Common use of Response to Wildland Fire Clause in Contracts

Response to Wildland Fire. All fire suppression action conducted by one Party on lands of another Party shall be consistent with the Jurisdictional Agency’s fire management policy, preplanned objectives for the area in which the fire occurs, and the terms of this Agreement. A Special Management Considerations section in the Operating Plan, addressing resources and other management concerns, will be used by Unit Administrators of the Agencies to identify areas of special management consideration, and to communicate appropriate fire management actions and any restrictions on firefighting tactical techniques to an Incident Commander. Unless otherwise agreed, the Jurisdictional Agency will provide an Agency representative or appropriate environmental technical specialist to advise a Protecting Agency of any special management considerations that may influence suppression action. The Incident Commander will incorporate special management considerations into the incident planning process, subject to the delegation of authority. Each Operating Plan must address how the entities will handle cost sharing for wildland fires that spread to another jurisdiction. Entities should recognize that, as in the, Guidance for Implementation of Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy (2009), a wildland fire may concurrently be managed for one or more objectives. Additionally, objectives can change as the fire spreads across the landscape, affected by changes in environmental conditions, human influence, and institutional factors. Simply stated, some portions of a wildland fire may receive a protection objective while other portions are managed for multiple objectives, and those portions and objectives might change at some time over the duration of the event. The intent should never be to allow a wildland fire to burn onto a jurisdiction that does not want it. All Parties should be involved in developing the strategy and tactics to be used in preventing the fire from crossing the jurisdictional boundary, and all Parties should be involved in developing mitigations that would be used if the fire crosses jurisdictional boundaries.

Response to Wildland Fire. All fire suppression action conducted by one Party party on lands of another Party shall be consistent with the Jurisdictional Agencyjurisdictional agency’s fire management policy, preplanned objectives for the area in which the fire occurs, and the terms of this Agreement. A “Special Management Considerations Considerations” section in the Operating Plan, addressing resources and other management concerns, will be used by Unit Administrators of the Agencies to identify areas of special management consideration, and to communicate appropriate fire management actions and any restrictions on firefighting tactical techniques to an Incident Commander. Unless otherwise agreed, the Jurisdictional Agency will provide an Agency representative or appropriate environmental technical specialist to advise a Protecting Agency of any special management considerations that may influence suppression action. The Incident Commander will incorporate special management considerations into the incident planning process, subject to the delegation of authority. Each Operating Plan must address how the entities will handle cost cost-sharing for wildland fires that spread to another jurisdiction. Entities should recognize that, as in the, the “Guidance for Implementation of Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy (2009)”, a wildland fire may concurrently be managed for one or more objectives. Additionally, objectives can change as the fire spreads across the landscape, affected by changes in environmental conditions, human influence, and institutional factors. Simply stated, some portions of a wildland fire may receive a protection objective while other portions are managed for multiple objectives, and those portions and objectives might change at some time over the duration of the event. The intent should never be to allow a wildland fire to burn onto a jurisdiction that does not want it. All Parties parties should be involved in developing the strategy and tactics to be used in preventing the fire from crossing the jurisdictional boundary, and all Parties parties should be involved in developing mitigations that would be used if the fire crosses jurisdictional boundaries.

Response to Wildland Fire. All fire suppression action conducted by one Party on lands of another Party shall be consistent with the Jurisdictional Agency’s fire management policy, preplanned objectives for the area in which the fire occurs, and the terms of this Agreement. A Special Management Considerations section in the Operating Plan, addressing resources and other management concerns, will be used by Unit Administrators of the Agencies to identify areas of special management consideration, and to communicate appropriate fire management actions and any restrictions on firefighting tactical techniques to an Incident Commander. Unless otherwise agreed, the Jurisdictional Agency will provide an Agency representative or appropriate environmental technical specialist to advise a Protecting Agency of any special management considerations that may influence suppression action. The Incident Commander will incorporate special management considerations into the incident planning process, subject to the delegation of authority. Each Operating Plan must address how the entities will handle cost sharing for wildland fires that spread to another jurisdiction. Entities should recognize that, as in the, Guidance for Implementation of Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy (2009), a wildland fire may concurrently be managed for one or more objectives. Additionally, objectives can change as the fire spreads across the landscape, affected by changes in environmental conditions, human influence, and institutional factors. Simply stated, some portions of a wildland fire may receive a protection objective while other portions are managed for multiple objectives, and those portions and objectives might change at some time over the duration of the event. The intent should never be to allow a wildland fire to burn onto a jurisdiction that does not want it. All Parties should be involved in developing the strategy and tactics to be used in preventing the fire from crossing the jurisdictional boundary, and all Parties should be involved in developing mitigations that would be used if the fire crosses jurisdictional boundaries.

