Federal Fire Policy Documents

• Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy and Program Review
  
  Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy and Program Review: Implementation Action Plan
  
  
• Managing Wildland Fire: From Policy to Implementation
  
  
• Managing the Impact of Wildfires on Communities and the Environment: A Report to the President in Response to the Wildfires of 2000
  
  
• GAO Report on Catastrophic Wildfires 1999 (pdf available, see below)
  
  
• Fuels Treatment on Federal Lands in the PacificNorthwest
  
  
• Increasing Hazardous Fuels Treatments: A Strategy for the Pacific Northwest
  
  
• National Park Service Fire Policy: Director's Order #18
  
  

General Accounting Office (GAO) Reports (PDF documents)

• GAO Testimony: National Fire Plan: Federal Agencies Are Not Organized to Effectively and Efficiently Implement the Plan (7/00)
  
  
• GAO Report: Fire Management Lessons Learned from the Cerro Grande (Los Alamos) Fire (7/00)
  
  
• GAO Report: Western National Forests: A Cohesive Strategy is Needed to Address Catastrophic Wildfire Threats (4/99)
  
  
• GAO Testimony: Reducing Wildfire Threats: Funds Should be Targeted to the Highest Risk Areas
  
  
• GAO Testimony: Western National Forests: Status of Forest Service's Efforts to Reduce Catastrophic Wildfire Threats (6/99)
  
  
• GAO Testimony: Western National Forests: Nearby Communities are Increasingly Threatened by Catastrophic Wildfires (2/99)
  
  GAO Report: Federal Wildfire Activities: Current Strategy and Issues Needing Attention (8/99)
  
  

2001 Review and Update of the 1995 Federal Wildland Fire
Management Policy (PDF)

• Federal Wildland Fire Policy: Title Page and Table of Contents
  
  
• Federal Wildland Fire Policy: Memorandum
  
  
• Federal Wildland Fire Policy: Executive Summary
  
  
• Federal Wildland Fire Policy: Chapter One
  
  
• Federal Wildland Fire Policy: Chapter Two
  
  
• Federal Wildland Fire Policy: Chapter Three
  
  
• Federal Wildland Fire Policy: Appendices A and B:
  Bibliography and Glossary
  
  
• Federal Wildland Fire Policy: Appendix C:
  Changes to the Guiding Principles and 1995 Policy
  
  
• Federal Wildland Fire Policy: Appendix D:
  Tabular Crosswalk Between 1995 and 2001 Policies
  
  
• Federal Wildland Fire Policy: Appendix E:
  Disposition of 1995 Action Items
  
  
• Federal Wildland Fire Policy: Appendix F:
  Wildland Fire Flowchart
  
  
• Federal Wildland Fire Policy: Appendix G:
  Fire Policy Working Group Members
  
  

Western Governor's Association Fire Policy Documents
(PDF documents)

• Western Governor's Association: A Collaborative Approach for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities and the Environment: A 10 Year Comprehensive Strategy (8/01)
  
  
• Western Governor's Association: A Collaborative Approach for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities and the Environment: A 10 Year Comprehensive Strategy Implementation Plan (5/02)
  
  

Miscellaneous Federal Fire Policy Documents (PDF documents)

• USFS Chief Bosworth: Wildland Fire Suppression Costs in Fiscal Year 2001
  
  
• Congressional Research Service Report: Forest Fires and Forest Management
  
  
• Wildland Firefighter Fatalities 1910-2000
  
  
• National Academcy of Public Administration Report: Implementation of the Federal Wildland Fire Policy, Phase I (12/00)
  
  
• USFS National Fire Plan Executive Summary
  
  
• U.S. Fire Administration Report: Wildland Fire Management: Federal Policies and Their Implications for Local Fire Departments (1989)