1. Direction for Fire Management in Land Use Plan Revisions

2. Needed Fire Management Direction Role of fire as an ecological factor Landscape level fuels considerations Appropriate suppression response Wildland fire use

3. Objectives of State and Regional Direction Assure this generation of land use plans address common deficiencies in fire direction Assure consistency with legal requirements and national interagency fire policy Assure consistency with planning regulations

4. Units Retain Wide Discretion Wide variation in fire issues among units –Fuels, weather, topography –Resource integration considerations –Social / political considerations Evolving knowledge and building of experience favor encouraging Forest and District scale solutions Therefore, much of the direction suggests rather than requires plan content or process

5. Some Direction Must be Specific and Mandatory Items required by law or national policy Items where Regional Forester and State Director has deemed consistency essential

6. Direction Package Arranged by plan components as defined in FS Planning Rule and BLM Planning Handbook Each component has three sections: 1.Plan content 2.Process for developing that content 3.Description of how plan content relates to the Fire Management Plan Mandatory direction is in bold text National policy sources are footnoted

7. Desired Condition/Goals – Requirements Desired role of fire as an ecosystem process Desired fire regime condition classes (FRCC) Fire management considerations are integrated with other resources

8. Desired Conditions/Goals - Suggestions Scale: larger than 5 th field, but smaller than unit-wide Determine historical range of fire regimes Desired condition may be outside of historical range

9. Objectives – Requirements Objectives to move toward desired conditions/goals –Role of fire –Fire regime condition class Measurable, time specific activities Must use a science based approach

10. Objectives - Suggestions Fuel treatment methods Use of unplanned fire Suppression strategies 1.Monitoring 2.Point control 3.Perimeter control 4.Full control Post fire rehabilitation and restoration

11. Objectives - Suggestions Discuss objectives in terms of: –Types of activities –General locations –General priorities –Rate of change

12. Guidelines – Requirements Include a statement that guidelines apply except where human life and safety are imminently threatened

13. Guidelines - Suggestions Identify needed limitations on management practices: –Fuel treatment methods –Use of unplanned fire –Suppression of unplanned fire –Post fire restoration and rehabilitation Guidelines can be listed according to either: 1.Resource value to be protected 2.Activity causing the effect

14. Suitability – Requirements Describe landscapes generally suitable for wildland fire use and prescribed fire Describe lands suitable for different general suppression responses 1.Monitoring 2.Point Control 3.Perimeter Control 4.Full Control Determine where less aggressive responses better meet plan objectives, move toward desired conditions, and save money

15. Suitability Criteria – Requirements for Fire Use Fire use prohibited by law, regulation, or policy High public use levels over a wide area create safety situations that cannot be dealt with in project design or incident management

16. Suitability Criteria – Suggestions for Fire Use Fire effects would retard movement toward desired conditions/goals Unacceptable risk of loss to other ownerships Size of area is smaller than the characteristic fire size for the fire regime involved Fire use incompatible with other resource objectives or plan direction tied to legal protection mandates

17. Special Areas In wildland-urban interface, consider adjusting: –Desired conditions/Goals –Objectives –Guidelines

18. Comprehensive Evaluation Report/Effects Analysis Effects of Desired Conditions, Objectives, Guidelines, and Suitability determinations on firefighter and public safety Landscape sustainability with fire as a disturbance agent

19. Monitoring Change in fire regime condition class: 1.Scope 2.Magnitude 3.Cause Wildland fire use decisions in lands determined to be suitable 1.Number of GO vs. NO GO decisions 2.Reasons for those decisions Monitoring questions must be approved by the responsible official

20. Questions?