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Fire Program Analysis

Welcome to the information site for the Fire Program Analysis (FPA) System.

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Overview

Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) direction for the FPA project to develop a system prototype by June 30, 2007.

Excerpt from the 107 Congress Report House of Representatives Department ofthe Interior and Related Agencies Approriations Bill, 2003 mandating the creation of the Fire Program Analysis Project:


"The Committee therefore directs the Departments to design and develop a focused automated system for preparedness resource planning to replace the systems currently in use by the fire management agencies.

The Committee believes that a limited system can be designed and implemented by the end of fiscal year 2004. The development and design of the information technology system for fire preparedness will be conducted according to standard Federal regulations for planning, budgeting, acquisition and management of capital assets.

The Committee further directs that the agencies deliver quarterly progress reports that describe project status and provide updated cost information."

Click here to view the entire 2003 Interior Appropriations Bill, Look for Wildland Fire Management.

Fire Program Analysis (FPA) system is a common interagency decision support tool for wildland fire planning and budgeting. This tool will enable wildland fire managers in the five federal land management agencies to plan jointly. FPA will also be designed to encourage the nonfederal wildland fire partners' participation.

Participating federal agencies include:

  • USDA Forest Service
  • Bureau of Land Management
  • National Park Service
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs
Other Partners include: The National Association of State Foresters and other state, local and tribal wildland fire management agencies.

Highlights

The New System:

- will be designed to encourage state, local, and tribal agency participation.

- incorporates geospatial data which provide the means to map levels of wildland fire risk on lands across the country.

- generates outcomes from the fire planning unit that inform the national budget planning process.

- will provide a way for land managers to compare trade-offs between wildland fire program components.

- is a tool to ensure wildland fire management actions help meet performance measures outlined in the 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy.

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