The FMB provides a mechanism for coordinated and integrated federal wildland fire program management and implementation. The Board, taking strategic policy and program direction from the Fire Executive Council, directs, coordinates and oversees the development and implementation of federal wild land fire policy and programs to provide consistent and cost-effective program management. The Board is accountable for and has the authority to coordinate federal program management and oversight.
Functions
The Board is responsible for and has the authority to:
- Provide common, integrated implementation strategies, approaches, programs, and oversight for implementing federal wildland fire policies
- Provide federal wildland fire program strategy, policy, budget and program recommendations to the Fire Executive Council
- Provide recommendations on information and technology requirements, priorities, and investments to the Wildland Fire Information and Technology Executive Board
- Provide recommendations on science and research requirements and priorities necessary to support wildland fire program management activities
- Identify requirements and recommend priorities for standards necessary to ensure interoperability of intergovernmental wildland fire activities and operations
- Consult with our non-federal partners
- Develop recommendations for interagency wildland fire administrative/business support needs
Key Documents
USWDS Paragraphs
- July 23: 24-004, Revision of Interagency Fire Program Management Qualifications Standard
- June 26: 24-003, Errata to the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (January 2024)
- April 11: 24-002, Wildland Firefighter Medical and Public Health Advisory Team (MPHAT) Evaluation Process for Health-Related Research Requests
- April 11: 24-001, MPHAT Evaluation for Health-Related Research Requests
- December 11: 23-006, Tasking to Develop a Wildland Firefighter Fatigue Research Project
- July 19: 23-005, Second Errata to the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (January 2023)
- June 22: 23-004, Continued Implementation of Complex Incident Management
- May 12: 23-003, Expectations of Agency Administrators in Implementation of Complex Incident Management (CIM)
- May 12: 23-002, Continued focus on Firefighter Health and Wellbeing
- April 25: 23-001, Errata to the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (January 2023)
- March 13: NWCG, NMAC, FMB Joint Memo: 23-003, Standardized use of FireNet by Geographic Areas and Incident Management Teams for the 2023 Fire Year.
- September 7: 22-005, Updated Wildland Fire Medical and Public Health Advisory Team Charter
- May 20: 22-004, Second Errata to the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (May 2022)
- April 20: 22-003, Errata to the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (January 2022)
- March 18: 22-002, Complex Incident Management (CIM) 2022
- February 3: 22-001, MPHAT COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation Recommendations for Wildland Fire
- February 19: 21-001, Leadership and Support for Complex Incident Management
- February 26: 21-002, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Vaccines for Wildland Fire Personnel
- March 18: 21-003, Tasking - Delegation of Authority to COVID-19 Coordinator
- April 21: 21-004, Tasking - Interagency Fire Program Management Refresh
- April 21: 21-005, Red Book Errata Statement
- July 20: 21-006 Canceled
- July 23: 21-007, MPHAT Wildland Fire COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation 2021
- March 21: 20-001, Adjustments to Wildland Fire Preparedness Activities for the 2020 Fire Year in response to COVID-19
- March 19: 20-002, Delegation of Authority to COVID-19 Coordinators
- March 31: 20-003, Coordination of Response Efforts Between NWCG and FMB COVID-19 Coordinators
- March 31: 20-004, Adjustments to Aviation Qualifications in response to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic
- April 6: 20-005, Establishment of COVID-19 Wildland Fire Medical and Public Health Advisory Team
- April 20: 20-006, Establishment of Wildland Fire COVID-19 Screening Interim Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- April 30: 20-007, Errata to the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (May 2020)
- May 1: 20-008, Establishment of Interim Guidance for Prevention of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) During Wildland Fire Operations
