**Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group**

**Recommendation Table Update**

**March 2006**

The Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group (AWFCG), a group of state,
federal and Native land managers, sponsored a series of meetings
following the record setting 2004 fire season. In addition to the
meetings, written comments from the public and the North Star Borough
Wildland Fire Commission were received. Each comment was categorized and
summarized and the following recommendations were developed for
suppression and land management agencies to reference and improve their
interactions with the public and each other. This Table is an effort to
document actions taken to date.

+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| **Recommendation**      | **Date** | **Response                      |
|                         |          | Action/Activity/Event**         |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| **I. Alaska Interagency |          |                                 |
| Fire Management Plan    |          |                                 |
| (AIWFMP)**              |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| a\. Increase public     | Dec. 1,  | BIA - Sponsored presentation by |
| awareness of the        | 2004     | DNR/AFS at the Provider         |
| AIWFMP.                 |          | Conference in Anchorage         |
|                         | Apr/     |                                 |
|                         | Jul/Aug, | NPS - FireWise Workshops in     |
|                         | 2005     | Slana, Healy, Talkeetna,        |
|                         |          | McCarhy/Kennicott in            |
|                         | June 8,  | cooperation with AK DNR         |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | AFS -- Fireside chat at         |
|                         | June 10, | Campbell Creek Science Center   |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | BLM-FDO - Held public meeting   |
|                         | June     | in Chicken on fire management   |
|                         | 2005     | plan and policies.              |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | June     | BLM-FDO -- Met with private     |
|                         | 2005     | land owner to discuss           |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Year     | NPS - Public Website on AK NPS  |
|                         | round    | program including AIWFMP        |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Year     | NPS - Website Fire News         |
|                         | round    |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - Displays at YUCH and WRST |
|                         | Year     | Visitor Centers, public         |
|                         | round    | presentations.                  |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Year     | NPS - Intranet AK NPS Wildland  |
|                         | round    | Fire Program                    |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - Presentations by NPS      |
|                         |          | Wildland Fire Mgmt. personnel   |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| b\. Clearly explain how | Dec. 1,  | BIA - Sponsored presentation at |
| management option       | 2004     | the Provider Conference in      |
| boundaries are          |          | Anchorage                       |
| delineated.             | Mar 30,  |                                 |
|                         | 2005     | AWFCG/AFS -- Frequently Asked   |
|                         |          | Questions posted on the AFS     |
|                         | June 10, | website with Summary document   |
|                         | 2005     | from AWFCG 2004 Community       |
|                         |          | Meetings                        |
|                         | Aug.     |                                 |
|                         | 2005     | BLM-FDO - Meeting in Chicken    |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Year     | NPS - Public Website on AK NPS  |
|                         | round    | program including AIWFMP        |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Year     | NPS - Displays at YUCH and WRST |
|                         | round    | Visitor Centers, public         |
|                         |          | presentations.                  |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - Intranet AK NPS Wildland  |
|                         |          | Fire Program                    |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| c\. Provide             | Dec. 1,  | BIA - Sponsored presentation at |
| opportunities in        | 2004     | the Provider Conference in      |
| accordance with each    |          | Anchorage                       |
| agency's policies for   | Apr/     |                                 |
| community               | Jul/Aug, | NPS - FireWise Workshops in     |
| participation.          | 2005     | Slana, Healy, Talkeetna,        |
|                         |          | McCarhy/Kennicott in            |
|                         | 2005     | cooperation with AK DNR         |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Ongoing  | FWS met in various communities  |
|                         |          | for comments on Koyukuk,        |
|                         |          | Nowitna, Selawik and Innoko     |
|                         |          | Refuge Fire Management Plans.   |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Through refuge land and   |
|                         |          | fire management planning        |
|                         |          | efforts public participate is   |
|                         |          | paramount                       |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| d\. Conduct an          | Winter   | BLM-FDO - Reviewed and decided  |
| intensive review of the | 2005     | no changes were needed.         |
| current management      |          |                                 |
| option classifications  | Winter   | AFS, Military Zone --           |
| based on the 2004 fire  | 2005     | Identified areas for further    |
