Alaska Interagency Wildland Fire Management Plan. (AIWFMP): The interagency plan and reference for wildland fire operational information in Alaska. Alaska Multi-Agency Coordination Group (AMAC): AMAC p r o vi de s a forum to discuss actions to be taken to ensure that an adequate number of resources are available to meet anticipated needs and to allocate those resources most efficiently. When activated and as warranted, AMAC is tasked with the following: incident prioritization; resource allocation; coordination of state and federal disaster responses; political interfaces; media and agency information; anticipation of future resource needs; and the identification and resolution of issues. Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 1980 (ANILCA): The act that transferred approximately 100 million acres from BLM-managed to National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife management. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 1971 (ANCSA): The act provided Alaska Natives with 44 million acres of land. It also set up a system of regional corporations to administer the settlement. Alaska Statehood Act 1959: The act that made Alaska the 49th state and conveyed 104 million acres of public domain land to state ownership. Alaska Statewide Annual Operating Plan (AOP): The Alaska Statewide AOP tiers to the Alaska Master Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and Xxxxxxxx Act Response Agreement and further defines statewide interagency working relationships, roles, responsibilities, standards and expectations. It provides for a consistent approach to fire operations with the primary intention of providing cost-effective suppression services and minimizing unnecessary duplication. It addresses issues affecting cooperation, protocols, financial arrangements and joint activities. The Alaska Interagency Wildland Fire Management Plan (AIWFMP) and the Alaska Interagency Mobilization Guide (AIMG) are incorporated into the Statewide AOP by reference. It will be updated annually to address issues and concerns. Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group (AWFCG): AWFCG p r o vi de s coordination and recommendations for all interagency fire management activities in Alaska. Membership, procedures, and guidelines are documented in the AWFCG MOU and Standard Operating Procedures. Boundary Line Fire: Fire occurrences on lands of intermingled and/or adjoining protection responsibilities. Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS): The model used to systematically evaluate burning conditions in Alaska. Closest Forces Concept: Dispatc...
Alaska Interagency Wildland Fire Management Plan. The AWFCG is responsible to review and update, as warranted, the AIWFMP. That plan and its appendices are available at xxxx://xxxx.xx.xxx.xxx/. The AIWFMP is a component of this Statewide AOP. The purpose of AIWFMP is to promote a cooperative, consistent, cost-effective, interagency approach to wildland fire management and it is the interagency reference for wildfire operational information. It specifies direction for the response to a wildfire that is based on the management option designation and provides guidelines to Jurisdictional and protection agencies for decision support direction as the complexity of a wildfire increases.
