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Welcome to the SWFUMT site!

The Southwest Fire Use Management Team (FUMT) is an interagency team whose primary
purpose is to MANAGE wildland fires to accomplish specific resource management
objectives. The Team is fully qualified as a short Type II Team and consists of 11 primary
team members.

The Southwest FUMT was founded in 2004, and since then has assisted in the management
of Wildland Fire Use (WFU) and wildland fires in Minnesota, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho,
Montana and California.

If you are interested in learning more about wildland fire use management, procedures, and
policy please refer to the “Wildland Fire Use Implementation Procedures Reference Guide”.
Also see our links page for many links to helpful information.