| season and the          |          | review and considerations for   |
| likelihood similar      | Spring   | changes                         |
| seasons may occur in    | 2005     |                                 |
| the future.             |          | NPS - Regional FMO and          |
|                         | August   | Eastern/Western Area FMOs       |
|                         | 2005     | reviewed all mgmt. options in   |
|                         |          | NPS units. Changes were made in |
|                         | Sept     | DENA and WRST                   |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS- Kenai Refuge review        |
|                         | Ongoing  | current management option       |
|                         |          | designations based on 2005 fire |
|                         |          | activity and no changes were    |
|                         |          | recommended.                    |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS- Yukon Delta and Togiak     |
|                         |          | Refuges have recommended option |
|                         |          | changes based on 2004 and 2005  |
|                         |          | fire seasons. Changes are from  |
|                         |          | Full and Modified to Limited.   |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Local evaluations done to |
|                         |          | determine if change in          |
|                         |          | management options needed       |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| e\. Place more emphasis | July     | NPS - Week prior to July 10     |
| on local conditions     | 5-8,     | Evaluation Date both Area FMO   |
| when evaluating the     | 2005     | assessed all RAWS within their  |
| Modified conversion     |          | NPS units to determine local    |
| date.                   | July 8,  | conditions and provided         |
|                         | 2005     | recommendations to RFMO for     |
|                         |          | AWFCG discussion -- Conversion  |
|                         | Ongoing  | took place on July 10.          |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | All AWFCG members participated  |
|                         |          | in discussion and decision to   |
|                         |          | convert all MOD lands with Jul  |
|                         |          | 10 date on Jul 10.              |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Also noted Local          |
|                         |          | conditions evaluations in       |
|                         |          | WFIP/WFSA processes.            |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| f\. Establish           | June --  | NPS - The Wildland Fire         |
| evaluation points when  | July,    | Implementation Plan was used on |
| suppression levels      | 2005     | 12 of 14 wildland fire          |
| adjustments should be   |          | occurring on NPS lands.         |
| considered based on     | July     | Evaluation points are           |
| existing conditions     | 2005     | established in the WFIP         |
| rather than             |          | process.                        |
| pre-determined          | July     |                                 |
| management option       | 2005     | FWS -- King County Fire in      |
| designations.           |          | wilderness and Limited          |
|                         | 2005     | Management Option was           |
|                         | Fire     | suppressed due to weather,      |
|                         | Season   | proximity to urban interface,   |
|                         |          | and time of year. Interagency   |
|                         | Ongoing  | Smoke Guidelines implemented    |
|                         |          | and public meetings held.       |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS- Fox Creek and Irish        |
|                         |          | Channel fires evaluated and     |
|                         |          | managed as Wildland Fire Use    |
|                         |          | fires. Interagency Smoke        |
|                         |          | Guidelines implemented and      |
|                         |          | public meetings held            |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS -- Yukon Flats Refuge       |
|                         |          | referenced Interagency Smoke    |
|                         |          | Guidelines and considered doing |
|                         |          | full suppression in Limited     |
|                         |          | Management Option areas.        |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Also noted in WFIP/WFSA   |
|                         |          | processes                       |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| g\. Engage local        | Winter   | AFS - Planning efforts with     |
| governments with        | 2005     | Military for fuels management   |
| suppression agencies in |          |                                 |
| fire planning efforts   | Spring   | NPS - Tri-Valley VFD has worked |
| within and adjacent to  | 2005     | with DENA during suppression    |
| their boundaries.       |          | efforts and preventions         |
|                         | June     |                                 |
|                         | 2005     | AFS- started Risk Assessment    |
|                         |          | work in Eagle, Fort Yukon and   |
|                         | June/Jul | Stevens Village.                |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | Incident Management Teams       |
|                         | Ongoing  | assigned to fires on the Kenai  |
|                         |          | Peninsula worked in conjunction |
|                         |          | with Kenai Borough. (Fox Creek  |
|                         |          | Fire, King County Creek Fire,   |
|                         |          | Tracy Avenue)                   |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Local communities         |
|                         |          | consulted during planning       |
