Current Topics:
 FPA's on Schedule
Is your FPU an Early-aAopter?
Early-adopter Benefits
New White Papers
What's Next?
For more information visit http://fpa.nifc.gov
or call Venetia Gempler
208-947-3786
Fire Program Analysis
Fire Program Analysis (FPA) system is a common interagency decision support tool for wildland fire planning and budgeting.
This tool will enable wildland fire managers in the five federal land management agencies to plan jointly.
The Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) is a cooperative interagency organization dedicated to achieving consistent implementation of the goals, actions, and policies in the National Fire Plan and the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy. The Council provides leadership and oversight to ensure policy coordination, accountability, and effective implementation of the National Fire Plan and the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy.
The FPA System:
will be designed to encourage state, local, and tribal agency participation.
incorporates geospatial data which provide the means to map levels of wildland fire risk on lands across the country.
generates outcomes from fire planning units that
provide information to the national budget planning process.
will provide a way for land managers to compare
trade-offs between wildland fire program components.
is a tool to ensure wildland fire management actions help meet performance measures outlined in the 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy.
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Spring Workshop Schedules - Contact FPA Geographic Area Leads for specific location information
Northwest Geographic Area
Rocky Mountain Geographic Area
Great Basin Geographic Area |
April 2 - 4 Portland
April 22 -23 Lakewood
April 29 -May 1 Reno |
Southern Area Geographic Area California Geographic Area Southwest Geographic Area Southwest Geographic Area |
April 30 - May 1 Atlanta
May 6 -8 Sacramento
May 5 -6 Albuquerque
May 7 -8 Phoenix
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FPA's Executive Oversight Group (EOG) -Members are interagency executives who will be providing direction and oversight for the FPA project. They represent their agencies on the EOG and will provide a valuable link between the FPA project and their respective agency. The Executive Oversight Group is scheduled to meet with the FPA project management monthly. Executive Oversight Group Participants include:
Nina Rose Hatfield Department of the Interior
Kent Connaughton US Forest Service
John Phipps US Forest Service
Rick Prausa US Forest Service
Dave Cleaves US Forest Service, Research budgeting
Carlos Rodriguez-Franco US Forest Service, Research
Henri Bisson Bureau of Land Management
Dan Wenk National Park Service
Ken Stansell US Fish & Wildlife Service
Vicki Forrest, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Highlighted EOG Meeting Outcomes
Agency-specific memos will be sent in April describing what the agency expectations for the field are regarding their participation in the Fire Program Analysis
Interagency FPA guidance to be used by the FPUs in developing their FY 2011 investment alternatives between July and December 2008
New White and Technical Papers: White and technical papers are being added to the FPA web site regularly. Based on the models, these papers explain the "why" and the "how" the FPA system is using or applying fire behavior modeling concepts and business processes.
Generally, when new information is posted to the web a listserv message is sent our announcing the update. As promised, our intent is not to fill up your in-box, so we will typically send out one message with several links
What's Next?
- May 6 - 8: California Geographic Area FPA Orientation Workshop (Sacremento)
- May 5 - 6: Southwest Geographic Area FPA Orientation Workshop (Alburquerque)
- May 7 - 8 Southwest Geographic Area FPA Orientation Workshop (Phoenix)
- May 13 - 15: Northern Rockies Geographic Area Orientation Workshop (Bozeman)
- May 22: Executive Oversight Group meeting
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