Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations

1 Interagency Standards for fire and fire Aviation Operations Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management National Park Service Fish and Wildlife Service Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of Agriculture Forest Service 2022 January 2022 NFES 2724 Chapter 1 Federal wildland fire Management Policy and Doctrine Overview Chapter 2 BLM Program Organization and Responsibilities Chapter 3 NPS Program Organization and Responsibilities Chapter 4 FWS Program Organization and Responsibilities Chapter 5 USFS Program Organization and Responsibilities Chapter 6 BIA Program Organization and Responsibilities Chapter 7 Safety and Risk Management Chapter 8 Inter agency Coordination and Cooperation Chapter 9 fire Management Planning Chapter 10 Preparedness Chapter 11 Incident Management and Response Chapter 12 Suppression Chemicals and Delivery Systems Chapter 13 Firefighter Training and Qualifications Chapter 14 Firefighting Equipment Chapter 15 Communications Chapter 16 Aviation Operations and Resources Chapter 17 Fuels Management Chapter 18 Reviews and Investigations Chapter 19 Dispatch and Coordination System Release Date: January 2022 Interagency Standards for fire and fire Aviation Operations January 2022 NFES 2724 Produced by the Interagency Standards for fire and fire Aviation Operations Group, National Interagency fire Center, Boise, ID.

2 This document is posted at Published copies of this document may be ordered from the National Interagency fire Center, Great Basin Cache supply office, Boise, ID 83705-5354. Consult the current NWCG National fire Equipment System Catalog Part 2: Publications for current prices and ordering procedures posted at (This page intentionally left blank.) Release Date: January 2022 NATIONAL Interagency fire CENTER Boise, Idaho 83705-5354 January 1, 2022 To: Agency Personnel From: fire and Aviation Directors Bureau of Land Management Forest Service Fish and Wildlife Service National Park Service Bureau of Indian Affairs Subject: Interagency Standards for fire and fire Aviation Operations The fire and Aviation Directors of the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs have directed the Interagency Standards for fire and fire Aviation Operations Group (ISOG) to annually revise, publish, and distribute the federal Interagency Standards for fire and fire Aviation Operations , and issue errata to this document.

3 The Interagency Standards for fire and fire Aviation Operations , states, references, or supplements policy and provides program direction for Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs fire and fire Aviation program management. Employees engaged in fire suppression and fire management activities will comply with Interagency and agency-specific health, safety, and fire management policy documents. For the Bureau of Land Management, this document provides policy and guidance as referenced in BLM Manual Section (MS) 9200 fire Program Management. For the USDA Forest Service, this document provides guidance for implementing safe and effective fire and Aviation management Operations based on policy in Forest Service Manual 5100 and 5700.

4 For the Fish and Wildlife Service, this document provides guidance for implementaion of 621 FW 1. For the National Park Service, this document supplements Reference Manual 18. Release Date: January 2022 For the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this document provides policy on field level fire Operations , in addition to policy referenced in the Indian Affairs Manual (IAM) Section 90. This document addresses specific action items that are contained in the Guidance for Implementaiton of Federal wildland fire Management Policy (February 13, 2009). The contents of this book are not to be modified. Supplemental agency-specific direction of a more restrictive nature may be issued separately. Suggestions for modification of the publication should be sent to your agency representatives listed on this page.

5 Grant Beebe Assistant Director, fire & Aviation , Bureau of Land Management Sarah Fisher Deputy Director (Acting), fire & Aviation Management, Forest Service Chris Wilcox Chief, fire Management Branch, Fish and Wildlife Service William Kaage Chief, Division of fire and Aviation Management, National Park Service Aaron Baldwin Division Chief of wildland fire Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs Interagency Standards for fire and fire Aviation Operations Group agency respresentatives: Marlene Eno-Hendren, BLM Brian Achziger, BLM Steven Miller, FS Heath Cota, FS Joe Sean Kennedy, FS Eric Fransted, FWS Cass Palmer, FWS John Cataldo, NPS Greg Bartin, NPS Garth Fisher, BIA Adrian Grayshield, BIATABLE OF CONTENTS Release Date: January 2022 i Table of Contents Chapter 1: Federal wildland fire Management Policy and Doctrine Overview.