|                         |          | activities                      |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| **II. Protection        |          |                                 |
| Responsibility**        |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| a\. Evaluate State and  | May --   | NPS - Finalized NPS Structure   |
| federal structure       | June     | Protection Guidance distributed |
| protection policies.    | 2005     | to all AK NPS Superintendents   |
|                         |          | and shared with interagency     |
|                         | July 20, | partners.                       |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | BLM - Land Use Plan Amendment   |
|                         | Ongoing  | signed, finalized and           |
|                         |          | implemented BLM Structure       |
|                         |          | Protection Policy               |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Reviewing cabin and       |
|                         |          | structure protection policies.  |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| b\. Increase public     | 2        | BIA - Contracted for Firewise   |
| awareness of actions    | 004/2005 | efforts in dozens of villages.  |
| they can take to        |          |                                 |
| protect their homes,    | 2004     | Chugachmuit - Firewise efforts  |
| cabins and structures.  |          | in Ninilchik, Seldovia, Big     |
|                         | Apr      | Lake, Port Graham, Seward,      |
|                         | /Jul/Aug | Tatitlek and Nanwalek           |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - FireWise Workshops in     |
|                         | April    | Slana, Healy, Talkeetna,        |
|                         | 21, 2005 | McCarhy/Kennicott in            |
|                         |          | cooperation with AK DNR         |
|                         | June 10, |                                 |
|                         | 2005     | Chugachmuit - Participated in   |
|                         |          | Talkeetna Earth Day             |
|                         | June 15, |                                 |
|                         | 2005     | BLM-FDO meeting in Chicken      |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | July 9,  | AFS - As a result of Fireside   |
|                         | 2005     | chat at Campbell Creek Science  |
|                         |          | Center, homeowner requested     |
|                         | Jul      | risk assessment in Anchorage    |
|                         | 9-10,    | Bowl completed and homeowner    |
|                         | 2005     | referred to programs available  |
|                         |          | thru Anchorage Fire Dept. and   |
|                         | Sept     | Soil and Water                  |
|                         | 30-Oct 1 |                                 |
|                         | 2005     | Chugachmuit - Informational     |
|                         |          | table at the summer festival in |
|                         | Year     | Chickaloon                      |
|                         | round    |                                 |
|                         |          | Chugachmuit - Informational     |
|                         | Year     | table at Moose Dropping         |
|                         | round    | Festival in Talkeetna           |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Year     | NPS/DNR -- Wildland Fire        |
|                         | round    | Festival at Lake Clark Park and |
|                         |          | Preserve                        |
|                         | Ongoing  |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - Public Website on AK NPS  |
|                         |          | fire program including AIWFMP   |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - Intranet AK NPS Wildland  |
|                         |          | Fire Program                    |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - Posters/displays DENA,    |
|                         |          | NPS-Eagle, WRST Visitor Centers |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Have worked close with    |
|                         |          | other agencies in conducting    |
|                         |          | Firewise projects, community    |
|                         |          | risk assessments. Working       |
|                         |          | cooperatively with village      |
|                         |          | councils, volunteer fire        |
|                         |          | departments                     |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| c\. Inform potential    | Ongoing  | NPS - As permits are            |
| buyers and permittees   |          | issued/re-issued the regional   |
| of fire protection      | Ongoing  | NPS Fire Management Officers is |
| levels.                 |          | working with the regional and   |
|                         | Ongoing  | park concessions/permit         |
|                         |          | personnel to insure the         |
|                         |          | protection levels and responses |
|                         |          | are clearly communicated        |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Instituting this advisor  |
|                         |          | as part of the cabin permitting |
|                         |          | process.                        |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | BLM - Permits contain           |
|                         |          | information.                    |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| d\. Clearly state       | Jul/Aug  | AFS - Delegations of Authority  |
| priorities to incoming  | 2005     | -- Boundary/Mission Creek,      |
| teams and consider      |          | Nulato #3                       |
| whether it is           | July     |                                 |
| operationally feasible  | 2005     | FWS -- Assigned a liaison (Fire |
| to give the Incident    |          | Use Manager) to work with Type  |
| Commander the           | As       | 2 Incident Management Team to   |
