Developing standardized strategic response categories for fire management units

Matthew P. Thompson; Crystal S. Stonesifer; Robert C. Seli; Marlena Hovorka

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Developing standardized strategic response categories for fire management units

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Authors:

Matthew P. Thompson, Crystal S. Stonesifer, Robert C. Seli, Marlena Hovorka

Year:

2013

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Fire Management Today. 73(1): 18-24.

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Abstract

Federal wildland fire policy requires that publicly owned lands with burnable vegetation have a fire management plan (FMP); this applies to the five primary Federal fire agencies (Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Forest Service). FMPs are based on land and resource management plans and are intended to provide guidance for managers responding to wildland fire incidents. FMPs summarize information on the basis of fire management units (FMUs), which divide landscapes into smaller geographic areas according to biophysical and socioeconomic characteristics. FMU-level guidance for incident response is tailored according to these characteristics .

Keywords

wildland fire, fire management units

Citation

Thompson, Matthew P.; Stonesifer, Crystal S.; Seli, Robert C.; Hovorka, Marlena. 2013. Developing standardized strategic response categories for fire management units. Fire Management Today. 73(1): 18-24.