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• 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.

Wildland Fire Prevention and Education Teams: How They Can Help in Extreme Situations

When severe wildland fire situations occur as a result of extreme fire weather, wildland fires can cause extensive loss of life, property, and resources. As extreme conditions approach or worsen, wildland fire prevention/education is often overlooked as a possible source of help. Because fire weather conditions are predictable, wildland fire prevention/education teams can be mobilized in advance of fires, when fire danger becomes extreme. Prevention/education teams are available to support any geographic area preceding and during periods of high fire danger or fire activity. The requesting unit may use severity dollars in support of a prevention/education team.

Purpose of Wildland Fire Prevention/Education Teams

Teams assist the local unit in the prevention of unwanted human-caused wildfires. This involves working together to:

• Complete fire risk assessments
• Determine the severity of the situation
• Facilitate community awareness and education in fire prevention including prescribed burning
• Coordinate announcement of interagency restrictions and closures
• Coordinate fire prevention efforts with the public, special target groups, state and local agencies, and elected officials
• Promote public and personal responsibility regarding fire prevention in the wildland/urban interface
• Assist Incident Management Teams in accomplishing their objectives in working with the public develop fire protection plans

Mobilization of a team may occur when an unusual event or circumstance warrants or is predicted

Examples:

• Severe burning conditions
• Unusually high fire occurrence
• Majority of firefighting resources committed
• Preparedness levels above normal

Benefits of Wildland Fire Prevention Education Teams:

• Reduce the loss of human life and property
• Reduce resource losses
• Reduce the cost of suppression
• Improve interagency relations

Organization and Ordering

A team consists of a Team Leader, a Public Affairs Officer, Prevention Specialist(s), and an optional trainee or other team members as the situation dictates (Finance Officer, Logistics Specialist, etc.). Trained interagency personnel can be mobilized through normal dispatch channels to assist in fire prevention/education at any level of an organization. The individuals ordered for prevention/education teams must have the skills required to fill the position for which they have been ordered.

Refer to the National Mobilization Guide, Chapter 20, 22.9.10, Cooperative Fire Prevention/Education Teams, for ordering information.

For More Information See: National Wildland Fire Prevention and Education Teams - NOTE From previous discussions, I believe this link is not correct. Is the correct link: https://www.nifc.gov/prevEdu/prevEdu_wfrTeams.html/

2018 National Fire Prevention Education Team Schedule

This schedule represents the 2018 National Fire Prevention Education Team Rotation. We are working with all agencies and states to ensure that opportunities for interagency participation are provided. Please feel free to contact the Team Leader for more information. View the 2018 schedule.

Wildland Fire Prevention and Mitigation

More and more, people in the wildland/urban interface zone are feeling the effects of wildland fire. Every year families are evacuated and structures are destroyed as the result of wildland fires in this zone. There are tools that can assist professionals and homeowners in mitigating the risk of damage from a wildland fire, however. Below are just a few of the available resources that can help make the interface zone more survivable.

Wildfire Prevention Analysis and Planning

This is an overview presentation of a prevention analysis planning process. This process analyzes RISKS, HAZARDS and VALUES; outlines an operational plan for the protection of resources from wildfire; and develops wildfire prevention program implementation costs.

Additional Information:

• Firewise USA™
• National Fire Protection Association