National Wildfire Coordinating
Group (NWCG)
Policy, Planning, and Management Branch
Communication, Education, and Prevention Committee (CEPC)
(formerly the Wildland Fire Education Working Team (WFEWT) andthe Wildland Fire Investigation Working Team)
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Charter1. Background The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) was formed in January 1974, to expand operational cooperation and coordination between various public agencies having jurisdictional responsibility for wildland fire management. In 2007, NWCG was re-chartered, expanding its responsibility and adding new partners. The committee chartered herein is one of a number of support groups established by the NWCG to provide stewardship for specific business segment areas in fire management. Historically, most of the functional business areas to be addressed by this committee were the responsibility of the former Wildland Fire Education Working Team (WFEWT). 2. Name The name of this committee, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, is the Communication, Education, and Prevention Committee (CEPC) of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Executive Board. 3. Authority The Committee is established pursuant to the authorities granted in the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Charter, October 11, 2007. The deliberations of this Committee are exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act under section 204 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995. The Committee Chair is authorized to convene meetings and schedule agenda items. The Chair is also authorized to make contacts, negotiate work assignments, and make commitments on behalf of the Committee. The Chair may also commit such resources as are available within the Committee or as authorized by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Executive Board. 4. Purpose The Committee is established to promote a better understanding of wildland fire through communication, education, prevention and outreach. 5. Membership Committee membership will reflect a mix of people who are knowledgeable in the subject area of the Committee and who are from NWCG member agencies and organizations. With NWCG Executive Board approval, agencies or organizations that are not NWCG members may be selected for Committee membership. The National Wildfire Coordinating Group Executive Board will appoint a Committee Chair. The term of the Chair appointment will be 2 years and may be extended at the discretion of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Executive Board. Primary Committee members will be selected by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Executive Board. The terms of each primary member will be 2 years and may be extended at the discretion of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Executive Board. Technical advisors may be added as associate members with Chair approval. 6. Organization The Committee is under the direction of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Executive Board. The Committee may create subcommittees, units, and task teams with the concurrence of the Policy, Planning and Management Branch Coordinator. 7. Cooperation and Coordination The Committee will work through the respective Branch Coordinator to ensure appropriate coordination, collaboration, and information sharing with other groups and organizations for the subject matter and specific tasks of the Committee. 8. Responsibility The Committee is primarily responsible for
9. Deliverables Products and services which assist the fire community, partners and land managers to improve the understanding of wildland fire and the role of fire in ecosystems. This includes standards, guidelines and training course content. 10. Meetings The Committee shall document in a standard operating procedure the specific protocols and procedures for conducting committee business. 11. Charter Amendments Changes to, or revocation of, this charter must follow the process outlined in the NWCG Operating Principles and Guidelines. 12. Charter Approval This charter is effective as of the date of approval by the Chair of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Executive Board and shall remain in effect until revised or revoked. Approved:
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