each <br /> of the participating jurisdictions . Overall , the high wildland fire risk areas are located in the <br /> western portions of the unincorporated County and in populated areas of the eastern portion <br /> of the County. <br /> `'fir <br /> The portion of the City of Vero Beach located on the barrier island and the <br /> easternmost portions of the mainland have been assessed as having a low Wildland fire risk. <br /> Areas in the southwestern portion of the City have been assessed as having a moderate risk . <br /> The entire land area of the Town of Indian River Shores is located on the barrier <br /> island and has been assessed as having a moderate risk level for wildland fire . <br /> The entire land area of the Town of Orchid is located on the barrier island and has <br /> been assessed as having a moderate risk level for wildland fire . <br /> The majority of land within the City of Sebastian has been assessed as having a <br /> moderate wildland fire risk , while a small portion in the northern portion of the City has a low <br /> risk . <br /> The majority of the Town of Fellsmere has been assessed as hav ng a high risk to <br /> wildland fire . <br /> 4. 1 . 6. 3 Risk Assessment <br /> The risk assessment data for wildland fires in Indian River Count are based on <br /> data developed for the MEMPHIS , which was developed by the FDCA. <br /> According to MEMPHIS , 80 , 881 (72 % ) residents live in areas of low wildland fire <br /> **MW risk , 17 , 766 ( 16 % ) live in areas of medium wildland fire risk , and 14 , 300 ( 1310 ) live in areas of <br /> high wildland fire risk . In terms of the number and value of structures at risk , there are <br /> 4-39 <br />