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Management

This page provides the public and the wildland fire community with information on various fire management program activities. This page includes elements pertaining to fuels and fire ecology, fire use, firefighter training, safety, technology, terminology, and other wildland fire information.
 

Critical Incident Stress Management

Critical Incident Stress Management is a comprehensive, integrated, systematic, and multi-tactic crisis intervention approach to manage stress after traumatic events.

Fire Safety and Risk Management

The Forest Service risk management program exists to help managers and employees identify and communicate value and objectives, identify risks, evaluate how to mitigate them to the lowest practicable level, and then decide if the value or attempting to achieve the objectives is worth accepting the residual risks.

Fuels Projects and Prescribed Fire Dashboard

Dashboard tracking hazardous fuels treatments and prescribed fires on National Forest System lands.

Incident Business Practices 

This web area is a collection of business items of interest and provides links to sites with additional information. It contains Local Coop Fire Agreements and Annual Operating Plans as well as Cost Share Agreements.

Incident Management Teams

Information about California Interagency Complex Incident Management Teams

Pacific Southwest Region's Fire and Aviation Management Strategic Plan 

Planning document for the Pacific Southwest Region 5, Fire and Aviation Management to operate as Wildland Fire and Aviation Management Leaders, while safely sustaining, protecting and restoring ecosystems.

Project Activity Level (PAL)

PAL is a decision support tool designed to help fire and timber resource managers establish the level of industrial precaution for the following day.

National Fire Danger Rating System 

A system that allows fire managers to estimate today's or tomorrow's fire danger for a given area.

Training

Information about Wildland Fire Management Training.

Wildland Fire Decision Support Systems (WFDSS) 

A system of accepted models for risk-informed decision making in support of wildland fires.

Wildland Fire Terminology

Glossary of Fire Terms

Wildland Fire Training and Conference Center (WFTC) 

WFTC provides classroom and meeting facilities for agency and public non-commercial functions.

Wildfire Risk to Communities

Wildfire Risk to Communities is a free, easy-to-use website with interactive maps, charts, and resources to help communities understand, explore, and reduce wildfire risk.

Last updated April 15th, 2025