About Us > IAFC Committees > Wildland Fire Policy Committee
IAFC Wildland Fire Policy Committee IAFC Wildland Fire Policy Committee
Wildland fire kills our firefighters and citizens, threatens our communities, destroys our natural resources and costs too much.
Wildland fire and urban interface information
Page links: Resources | Links

Recent News

7/18/08: The IAFC is participating in a task group recently chartered by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group to consider modifying federal wildland-fire policy implementation.

Overview

The fastest growing fire problem in the United States is fire in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Read more about this growing fire problem.

The IAFC is committed to promoting nationwide efforts to reduce wildfire threats through aggressive prevention, public information and education, mitigation, preparation and response efforts.  This webpage is an online resource and information network to fire departments to promote awareness of structural/wildland fire information and issues.   

Resources

Community Wildfire Protect Plan (CWPP) - Leaders Guide and Leaders Guide Supplement
This Leaders Guide Supplement is offered as a companion document to the Handbook and guidance for those who are considering implementing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). It explains comprehensively how to implement each of the steps needed to create an effective CWPP.

New 8/19/08 Community Guide to Preparing and Implementing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (pdf)

Preparing a Wildfire Community Protection Plan: A Handbook for WUI Communities (pdf)

Community Wildfire Protection Plan - Leaders Guide (pdf)

Community Wildfire Protection Plan - Leaders Guide Supplement (pdf)

WUI 2009 Conference: March 24-26 in Reno

Members onlyGo to Committee contact information

Committee Chair
Bob Roper
Ventura County (CA) Fire Department

Tom Kuntz  
Red Lodge (MT) Rural District #7

Will May
Alachua County (FL) Fire Rescue Services

Douglas MacDonald
Los Alamos County (NM) Fire Department

Keith Harrap
NSW Rural Fire Service, Newington, NSW Australia

David Driscoll
CDF, Retired

Thaddeus Lowden
Evesham (NJ) Fire-Rescue

Bruce Suenram
Montana City, MT

Jimmy Hill
Los Angeles City (CA) Fire Department

James Schanel
Colorado Springs  (CO) Fire Department

Kurt Latipow
Washoe County, NV

Bruce Woods
Texas Forest Service

Wildland Fire Policy Committee Liaison:
Todd Clist, tclist@iafc.org
703-372-9672


Advancing Wildland Fire Training for Fire Departments Implementation Plan (pdf)
This plan describes implementation actions 1a-1c from the 2002 report “Changing Role and Needs of Local, Rural and Volunteer Fire Departments in the Wildland Urban Interface” and subsequent findings of the 2004 task group report “Advancing Wildland Fire Training for Fire Departments” (AWFT).

Links

U.S. Forest Service - Fire and Aviation Management

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Association of State Foresters

Western Governors' Association

National Wildfire Coordinating Group

National Fire Plan

National Interagency Fire Center

National Weather Service - National Fire Weather Page

U.S. Drought Monitor

Firewise

Healthy Forest Initiative

U.S. Fire Administration

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Background: Wildland Urban Interface—A Growing Fire Problem

The fastest growing fire problem in the United States is fire in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). This problem is growing each year as millions of people continue to build homes in high-risk interface areas and as local, state and federal government attempts to address fuel modification in the interface continue to meet social resistance to a balanced fuels reduction plan. The direct threat to life and high-valued property in the interface (suburbs) has been demonstrated in cities, towns, counties and communities throughout the country. The direct and indirect costs of an extreme fire event can reach multi-billion dollar dimensions; impacts on the infrastructure of a community can include damage and disruption of water supply, utilities and transportation systems. These fires threaten high-valued community assets including recreational resources, cultural icons, endangered species, grazing crops, jobs, and community health & commerce.
 

4025 Fair Ridge Drive, Fairfax, VA 22033 | Tel: 703-273-0911 | Fax: 703-273-9363

Home | Copyright Notice | Privacy Policy | Photo Credits | IAFC Logo Usage Policy

Copyright © 1999-2008 The International Association of Fire Chiefs.  All rights reserved.