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Wildland Fire Safety

Fire policy and reports, programs and priorities

The Fire Management Program combines elements of fire prevention, fire suppression, and fire use.

Wildland fire occurrence is inevitable in all North American ecosystems. Most wildland fire must be suppressed to meet resource and social objectives. The wise use of fire will approximate the historical role of fire and enhance long-term resource and social values.

There are Forest Service-specific and interagency policies and study recommendations that provide parameters for operating in the fire management arena.

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Assessments:

• Interagency Wildland Fire Management Efficiency Assessments

Policies

• Interagency Strategy for the Implementation of Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy (2003)
• Wildland Fire Policy
• Policy Implications of Large Fire Management (1/2000)
• Review and Update of the 1995 Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy
  (January 2001)

Programs

• Fire Program Management
  IFPM & FS_FPM
• Fire Effects Information System

Reports/Plans

• Fire Program Analysis (FPA) System
• A Collaborative Approach for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities & the Environment: 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy (8/2001) (Plan May 2002)
• FS Agency Strategy for Fire Management (2000)
• Large Fire Cost Reduction Action Plan
• NIMO (National Interagency Complex Incident Management Organization Study) or (PDF)
• Protecting People and Sustaining Resources in Fire-adapted Ecosystems: A Cohesive Strategy