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OverviewExcerpt 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:
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:
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. Approach
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