PROTECTING AGENCIES.
1) Implement the initial response to an incident, and notify the appropriate Jurisdictional Agency(ies) of any fire detected on or threatening agency lands in accordance with the AIWFMP.
2) Provide the operational control for suppression services in support of the Jurisdictional Agency’s mission.
3) Provide fire detection coverage based on levels of lightning activity and human use, or at a Jurisdictional Agency’s request.
4) Determine and document the location, management option, and cause of each incident.
5) Ensure that new fires are initiated in the dispatch system, and that the data are correctly exchanged with the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS) through the Integrated Reporting of Wildland Fire Information (XXXXX) data exchange environment.
6) Collaborate with Jurisdictional Agency(ies) to analyze the appropriate management organization for an incident.
7) Assign an Incident Commander and an appropriate sized management organization for initial and extended responses.
8) Develop and jointly sign a Delegation of Authority to implement the decision document when the incident complexity is Type 3 or greater.
9) Provide supervision and support including oversight, direction, and logistical support for all wildfires.
10) Assign a Protecting Agency liaison to out-of-state IMT’s.
11) Conduct initial IMT briefings - include representatives from affected Jurisdictional Agencies.
12) Conduct IMT closeouts and compile IMT evaluations, notes from the closeout, and the Incident Summary and forward to the Protecting Agencies’ Chief of Fire Operations, affected Jurisdictional Agency(ies) and the AWFCG Chair and Executive Assistant.
13) Track incident costs and provide daily cost estimates to other Protecting and Jurisdictional Agencies.
14) Complete wildfire suppression activities damage repair in accordance with approved suppression repair plans in collaboration with the Jurisdictional Agency(ies). Ensure Jurisdictional Agency(ies) are informed of progress.
15) Keep Jurisdictional Agencies up to date on invasive species issues and work with them to develop controls designed to prevent spread resulting from fire management activities.
16) Fulfill interagency reporting requirements as directed in the AIMG and provide AICC with final fire reports for archiving and distribution to the affected Jurisdictional Agencies as described in Clause 51.b.
PROTECTING AGENCIES.
1) Implement the initial response to an incident in accordance with the AIWFMP.
2) Notify affected jurisdictions of all incidents, including wildfires, false alarms, and suppression actions taken on non-escaped fires. Notify additional jurisdictions as they become affected by an incident. Notify affected jurisdictions of significant events on an incident including but not limited to:
a. Increase or decrease in complexity
b. Incident status change
c. Incident strategy change d. Injury or accident
PROTECTING AGENCIES. The Protecting Agencies in Alaska are the DNR, the Bureau of Land Management-AFS, and the USFS. Protecting Agencies maintain and operate wildfire suppression organizations in Alaska with the primary intention of providing safe, cost-effective suppression services and minimizing unnecessary duplication of suppression systems. Suppression services include all management actions intended to protect identified values from a fire, extinguish a fire, or alter a fire's direction of spread. Management actions for the protection of identified values include, but are not limited to, surveillance, mapping, and site actions. If a Protecting Agency has an issue or concern with the Jurisdictional Agency that is irresolvable at the local level, that situation should immediately be elevated to the AFS Manager, the DNR Chief of Fire and Aviation, or the USFS R10 Fire Specialist to discuss and adjudicate with the regional fire management staff. Lessons learned from this process should be included in the Interagency Fall Fire Review agenda. The Protecting Agencies will:
1) Provide the operational control for suppression services in support of the Jurisdictional Agency’s mission.
2) Provide fire detection coverage based on levels of lightning activity and human use or at Jurisdictional Agency’s request.
3) Determine and document the location, management option, and cause of each incident.
4) Ensure that new fires are initiated in the dispatch system, and that XXXXX correctly initiates the incident in WFDSS.
5) Implement the initial response to an incident based on management option designation and notify the appropriate Jurisdictional Agency of any fire detected on or threatening that agency’s lands in accordance with the AIWFMP.
6) Collaborate with Jurisdictional Agency to analyze the appropriate management organization for an incident.
7) Assign an Incident Commander for initial and extended responses.
8) Develop and jointly sign a Delegation of Authority to implement the decision document when the incident complexity is Type 3 or greater.
9) Provide supervision and support including oversight, direction and logistical support for all wildfires.
10) Assign a Protecting Agency liaison to out-of-state IMT’s.
11) Conduct initial IMT briefings with the affected Jurisdictional Agencies.
12) Conduct IMT closeouts and compile IMT evaluations, notes from the closeout, and the Incident Summary and forward to the Protecting Agencies’ Chief of Fire Operations and the AWFCG Chair and...