Response to Wildland Fire. All fire suppression action conducted by one Party party on lands of another Party shall be consistent with the Jurisdictional Agencyjurisdictional agency’s fire management policy, preplanned objectives for the area in which the fire occurs, and the terms of this Agreement. A “Special Management Considerations Considerations” section in the Operating Plan, addressing resources and other management concerns, will be used by Unit Administrators of the Agencies to identify areas of special management consideration, and to communicate appropriate fire management actions and any restrictions on firefighting tactical techniques to an Incident Commander. Retardant may not be used within 300 feet of waterways and drainages unless authorized by Unit Agency Administrator. Exception; retardant may not be used within 500’ of the Conasauga River where it is located on National Forest lands. Unless otherwise agreed, the Jurisdictional Agency will provide an Agency representative or appropriate environmental technical specialist to advise a Protecting Agency of any special management considerations that may influence suppression action. The Incident Commander will incorporate special management considerations into the incident planning process, subject to the delegation of authority. Each Operating Plan must address how the entities will handle cost cost-sharing for wildland fires that spread to another jurisdiction. Entities should recognize that, as in the, the “Guidance for Implementation of Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy (2009)”, a wildland fire may concurrently be managed for one or more objectives. Additionally, objectives can change as the fire spreads across the landscape, affected by changes in environmental conditions, human influence, and institutional factors. Simply stated, some portions of a wildland fire may receive a protection objective while other portions are managed for multiple objectives, and those portions and objectives might change at some time over the duration of the event. The intent should never be to allow a wildland fire to burn onto a jurisdiction that does not want it. All Parties parties should be involved in developing the strategy and tactics to be used in preventing the fire from crossing the jurisdictional boundary, and all Parties parties should be involved in developing mitigations that would be used if the fire crosses jurisdictional boundaries.

Response to Wildland Fire. All fire suppression action conducted by one Party party on lands of another Party shall be consistent with the Jurisdictional Agencyjurisdictional agency’s fire management policy, preplanned pre-planned objectives for the area in which the fire occurs, and the terms of this Agreement. A “Special Management Considerations Considerations” section in the Operating Plan, addressing resources and other management concerns, will be used by Unit Administrators of the Agencies to identify areas of special management consideration, and to communicate appropriate fire management actions and any restrictions on firefighting tactical techniques to an Incident Commander. Unless otherwise agreed, the Jurisdictional Agency will provide an Agency representative or appropriate environmental technical specialist to advise a Protecting Agency of any special management considerations that may influence suppression action. The Incident Commander will incorporate special management considerations into the incident planning process, subject to the delegation of authority. Each Operating Plan must address how the entities will handle cost cost-sharing for wildland fires that spread to another jurisdiction. Entities should recognize that, as in the, the “Guidance for Implementation of Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy (2009)”, a wildland fire may concurrently be managed for one or more objectives. Additionally, objectives can change as the fire spreads across the landscape, affected by changes in environmental conditions, human influence, and institutional factors. Simply stated, some portions of a wildland fire may receive a protection objective while other portions are managed for multiple objectives, and those portions and objectives might change at some time over the duration of the event. The intent should never be to allow a wildland fire to burn onto a jurisdiction that does not want it. All Parties parties should be involved in developing the strategy and tactics to be used in preventing the fire from crossing the jurisdictional boundary, and all Parties parties should be involved in developing mitigations that would be used if the fire crosses jurisdictional boundaries.

Response to Wildland Fire. All fire suppression action conducted by one Party on lands of another Party shall be consistent with the Jurisdictional Agency’s Agency’s fire management policy, preplanned objectives for the area in which the fire occurs, and the terms of this Agreement. A Special Management Considerations section in the Operating Plan, addressing resources and other management concerns, will be used by Unit Administrators of the Agencies to identify areas of special management consideration, and to communicate appropriate fire management actions and any restrictions on firefighting tactical techniques to an Incident Commander. Unless otherwise agreed, the Jurisdictional Agency will provide an Agency representative or appropriate environmental technical specialist to advise a Protecting Agency of any special management considerations that may influence suppression action. The Incident Commander will incorporate special management considerations into the incident planning process, subject to the delegation of authority. Each Operating Plan must address how the entities will handle cost sharing for wildland fires that spread to another jurisdiction. Entities should recognize that, as in the, the Guidance for Implementation of Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy (2009), a wildland fire may concurrently be managed for one or more objectives. Additionally, objectives can change as the fire spreads across the landscape, affected by changes in environmental conditions, human influence, and institutional factors. Simply stated, some portions of a wildland fire may receive a protection objective while other portions are managed for multiple objectives, and those portions and objectives might change at some time over the duration of the event. The intent should never be to allow a wildland fire to burn onto a jurisdiction that does not want it. All Parties should be involved in developing the strategy and tactics to be used in preventing the fire from crossing the jurisdictional boundary, and all Parties should be involved in developing mitigations that would be used if the fire crosses jurisdictional boundaries.

