Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Background

The Cohesive Strategy envisioned by the WFLC builds on successes of the past while incorporating a new collaborative approach to managing a complex national problem—wildfire. This new approach includes all the partners involved in fire management and gives each a voice and a role in addressing a collective problem.

Foundational Documents

The following foundational documents were used to frame the development of the Cohesive Strategy reports (A National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (PDF, 1.7 MB) and the The Federal Land Assistance, Management And Enhancement Act Of 2009 Report to Congress (PDF, 1.3 MB)).

• Quadrennial Fire Review 2009 (PDF, 0.8 MB)
• National Policy Framework Documents
  • A Call to Action, A New Wildland Fire Accord: It is in your Hands (PDF, 30 KB)
  • Mutual Expectations for Preparedness and Suppression in the Interface (PDF, 36 KB)
  • Wildland Fire Protection and Response in the United States: The Responsibilities, Authorities, and Roles of Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Government (PDF, 0.7 MB)

Forums

To develop the national strategy, 15 listening forums were held nationwide (14 in-person and one on the Internet) from April through June 2010 to gather feedback from all levels of the wildland fire management community. Representatives from federal, tribal, state and local governments, non-governmental organizations and the public were invited to participate in these sessions. Over 400 participants discussed their concerns about land management and wildfire related risks. The input from these forums was included in the Cohesive Strategy documents. The results of these discussions are available below:

• Cohesive Strategy Forum Comment Summary (June 30, 2010) (PDF, 257 KB)
• Anchorage Forum (PDF, 42 KB)
• Barnegat Forum (PDF, 38 KB)
• Billings Forum (PDF, 27 KB)
• Boise Forum (PDF, 27 KB)
• Casper Forum (PDF, 107 KB)
• Chattanooga Forum (PDF, 77 KB)
• Olympia Forum (PDF, 54 KB)
• Phoenix Forum (PDF, 78 KB)
• Reno-Great Basin Forum (PDF, 35 KB)
• Ruidoso Forum (PDF, 49 KB)
• Sacramento Forum (PDF, 39 KB)
• San Antonio Forum (PDF, 19 KB)
• Washington DC Forum (PDF, 30 KB)