STRATEGY 1.4.2: Communities

Adapt communities to wildfires.

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Wildland fire management requires understanding, predicting, and planning that considers a complex matrix of fuel types, climate effects, fire behavior, land and resource values, social concerns, and costs. These elements, individually and collectively, are dynamic. The fire community is continually adapting and evolving management approaches to meet the challenges posed by wildland fire. The past two decades have seen an escalation of fire behavior, increased risk to responders, greater home and property losses, and increased threats to communities. These trends call for an intergovernmental broad-based, collaborative and cohesive response to better address these mounting challenges. The Department has entered into this collaborative approach with the Forest Service and other Federal, state, and local governments and stakeholders.

Stakeholder(s):

• Forest Service


• Federal Governments


• State Governments


• Local Governments

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