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OCLC Number: 53404800 Excerpt: ... affected. These recent experiences have led the fire-fighting community across the country and policymakers at all levels of government to call for federal action to help mitigate this growing threat. The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are the two major federal land management fire-fighting agencies. The Forest Service manages about 192 million acres of land in 155 national forests and grasslands, and the Bureau of Land Management manages about 264 million acres of land. Also involved are the National Park Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Fish and Wildlife Service within the Department of the Interior. Together, these agencies are caretakers of over one-third of all the land in the United States. The five land management agencies developed the National Fire Plan. The plan consists of five key initiatives: * Firefighting - Ensure adequate preparedness for future fire seasons, Rehabilitation and Restoration - Restore landscapes and rebuild * communities damaged by wildland fires, * Hazardous Fuel Reduction - Invest in projects to reduce fire risk, * Community Assistance - Work directly with communities to ensure adequate fire protection, * Accountability - Be accountable, and establish adequate oversight and monitoring for results. The plan is expected to be a long-term effort to be implemented over a 10-year period. While the agencies are to use funding provided under the National Fire Plan to implement all five aspects of the Plan, they are to use the majority of these funds to increase their capacity for fire-fighting preparedness and suppression by acquiring and maintaining additional personnel and equipment. Agencies use preparedness funding at the beginning of each fire season to place fire-fighting resources in locations where they can most effectively respond to fires that start on federal lands. Agencies use fire suppression funding to control and extinguish wildland fires. This effort incl
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Wildland fire management: improved planning will help agencies better identify fire-fighting preparedness needs
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