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The Federal Excess Personal Property Program

Select here to get answers to Frequently Asked Questions

The Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) program refers to Forest Service-owned property that is on loan to State Foresters for the purpose of wildland and rural firefighting. Most of the property originally belonged to the Department of Defense (DoD). Once acquired by the Forest Service, it is loaned to State Cooperators for fire fighting purposes. It is technically no longer excess at that point.

The State Forester makes the initial decision that a FEPP item is appropriate for use, and the USDA Forest Service must concur. The property is then loaned to the State Forester, who may then place it with local departments to improve local fire programs. Approximately 70% of the property involved in the Forest Service FEPP program is sub-loaned to local fire departments.

State Foresters and the USDA Forest Service have mutually participated in the FEPP program since 1956. Program authorities include the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978.

Unlike the Volunteer Fire Assistance Program (VFA) , which is for the benefit of communities with a population at or below 10,000, recipients of FEPP need only have a wildland or rural fire responsibility that satisfies the State Forester.

Contact your state FEPP Manager, your regional Forest Service Program Manager, or Melissa Frey, National FEPP Program Manager, with questions about the FEPP program.

Does FEPP make a difference?

It did on the Edna Buck Road Fire near Wilmington, NC; March 2008.

See the whole story and the FEPP property that was used.

View more FEPP Success Stories

Click here to see FEPP Acquisitions

Meeting Information

View the presentations from the 2008 National FEPP/FFP Workshop held in Tucson, AZ.

DoD Firefighter Program

Get the facts of FFP here

See some DoD Firefighter Program Success Stories

Click here to see FFP Acquisitions

Contacts

• State FEPP, FFP & VFA Contacts
• FS FEPP Managers List
• State Forestry FEPP sites
• National Association of State Foresters

Publications and Guidance

• FEPP Desk Guide
• Cataloging Handbook H2 - Federal Supply Classification - Groups & Classes
• Condition Codes Defined
• De-Militarization codes and what they mean.
• Julian Date Calendar
• FS Policy Changes Affecting FEPP
• Inventory Procedures
• DRMS Guidelines

Related links

• FEPMIS database.
• FEPMIS Resources Pages
• GSA Wildland Fire Program
• AAMS and GSA Xcess
• A generic password to see what property is available through GSA Xcess
• FS Technology & Development Centers
• Roscommon Equipment Center
• The National Association of State Agencies for Surplus Property.
• FEPP Users & Screeners Assoc.

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Please notify Melissa Frey with questions or concerns about this website.

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