- May 1: 20-009, Laboratory Testing for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Wildland Fire Management Personnel
- May 12: 20-010, Fire Management Board Priorities for the 2020 Wildland Fire Year
- May 15: 20-011, Development of a Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Training Module for the Wildland Fire Community
- July 2: 20-012, Updated Guidance on Laboratory Testing for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19); Spanish version: Guías Actualizada sobre las Prueba de Laboratorio de Enfermedad Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- August 10: 20-013, Hazard Assessment and Prevention Toolkit for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
- August 10: 20-014, Wildland Fire Agency's Roles in Public Health Case Investigation and Contact Tracing
- November 2: 20-015, Requirements and COVID-19 Mitigations for Medical Exams, Work Capacity Tests, and Critical Training for the 2021 Fire Season
- May 24: 19-001, Errata to the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations
- May 24: 19-002, Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM) Decision Paper #7: Change to M-581 Fire Program Management course for Unit Fire Program Manager Positions and General Updates
- August 19: 19-003, FS-DOI On-Board Injection and Blending of Chemicals
- October 11: 19-004, Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy Terminology
- March 21: 18-001, Predictive Services Program Phase II Review: Operating Principles
- April 10: 18-002, Wildland Fire Aviation Strategy: Recommendation for closure with GAO
- July 9: 18-003, Predictive Services Program Review Update
- October 4: 18-004, Predictive Services Oversight Group
- October 12: 18-005, Status change for M-581 Fire Program Management course as it applies to Unit Fire Program Manager Positions
- March 30: 16-001, Proposed Update to Supplemental Qualification Standard for GS-0401 Fire Management Specialists
- March 30: 16-002, Use of AFUE Modules for Aviation Data Collection on Wildland Fires
- May 16: 16-003, Decision Paper # 6: Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM) Aviation Qualifications Implementation
- May 4: 16-004, Errata to the Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (January 2016)
- August 12: 16-005, Capability Requirements for Fire Weather Data
- November 2: 16-006, Capability Requirements for Fuels Management
- November 8: 16-007, Maintenance of Approved Wildland Fire Incident Data
- November 10: 16-008, Capability Requirements for Fire Reporting
- November 10: 16-009, Fire Reporting Investment Decisions
- February 20: 15-001, NWCG Participation in the Interagency Plan for a Wildland Fire Aviation Strategy
- April 15: 15-002, Interagency Aviation Training
- June 4: 15-003, Fire Management Board relationships to Groups and Programs
- July 13: 15-004, Wildland Fire Information Systems Interconnect MOU Recommendation<200b>
- October 9: 15-005, Wildland Fire Incident Management Succession Planning – The Way Forward
- December 15: 15-006, Interagency Fire Program Management (IFPM) – Decision Paper #5
- August 5: 14-001, NWCG Activity as it Relates to Inherently Federal Business
- August 8: 14-002, Fire Management Board as it relates to Inherently Federal Business
- September 16: 14-003, Requesting Clarification on Human Factors Tasking
- November 18: 14-004, Status of review and implementation of Evolving Incident Management recommendations
- November 26: 14-005, Interagency Plan for a Wildland Fire Aviation Strategy
| Member | Role | Titel | Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Wilcox | Chair | Chief, Fire Management | FWS | chris_wilcox@fws.gov |
| Julian Affuso | Member | Assistant Director, Doctrine, Learning and Risk Management | FS | julian.affuso@usda.gov |
| Aaron Baldwin | Member | Branch Chief Wildland Fire Management | BIA | aaron.balwin@bia.gov |
| Aitor Bidaburu | Member | Fire Program Specialist, U.S. Fire Administration | USFA | aitor.bidaburu@usda.gov |
| Meagan Conry | Member | Deputy Assistant Director | DOI | mconry@blm.gov |
| Sarah Fisher | Vice-Chair | Deputy Director Aviation and Operations | USFS | sarah.fisher@usda.gov |
| Erin Horsburgh | Member | Deputy Director, Management & Programs, Office of Wildland Fire | DOI | erin_horsburgh@ios.doi.gov |
| Brad Koeckeritz | Member | Division Chief, Office of Aircraft Services | DOI | bradley_koeckeritz@ios.doi.gov |
| Charles Russell | Member | Acting Chief Branch of Wildland Fire | NPS | Charles_russell@nps.gov |
