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Planning and Policy
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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). It is a renewal of the previously issued Wildland Fire Management Director’s Order, which had a sunset date of December 31, 2006. It has been updated to implement the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy. The provisions of this Director’s Order and Reference Manual 18 provide further direction for Section 4.5 of Management Policies 2006 and supersede all previous NPS instructions, requirements, and statements of policy relating to wildland fire management that may be in conflict.
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Reference Manual 18: Wildland Fire Management — National Park Service
Chapters 1 through 21
represent the most detailed and comprehensive guidance on implementing
Service-wide wildland fire management policy for the National Park Service.
Reference Manual 18 (RM 18) provides NPS field employees legal references,
operating policies, standards, procedures, general information,
recommendations, and examples to assist them in carrying out Management
Policies and Director’s Orders. This document is intended to be read in its
entirety. While certain chapters or sections provide important guidance by
themselves, there is an interrelationship among the chapters that provides clarity
and continuity for the management of wildland fire on lands administered by the National Park Service. (3.10 mb)
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NPS Widland Fire Management Strategic Plan - 2008-2012
Strategic Plan covering 2008 to 2012
This plan represents input from all levels and disciplines within the NPS wildland fire program, from parks to the national office, as well as the NPS natural resources program and our interagency partners. The format used identifies the relationship between goals, objectives, critical success factors, barriers and strategies. Action plans will be developed and updated on an annual basis to carryout strategies that support the objectives.
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Interagency Policy Guidance (Prescribed Fire, Wildland Fire Use)
Links to relevant interagency policies on prescribed fire, wildland fire use, and Red Book, as well as agency manuals from DOI and Forest Service, under the auspices of National Fire and Aviation Executive Board (NFAEB) Policy Directives Task Group.
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Fire Program Analysis (FPA)
The purpose of the Fire Program Analysis (FPA) System is to provide managers with a common interagency process for fire management planning and budgeting to evaluate the effectiveness of alternative fire management strategies through time, to meet land management goals and objectives.
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Interagency
Standards for Fire and Aviation Operations (Red Book)
Interagency Standards
for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations states, references, or supplements policy for Bureau
of Land Management, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife
Service, and National Park Service fire and fire aviation
program management.
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Federal Wildland Fire Policy (1995)
This report addresses five major topic areas, presents
nine guiding principles that are fundamental to wildland
fire management and recommends a set of thirteen Federal
wildland fire policies. While unique agency missions
may result in minor operational differences, having,
for the first time, one set of "umbrella"
Federal fire policies will enhance effective and efficient
operations across administrative boundaries and improve
our capability to meet the challenges posed by current
wildland fire conditions.
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Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy and Program Review Implementation Action Plan Report (1996)
The Federal Fire and Aviation Leadership Council (Leadership Council) established an Action Plan Development Team, which provided a report of the requirements outlined in the Implementation Strategy. The Leadership Council conducted independent reviews of the Action Plan Development Team’s report to refine recommendations based on review by internal staff, the Federal Fire and Aviation Leadership Council, and Federal Geographical Area Coordinating Group representatives. These reviews culminated in a finalized draft Action Plan Report.
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Interagency Preparedness Review Checklists
Includes specific NPS Fire Program Review template for the park level, instructions for NPS Fire Program Review, severity audit checklist, and program-specific wildland fire program review templates (Program Management, Operations, Fuels/Prescribed Fire/Ecology, BAER, Facilities, Fire Aviation, and Communication/Education).
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