Identify and adjust protection responsibility
1. Convene state level groups to identify where existing fire protection resides for all burnable areas within each state this calendar year.
2. Response cooperators in each state will identify any voids, current service levels, or inefficiencies in protection that exist and use annual operating plans to negotiate to ensure that every acre within the state has designated protection.
3. Promote realignment of protection responsibilities to the organization that is best suited to provide efficient protection (e.g, block protection areas, offset protection agreements, protection contracts, intergovernmental agreements, collaborative local area operating plans, etc.).
Short Term (0-2 years)
Lead is actually designated as signatories to statewide master fire protection agreements for each state. Supplemental info: Include any other information the region feels is important to the action such as activity tracking, output based metrics. March 2014 - WRSC agreed to elevate action 3.1 and all tasks to Regional A priority. Will convene a work group to take on tasks outlined.
