Develop a fire response risk management protocol.
7. Avoid management decisions that transfer risk or increase threats to other ownerships without dialogue and shared understanding. Engage all partners in pre-season response planning to determine and map aggressive suppression areas prior to the next firefighting season.
8. Develop a local unified vision pre-season through annual operating plans, and involve affected agencies and stakeholders.
9. Engage key stakeholders (including key community leaders) in pre-season response planning, especially when other than aggressive suppression is being proposed in the response area.
10. Map areas where aggressive suppression is the expected initial response.
11. Discuss plans for areas and situation (weather, time of year, vegetation types, etc.) in which aggressive suppression is not the desired response.
12. Develop a common understanding of the decision process and role of key individuals when fires are being considered for other than aggressive suppression response.
13. Identify key stakeholders to be contacted when considering other than aggressive suppression response on new fires.
Short Term (0-2 years)
Supplemental info: Although the region feels that the national effort is improving significantly, and is demonstrated through instruments such as the interagency Leaders' Intent Letter of Feb 2013, the region emphasized local support and implementation of the concepts identified in tasks 3-13