| flexibility to protect  | needed   | manage 2 WFU fires.             |
| structures that are not |          |                                 |
| specifically protected  | Ongoing  | NPS - AK NPS Superintendents    |
| by either State and/or  |          | clearly state management        |
| Federal policies.       |          | concerns and priorities to      |
|                         |          | incoming teams through          |
|                         |          | Delegation of Authority. NPS    |
|                         |          | structure protection guidance   |
|                         |          | is provided to incoming teams   |
|                         |          | and interagency partners.       |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Provide agency liaison to |
|                         |          | fire management teams to        |
|                         |          | address structure protection.   |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| e\. Promote community   | 2        | BIA -- Contracted for hundreds  |
| and local government    | 004-2005 | of homes to be visited,         |
| Firewise programs to    |          | Firewise material handed out    |
| minimize risk to        | 2004     | and assessments done when       |
| private structures and  |          | requested by homeowner. Data    |
| property.               | Jan. 13, | will be made available to       |
|                         | 2005     | Suppression FMOs                |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Feb. 1,  | Chugachmuit - Firewise efforts  |
|                         | 2005     | in Ninilchik, Seldovia, Big     |
|                         |          | Lake, Port Graham, Seward,      |
|                         | Feb. 11, | Tatitlek and Nanwalek.          |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | Chugachmuit - Met with Chief of |
|                         | Apr. 4,  | Chickaloon                      |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | Chugachmuit - Met with          |
|                         | April    | Ninilchik Traditional Council   |
|                         | 12, 2005 |                                 |
|                         |          | Chugachmuit - Attended Kenai    |
|                         | April    | Borough Spruce Mitigation       |
|                         | 12-13,   | meeting in Homer.               |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | Chugachmuit - Attended          |
|                         | May 4,   | Talkeetna Chamber of Commerce   |
|                         | 2005     | meeting                         |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | May 10,  | Chugachmuit - Attended Big Lake |
|                         | 2005     | Chamber of Commerce Meeting     |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | May 11,  | Chugachmuit - Attended Sutton   |
|                         | 2005     | Community Council Meeting       |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Apr      | Chugachmuit - Attended          |
|                         | /Jul/Aug | Ninilchik Community Meeting     |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | Chugachmuit - Attended Big Lake |
|                         | Summer   | Chamber Board Meeting           |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | Chugachmuit - Attended Big Lake |
|                         | Summer   | Community Council Mtg           |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - FireWise Workshops in     |
|                         | July     | Slana, Healy, Talkeetna,        |
|                         | 2005     | McCarhy/Kennicott in            |
|                         |          | cooperation with AK DNR.        |
|                         | August   |                                 |
|                         | 2005     | Chugachmuit - Worked with       |
|                         |          | Chickaloon Village Traditional  |
|                         | Ongoing  | Council - 205 homes canvassed   |
|                         |          | with 16 assessments completed   |
|                         |          | in Chickaloon.; worked with     |
|                         |          | Talkeetna Chamber of Commerce   |
|                         |          | and local Fire Dept. -371 homes |
|                         |          | canvassed and 15 assessment     |
|                         |          | completed in Talkeetna; worked  |
|                         |          | with Sutton Community Council   |
|                         |          | 381 homes canvassed and 15      |
|                         |          | assessment s completed.         |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | Chugachmuit - Continued work    |
|                         |          | w/Matsu Borough's Wildland Fire |
|                         |          | Mitigation Program and Big Lake |
|                         |          | Chamber of Commerce -- to date  |
|                         |          | 1,315 homes canvassed and 75    |
|                         |          | assessments completed.          |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS -- Firewise and fuels       |
|                         |          | reduction projects in Tok and   |
|                         |          | Huslia.                         |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS -- Risk assessments for     |
|                         |          | Beaver, Venetie, Bettles,       |
|                         |          | Evansville and Tetlin.          |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Conduct community risk    |
|                         |          | assessments, fire education     |
|                         |          | workshops, and support State of |
|                         |          | Alaska "Fire in Alaska"         |
|                         |          | workshops.                      |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| **III. Preparedness**   |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| a\. Develop a process   | 2003/2   | BIA - Aerial Photos of Native   |
| for local governments   | 004/2005 | Allotments. 15% of the State is |
