This document outlines the key components of a Fire Management Plan (FMP). It states that an FMP needs to be developed for any area at risk of wildfire. The main sections of an FMP include: an introduction describing the area and reasons for the plan, fire policies and resource management goals, a description of the fire management area and units, operational guidance on unplanned ignitions, planned fuel treatments, and prevention and education. The FMP also provides details on detection and suppression resources and procedures.

1. provide decision support to aid
managers in making informed
decisions on the management of
wildland fires.

2.  There needs to be a Fire Management Plan
for every area that could potentially have wild
fire on it.

3.  Introduction
 Policy
 Resource Management Planning
 Fire Management Area Description
 OperationalGuidance
 Unplanned ignitions Preparedness
 Planned FuelsTreatments
 Prevention, Mitigation and Education

4.  Introduction
 The intent of this Chapter is to introduce the reader to
the area covered by the FMP.
 State the reasons for developing the FMP.
 Provide a general description of location of the area
covered by the FMP with vicinity map and agencies
involved.
 Identify areas of different management designations
(e.g. wilderness, timber harvest areas, research
natural areas, cultural/religious areas, habitat
management areas)

5.  Fire Policy
 Identify sources of guidance and direction
that relate to actions described in the FMP.
 These may include unit specific policies (e.g.
tribal direction, local land management
planning, etc.) , kebele, regional or national
policies.

6.  Describe fire management related goals,
objectives, standards, guidelines, and/or desired
future conditions that apply across the entire
area
 Examples of these goals, objectives, standards,
guidelines, and desired conditions are:
 o firefighter and public safety,
 o using fire to maintain pastoral health,
 o desired plant community composition and structure

7.  physical and biological description (e.g.
topographic features, fuel types, special
conditions that may result in extreme fire
behavior, access, Fire Regime , high value
concerns, special areas),
 jurisdictional boundaries (e.g. adjacent or
intermingled federal, private, tribal, state,
county ownership),

8.  communities and other values at risk to
include: Threatened & Endangered species,
cultural concerns, areas of special concern,
water quality, invasive species, infrastructure
(powerlines, fences, etc.)
 fire behavior and weather descriptions , past
fire behavior and perimeter histories, control
problems.

9.  Areas within the plan can be further divided
into smaller areas if there is enough of a
difference in how that land is effected by fire
and actions you would take on that land
would be different.
 Smaller areas within a Fire Management Plan, Fire
Management Units.

10.  preparedness (including training,
qualifications, readiness),
 cooperative or mutual aid fire management
agreements,
 size up, initial response and extended
response procedures,
 EarlyWarning procedures
 records management,
 A plan to keep track of fires and to share that
information

11.  Water sources
 Communication Plan
 Available Resources
 Equipment
 Personnel
 Available Maps
 Access Routes
 Detection
 How to ask for and get assistance

13.  Use of SatelliteTechnology
 Use of Local Community
 Use of Patrols
 Detection can be a part of EarlyWarning
 Use of aircraft
 Others?

14.  Describe or reference planning and implementation
processes for fuels treatments by mechanical,
chemical, biological or prescribed fire methods.
Procedures to be included are dependent on local
needs.
 Examples include:
 procedures for implementing prescribed fire
(requirements for development of burn plan,
responsibilities for preparing and approving
prescribed fires)
 local coordinating or special interest groups,
 Many of these topics may already be addressed in
other parts of your forestry management practices

15.  4.4. Prevention, Mitigation and Education
 Prevention Plan
 human caused ignition patterns and
problems,
 community involvement
 education programs,

16.  Questions?