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Planning and Policy

Handbooks and Guidelines

Structural Fire Strategic Plan - 2010-2015
This multi-year strategy takes into account the unique and multifaceted mission of the National Park Service and specifically the responsibilities the NPS has for structure fire protection. It provides focused guidance to national, regional and park management on all aspects of a comprehensive structural fire program.
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Structural Fire Strategic Plan - 2010-2015 - Release Memo
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National Park Service Wildland Fire Policy

Departmental Manual, Safety Management
Part 485, Chapter 19
Fire Safety

Specifies the minimum program requirements for protecting Departmental and public property and persons from the adverse effects of fires.
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Departmental Manual, Safety Management
Part 485, Chapter 20
Personal Protective Equipment

Specifies the minimum Safety and Occupational Health Program (Program) requirements for the selection, issuance, use, maintenance, and storage of personal protective equipment (PPE).
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Departmental Manual, Safety Management
Part 485, Chapter 6
Inspections and Abatements

Specifies the minimum Program requirements for conducting formal inspections of establishments and timely abatement of identified hazards.
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Departmental Manual, Administrative Services
Part 310, Chapter 11
Smoking in Public Buildings

Prohibits the smoking of all tobacco products in the interior space of all facilities occupied by the Department of the Interior.
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Departmental Manual, Property Management
Part 411, Chapter 3
Standards for Managing Museum Property

States the Department's professional standards for managing museum property.
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Director's Orders

Directors Orders #58
Structural Fire Management
The purpose of this Director's Order is to provide more detailed interpretation of the structural fire policy articulated in National Park Service Management Policies 2006 by setting forth the operational policies and procedures necessary to establish and implement structural fire management programs throughout the National Park System.
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Directors Orders #57
Occupational Medical Standards, Health and Fitness
Referenced in RM #58 related to medical and physical fitness requirements to be certified by the NPS Structural Fire Program to perform fire suppression duties.
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Director’s Order #24
NPS Museum Collection Management
This Director's Order provides further policy guidance, standards, and requirements for preserving, protecting, documenting, and providing access to, and use of, NPS museum collections.
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Director’s Order #20
Agreements
The purpose of this Director's Order is to: (1) establish NPS policies and procedures for administering agreements; (2) identify and describe the types of agreements that the NPS enters into with Federal and non-Federal entities; (3) identify and describe the responsibilities and functions of NPS officials in administering agreements; and (4) affirm the NPS's commitment to comply with the regulations, policies and procedures imposed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Executive Orders (E.O.), the Department of the Interior (DOI) regulations and other applicable governmental laws and regulations.
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Director’s Order #18
Wildland Fire Management
This Director's Order states the basic principles and strategic guidelines governing the management of wildland fire by the National Park Service (NPS).
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Handbooks and Guidelines

Release of RM 58 Memo - March 24, 2004
Memo related to Structural Fire Management Reference Manual
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Reference Manual 58
Structural Fire Management
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Reference Manual 57
Occupational Medical Standards, Health and Fitness
Structural firefighters are subject to the standards in this chapter.
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Reference Manual 18
Wildland Fire Management
Represents the most detailed and comprehensive guidance on implementing Service-wide wildland fire management policy for the National Park Service.
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Handbooks and Guidelines

Museum Handbook
Supplemental to Director's Order 24
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Cultural Resource Management Guideline
Chapter 4, page 49
Structure Fire
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Agreements Handbook
The Agreements Handbook covers policy, procedures, samples, and formats for NPS Agreements.
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Instruments and panels on the back of a structural fire engine.
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Structural Fire on InsideNPS
Much more information related to structural fire management in the NPS is on our internal website - Internal use only.

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