6 1 Scope .. 1 Purpose .. 1 Review and Update of the 1995 Federal wildland fire Management Policy (January 2001) . 12001 Federal wildland fire Management Policy .. 2 Guidance for Implementation of Federal wildland fire Management Policy (February 13, 2009) .. 4 Definitions .. 6 Other Definitions .. 6 fire Operations Doctrine .. 6 Purpose of fire Operations Doctrine .. 6 The Nature of fire Operations .. 6 wildland fire Operations Risk Management .. 7 fire Preparedness .. 7 fire Operations Command Philosophy .. 7 fire Leadership .. 7 fire Suppression .. 8 Principles of Suppression 8 Principles of fire Suppression Action .. 8 Cost -Effective fire Operations .. 9 Chapter 2: BLM Program Organization and Responsibilities .. 11 Introduction .. 11 Sexual Harassment, Harassment Non-Sexual and Illegal Discrimination.

7 11 Employee Conduct .. 12 Examples of Misconduct .. 12 Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Program .. 13 Standard of Care and Certification .. 13 CISM 13 CISM Request Processes .. 13 BLM fire Operations Website .. 14 National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Relationship to BLM .. 14 fire and Aviation Directorate .. 14 Program Manager Responsibilities .. 15 Assistant Director, fire and Aviation (FA-100) .. 15 Deputy Assistant Director, fire and Aviation (FA-100) .. 15 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Manager (FA-120) .. 15 Support Services Division Chief (FA-200) .. 16 fire Operations Division Chief (FA-300) .. 17 Budget and Evaluation Division Chief (FA-400) .. 17 Aviation Division Chief (FA-500) .. 18 fire Planning and Fuels Management Division Chief (FA-600).

8 18 External Affairs Division Chief (FA-700) .. 19 State Director (SD) .. 20 District Manager (DM) .. 20 Agency Administrator (AA) .. 20 State fire management officer (SFMO) .. 20 District fire Management Officer (DFMO) .. 20 Management Performance Requirements for fire 21 Post-Incident Review .. 26 fire Staff Performance Requirements for fire 26 Delegation of Authority .. 29 Delegation for State fire Management Officers (SFMO) .. 29 Delegation for District fire Management Officers (DFMO) .. 30 Preparedness Reviews .. 30 BLM Review Schedules .. 30 fire Leadership Team (FLT) .. 30 BLM Operational Duty Officer (ODO).. 30 State and National Duty 31 Incident Business .. 31 BLM fire Management Position Titles and fire Department Cooperator Equivalencies.

9 32 TABLE OF CONTENTS ii Release Date: January 2022 Agreements with Cooperators (Rangeland fire Protection Association [RFPA] and Local fire Department) .. 32 Safety and Occupational Health Program .. 33 Safety and Health Responsibilities for the fire Program .. 33 Employee Safety and Health Program Responsibility .. 36 Emergency Notification and Contact Information .. 36 Injury on a BLM fire .. 36 BLM Employee Injury .. 36 Great Basin Smokejumpers .. 37 Employee 37 BLM fire and Aviation Honor Guard .. 38 BLM Mobile fire Equipment Policy .. 38 Introduction .. 38 Policy and Guidance .. 38 fire Equipment Committees .. 39 BLM National fire Equipment Program (NFEP) .. 39 Equipment Development .. 39 fire Equipment 39 fire Equipment Identifier Standards .

10 39 Improvement and Deficiency Reporting .. 39 Equipment Modification/Retrofitting .. 40 Acquisition of Working Capital Fund Equipment .. 40 Funding .. 41 BLM Mobile fire Equipment Ordering .. 41 600-Class Command Vehicle Procurement Standards .. 41 Property Transfer/Replacement .. 42 Conversions .. 42 BLM Engine Equipment Inventory .. 43 fire Equipment Maintenance and Care Standards .. 43 fire Equipment Maintenance Procedure and Record (FEMPR).. 43 Location Based Services (LBS) .. 44 BLM Engine Use Report (EUR) .. 44 Equipment Bulletins and Equipment Alerts .. 44 BLM Implementation of the Department of the Interior (DOI) Authorization for Use of Government Passenger Carrier(s) for Home-to-Work Transportation .. 45 Lights and Siren 45 Foam Use .. 46 BLM Firefighters.