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Federal Wildland Fire Policy & History of Wildland Fire Management

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Federal Wildland Fire Policy & History of Wildland Fire Management

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  1. This document is contained within the Fire Management Toolbox on Wilderness.net. Since other related resources found in this toolbox may be of interest, you can visit this toolbox by visiting the following URL: http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=toolboxes&sec=fire. All toolboxes are products of the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center.

  2. Federal Wildland Fire Policy & History of Wildland Fire Management Mike Frary Assistant State Fire Management Officer Fuels & Fire Use USDI - Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office

  3. Wildland Fire Management Development: Technology and Policy Milestones - 20th Century Programmatic Development Fire Management Fire Control Prescribed Fire & Fire Use 2025 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000 1910 1934 1960 1988 1919 1949 1970 1994 Time

  4. Federal Wildland Fire Policy • 1976 - Prescribed Natural Fire • 1988 - Yellowstone • 1994 - South Canyon • 1995 - Federal Fire Policy Review • 1996 - PNF Escapes – R-6 • 1998 - WFU - Rx Implementation Guide

  5. Federal Wildland Fire Policy • 2000 - Cerro Grande • 2000 – National Fire Plan • 2001 - Federal Fire Policy Review • 2005 - WFU Implementation Guide • 2006 - Rx Implementation Guide • 200? - Appropriate Management Response (AMR)

  6. 1995 Federal Fire Policy • Firefighter and public safety is the top priority. • The Guiding Principles

  7. Guiding Principles • Firefighter and public safety is the first priority in every fire management activity. • The role of wildland fire is an essential ecological process and natural change agent will be incorporated into the planning process.

  8. Guiding Principles • Fire management plans, programs, and activities support land and resource management plans and their implementation. • Fire Management Plans guide the suppression management strategy. • Sound risk management is the foundation for all fire management activities.

  9. Guiding Principles • Fire management programs are economically viable, based upon values to be protected, costs, and land and resource management objectives. • Fire management plans and activities are based on the best available science. • Fire management plans and activities incorporate public health and environmental quality considerations.

  10. Guiding Principles • Federal, State, Tribal, and local interagency coordination and cooperation are essential. • Standardization of policies and procedures among Federal agencies is an ongoing effort.

  11. Wildland Fires • Wildland fires are unplanned events • Wildland fires managed for protection objectives • Wildland fires managed for resource objectives • Prescribed fire

  12. Manual direction FSM 5100 DOI 2000 BLM 9200 Handbooks Implementation Guides “Red Book” Federal Fire Policy

  13. Then along came a couple of significant events! The Cerro Grande Prescribed Fire Escape and the Worst Fire Season since 1910. What A Season 2000 was!!!

  14. REVIEW AND UPDATEOF THE 1995FEDERAL WILDLANDFIRE MANAGEMENTPolicyJanuary 2001

  15. FEDERAL AGENCIES DOI

  16. FEDERAL AGENCIES

  17. PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS The 1995 Federal Fire Policy is still generally sound and appropriate.

  18. PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS As a result of fire exclusion, the condition of fire-adapted ecosystems continues to deteriorate; the fire hazard situation in these areas is worse than previously understood.

  19. PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS The fire hazard situation in the Wildland Urban Interface is more complex and extensive than understood in 1995

  20. PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS Changes and additions to the 1995 Federal Fire Policy are needed to address important issues of ecosystem sustainability, science, education, communication, and to provide for adequate program evaluation.

  21. PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS Implementation of the 1995 Federal Fire Policy has been incomplete, particularly in the quality of planning and in interagency and interdisciplinary matters

  22. PRINCIPAL CONCLUSIONS Emphasis on program management, implementation, oversight, leadership, and evaluation at senior levels of all Federal agencies is critical for successful implementation of the 2001 Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy.

  23. This review led to several significant changes to the Fire World as we knew it!

  24. NATIONAL FIRE PLAN • WGA 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy • IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

  25. NUMEROUS UPDATES AND REVISIONS OF MANUALS, GUIDES, HANDBOOKS, ETC. ARE ON-GOING AS A RESULT OF THE 2001 REVIEW.

  26. QUESTIONS?

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