Key Point #1:  Firefighting Resources This key area deals with being prepared for future fire seasons, and includes staffing, training, equipment and resources, and facilities such as airtanker bases. Regional Office Fire & Aviation Management staff, Forest Supervisors, and Fire Management Officers (FMOs) determined needs for the Most Efficient Level (MEL) of suppression resources, including firefighters, engines, aircraft, and other personnel. Northern Region (R1) Wildland Fire Prepardedness Resources - 2002 (What we look like at 95% MEL) Resources for R1 Nothern Idaho Montana North Dakota FFPC* 266 765 18 Firefighters 328 743 8 Engines 33 68 2 Prevention Units 14 37 0 IA* Helicopters 2 6 0 IHC* 1 4 0 Smokejumpers 27 85 0 NSR T2* Helicopter 0 2 0 *FFPC=Fire Fighting Production Capability; IA=Initial Attack; NSR T2=National Shared Resource Type 2; and IHC=Interagency Hot Shot Crew. Northern Region Fiscal Year 2002 Accomplishments-to-date By National Forest Effective Fiscal Year 2002 Forest BDF BNF CNF CWF DPG FNF GNF HNF IPF KNF LCF LNF NPF AFD R1 TOTAL FFPC 114 71 10 68 18 51 89 111 64 127 85 107 134 0 1,049 Firefighters** 83 84 7 70 8 69 78 74 112 81 73 107 146 87 1,079 Engines 6 8 1 8 2 5 9 8 14 15 7 9 11 0 103 Prevention Units 5 4 1 2 0 5 5 2 6 6 4 5 6 0 51 IA Helicopters 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 8 IHC 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 Smokejumpers 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 27 67 112 NSR T2 Helicopter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 **Firefighter counts equal number of initial attack on each unit plus IHC, Smokejumbers, and National Helicopter Modules. BDF=Bearverhead Deerlodge National Forest (NF); BNF=Bitterroot NF; CNF=Custer NF; CWF=Clearwater NF; DPG=Dakota Prairies Grasslands; FNF=Flathead NF; GNF=Gallatin NF; HNF=Helena NF; IPF=Idaho Panhandle NF; KNF=Kootenai NF; LCF=Lewis & Clark NF; LNF=Lolo NF; NPF=Nez Perce NF; and AFD=Aerial Fire Depot (Missoula, MT). Intermountain Region (R4) Wildland Fire Prepardedness Resources - 2002 Resources for R4 95% MEL Actual Numbers On Board (7/1/02)** FFPC* 1,525 1,525 Firefighters 1,228 931 Engines 92 88 Prevention Units 56 40 Forest Helicopters 24 17 Water Tenders 1 2 Dozers 2 3 Type 1 Crews 6 6 Smokejumpers 67 68 National Helicopters 0 2 *FFPC=Fire Fighting Production Capability **The Intermountain Region (R4) is achieving 95% MEL fire fighting production capability with the current resources they have on board. Production capability is achieved with the temporary substitution of some high production resources as units transition to their planned MEL. These resources include dozers and engines. The National Fire Plan is making a difference. There are more trained and equipped firefighters on board for the Department of the Interior and the USDA Forest Service than during the fire season of 2000. Nationwide, there were 11,474 Federal wildland firefighters in 2000, in 2002 there are 17,633. Additional interagency National Fire Plan information and links, along with information on communities at risk and contracting opportunities, are available at www.fireplan.gov website. Last updated July 2, 2002

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