Communication Education and Prevention Committee

Primary Objectives

• Develop and/or promote education programs and tools that provide information about wildland fire ecology, management, protection and prevention.
• Work with stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement in all areas of wildland fire communication, education, and prevention.
• Provide subject matter expertise in communication, education, and prevention for projects, standards, guidelines, qualifications, certification, and training.
• Contribute to the standardization of information technology systems (such as FireNet, IROC, etc.) to collect and distribute data, processes, forms, and other operational elements.

Guidance Documents

• Sample Delegation of Authority for Fire Prevention Education Teams

Fire Prevention Education Team Digital Library

This Fire Prevention Education Team (FPET) Digital Library is a database of wildland fire prevention and education materials that have been developed by FPETs and wildland fire prevention professionals. Each item has been reviewed for appropriate content and is approved for use. The files that are in a searchable database are available for use by anyone. The database includes different types of file formats depending on the use and presentation of the final product, e.g. slide show; printable item or sign; other handout; etc.

CEPC Research

• Economic optimization of wildfire intervention activities
• Net Benefits of Wildfire Prevention Education Efforts
• Wildfire Ignitions: A Review of the Science and Recommendations for Empirical Modeling
• Effect of fire prevention programs on accidental and incendiary wildfires on tribal lands in the United States - Southern Research
• Fire Prevention Efficacy
• Community-Agency Interaction and Fire Management

Video: Wildfire Prevention Spatial Assessment and Planning Strategies (WPSAPS)

How many wildfires did you prevent? This is the most difficult question in wildfire prevention. It’s very difficult to measure something that doesn’t happen. Nationally, the goal is to utilize a system where we can document and demonstrate success in reducing the extensive number of unwanted human-caused wildfires, saving lives and protecting communities.

Wildfire Prevention Spatial Assessment and Planning Strategies, or WPSAPS, is a web-based application designed to make wildfire prevention program risk assessment, planning, and accomplishment reporting more efficient and effective. It provides users with a research-informed set of prevention actions based on a geospatial assessment of the risks, hazards, and values to be protected in their management unit. For user training information, contact your agency wildfire prevention lead.

The outputs from WPSAPS provide a foundation for a well-organized, intentional, prevention program. WPSAPS was developed specifically for the wildfire prevention community by an interagency workgroup composed of wildfire prevention personnel. This video provides an overview of the use and capabilities of the software.

Time: 6:34

Upcoming WPSAPS Training

• Please contact your regional prevention specialist/officer for upcoming training opportunities near you.

WPSAPS General Support

• If you have questions or comments concerning WPSAPS, please contact one of the following business leads for your agency.

  Name Sort descending	Agency	Member Email	Member Role
  	USFWS	andrew_bailey@fws.gov	Primary
  	BLM	zellinger@blm.gov	Primary
  	NASF	cehjr@ksu.edu	Primary
  	USFS	anna.m.henderson@usda.gov	Primary
  	BIA	kenneth.jaramillo@bia.gov	Primary
  	NASF	angie.lane@dnr.wa.gov	CEPC Chair
  	USFS	amanda.scott@usda.gov	Primary
  	BIA	samuel.scranton@bia.gov	Leader
  	NPS	jim_shultz@nps.gov	Primary

Video: An Ounce of Prevention

Time: 10:24