Response to Wildland Fire. All fire suppression action conducted by one Party party on lands of another Party shall be consistent with the Jurisdictional Agencyjurisdictional agency’s fire management policy, preplanned objectives for the area in which the fire occurs, and the terms of this Agreement. It is the expectation of the State that all fire threatening or burning State or Private Forested lands have a full suppression objective.‌ State and Private forestland owners pay a fire protection assessment to the IDL and, as such, expect the protecting agency to place a high value on protecting their timber resource. That includes using tactics and practices that keep fire away from state and private forestland and by using full suppression tactics to keep fire size small and minimize resource loss once fires start on or reach state or private forestlands. Specific objectives regarding protection of state and private forestland will be incorporated into the Delegation of Authority or Leader’s Intent document for all incoming Incident Management Teams (IMTs). A “Special Management Considerations Considerations” section in the Operating Plan, addressing resources and other management concerns, will be used by Unit Administrators of the Agencies to identify areas of special management consideration, and to communicate appropriate fire management actions and any restrictions on firefighting tactical techniques to an Incident Commander. Unless otherwise agreed, the Jurisdictional Agency will provide an Agency representative or appropriate environmental technical specialist to advise a Protecting Agency of any special management considerations that may influence suppression action. The Incident Commander will incorporate special management considerations into the incident planning process, subject to the delegation of authorityauthority or leaders intent. Each Operating Plan must address how the entities will handle cost cost-sharing for wildland fires that spread to another jurisdiction. Entities should recognize that, as in the, the “Guidance for Implementation of Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy (2009)”, a wildland fire may concurrently be managed for one or more objectives. Additionally, objectives can change as the fire spreads across the landscape, affected by changes in environmental conditions, human influence, and institutional factorsownership, management objectives. Simply stated, some portions of a wildland fire may receive a protection objective while other portions are managed for multiple objectives, and those portions and objectives might may change at some over time over the duration of during the event. The intent should never be to allow a wildland fire to burn onto a jurisdiction that does not want it. All Parties parties should be involved in developing the strategy and tactics to be used in preventing the fire from crossing the jurisdictional boundary, and all Parties parties should be involved in developing mitigations that would be used if the fire crosses jurisdictional boundaries.

Response to Wildland Fire. All fire suppression action conducted by one Party on lands of another Party Agency shall be consistent with the Jurisdictional Agencythat Agencies’s fire management policy, preplanned objectives for the area in which the fire occurs, and the terms of this Agreement. A “Special Management Considerations Considerations” section in the Agency Operating Plan, addressing resources and other management concerns, will be used by Unit Administrators of the Agencies to identify areas of special management consideration, and to communicate appropriate fire management actions and any restrictions on in firefighting tactical techniques to an Incident Commander. All suppression costs with respect to application of special management considerations will be paid by the Jurisdictional Agency. The Jurisdictional Agency shall have the authority to assume full management of any wildland fires on their jurisdictional lands in the special management areas. Special management areas will be delineated in the Operating Plans. Unless otherwise agreed, the Jurisdictional Agency will provide an Agency representative or appropriate environmental technical specialist to advise a Protecting Agency of any special management considerations that may influence suppression action. The Incident Commander will incorporate special management considerations into the incident planning process, subject to the delegation of authority. Each Annual Operating Plan must address how the entities will handle cost cost- sharing for wildland fires that spread to another jurisdiction. Entities should recognize that, as in the, the Guidance for Implementation of Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy (2009), a wildland fire may concurrently be managed for one or more objectives. Additionally, objectives can change as the fire spreads across the landscape, affected by changes in environmental conditions, human influence, and institutional factors. Simply stated, some portions of a wildland fire may receive a protection objective while other portions are managed for multiple resource objectives, and those portions and objectives might change at some time over the duration of the event. The intent should never be to allow a wildland fire to burn onto a jurisdiction that does not want it. All Parties parties should be involved in developing the strategy and tactics to be used in preventing the fire from crossing the jurisdictional boundary, and all Parties parties should be involved in developing mitigations that would be used if the fire crosses jurisdictional boundaries.