Policies and Guidelines

Policy

• Protecting People and Natural Resources: A Cohesive Fuels Treatment Strategy, February 2006 (PDF, 15.4 MB)
• National Fire & Aviation Executive Board Policy Directives Task Group: Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy
• Urban Wildland Interface Communities Within the Vicinity of Federal Lands That Are at High Risk From Wildfire - Federal Register (January 4, 2001) (PDF, 197 KB)
• Wildland Interface Communities Within the Vicinity of Federal Lands That Are at High Risk From Wildfire: Federal Register (August 17, 2001) (PDF, 298 KB)

Guides

• Preparing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan: A Handbook for Wildland-Urban Interface Communities (March 2004) (PDF, 839 KB)
• Fuel Treatment Program Development and Collaboration Process (PDF, 242 KB)
• Healthy Forests Initiative (HFI) and Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA) Interim Field Guide
• Identifying and Prioritizing Communities at Risk (PDF, 21 KB) - memo from the Forest Service Chief introducing:
  • National Association of State Foresters (NASF) Field Guidance: Identifying and Prioritizing Communities at Risk" (PDF, 71 KB)

Memoranda of Understanding

• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Wildland Fire Leadership Council (PDF, 1.6 MB)
• Memorandum of Understanding for Coordination and Cooperation of Fire Department Wildland Fire Assistance Programs (PDF, 363 KB)
• Memorandum of Understanding for the Development of a Collaborative Fuels Treatment Program (PDF, 225 KB)
• Memorandum of Understanding on Policy Principles for Woody Biomass Utilization for Restoration and Fuel Treatments on Forests, Woodlands and Rangelands (PDF, 45 KB)