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February 12, 2004
Contact: Bruce McDowell or Ryan Watson, (202) 347-3190

 

LOSSES FROM WILDFIRES CAN BE REDUCED


Washington, DC - February 12, 2004 - A Panel of Fellows from the National Academy of Public Administration released its final report today, entitled Containing Wildland Fire Costs: Enhancing Hazard Mitigation Capacity. The Panel's report recommends:

  • building the capacity of state- and community-wide partnerships for reducing wildfire hazards
  • strengthening the Wildland Fire Leadership Council's capacity to support those partnerships
  • facilitating access to, and relieving administrative burdens associated with, federal aid for responding to wildfires

The Panel's recommendations will help communities prioritize their actions for reducing wildfire hazards and make their efforts more effective. "Our work in this area shows that this problem is too big to be solved by any single agency or level of government working separately," said Phoenix City Manager Frank Fairbanks, who chaired the Academy Panel. "Reducing the risks of wildfires will require a concerted effort by all parties at every level-including private landowners."

The Panel also recommends that the Wildland Fire Leadership Council:

  • develop a framework for establishing and operating the partnerships
  • assist partnerships to tailor their activities to their own needs
  • encourage one-stop websites to facilitate use of federal and state aid by the partnerships
  • invite the Director of the hazard mitigation division at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to join and actively participate in the Council

The latter recommendation would establish a critical new link among federal agencies working to reduce wildfire losses.

The Academy's Panel recently produced two related reports: Containing Wildland Fire Costs: Utilizing Local Firefighting Forces (December 2003) and Containing Wildland Fire Costs: Improving Equipment and Services Acquisition (September 2003). For more information, visit www.napawash.org/wildfire or contact Bruce McDowell at (202) 347-3190, x3054.


 

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