| and land management     |          | completed                       |
| agencies to update maps | Year     |                                 |
| to identify private     | round    | NPS - Has invested substantial  |
| homes, cabins and other |          | funds and efforts to update     |
| structures.             | Ongoing  | home/cabin/structure locations, |
|                         |          | land status and determine       |
|                         |          | appropriate fire management     |
|                         |          | options for structures on lands |
|                         |          | managed by the NPS.             |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Conducting cabin and      |
|                         |          | cultural resource inventories   |
|                         |          | and working on methodology for  |
|                         |          | identifying cabins in needed of |
|                         |          | protection.                     |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| b\. Complete risk       | Summer   | AFS - Worked w/ Stevens         |
| assessments on federal, | 2005     | Village, FT Yukon and Eagle.    |
| state and native lands  |          |                                 |
| to identify values at   | Ongoing  | NPS - Exploring risk assessment |
| risk.                   |          | programs to select one that is  |
|                         | Ongoing  | appropriate for the conditions  |
|                         |          | encountered in and adjacent to  |
|                         |          | Alaska NPS units.               |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Developing a risk         |
|                         |          | assessment model for Alaskan    |
|                         |          | refuges                         |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| **IV. Suppression**     |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| a\. Explain the role of | Ju;ly    | FWS -- Information releases     |
| fire in the boreal      | 2005     | through interviews with the     |
| forest ecosystem and    |          | Anchorage Daily News and TV     |
| the potential negative  | Aug.     | stations during fires on the    |
| effects of fire         | 2005     | Kenai Refuge.                   |
| fighting.               |          |                                 |
|                         | Year     | NPS - Public Website on AK NPS  |
|                         | round    | fire program including AIWFMP   |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Year     | NPS - Intranet AK NPS Wildland  |
|                         | round    | Fire Program                    |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Ongoing  | NPS - Presentations by NPS      |
|                         |          | Wildland Fire Mgmt. personnel   |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Incorporated as part of   |
|                         |          | fire education workshops        |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| b\. Use community       | June     | Type 2 Incident Management Team |
| liaisons.               | 2005     | used Fort Yukon radio station   |
|                         |          | talk show to do twice daily     |
|                         | July     | updates for Sheenjek River Fire |
|                         | 2005     | outside Fort Yukon. Type 3 team |
|                         |          | continued daily                 |
|                         | July 15, |                                 |
|                         | 2005     | 3 PM talk show.                 |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Jul 18,  | BIA Submitted - Incident        |
|                         | 2005     | Management Team King County     |
|                         |          | Creek Fire -- Kenai Borough     |
|                         | As       | used as community liaison.      |
|                         | occurs   |                                 |
|                         |          | AFS - Local NPS employee        |
|                         |          | facilitated setting up first    |
|                         |          | public meeting for Boundary     |
|                         |          | fire. (prior to T2 team         |
|                         |          | arrival)                        |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | T2 Team in Eagle started 1900   |
|                         |          | hr. daily radio updates.        |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - When NPS is signatory to  |
|                         |          | Delegation of Authority use of  |
|                         |          | community liaison will be       |
|                         |          | included. If teams are managing |
|                         |          | fires that affect communities   |
|                         |          | adjacent to or that house NPS   |
|                         |          | employees the NPS will inform   |
|                         |          | IMT that the use of community   |
|                         |          | liaisons is desired.            |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| c\. Promote local hire  | Summers  | Chugachmuit - Hired a local     |
| of personnel, crews,    | 04-05    | crew out of Nanwalek to         |
| equipment and           |          | completed 30-acres of HFR and   |
| facilities.             | Spring   | pest management work in 2004    |
|                         | 2005     | and continuing into 2005        |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | June     | Chugachmuit - Formed the Yukon  |
|                         | 2005     | Fire Crew comprised mostly of   |
|                         |          | Alaskan Native hire. There are  |
|                         | June     | about 11-crewmembers from the   |
|                         | 2005     | southwest region of Alaska. The |
|                         |          | crew is assigned to the State   |
|                         | Jun --   | of Alaska in McGrath for fire   |
|                         | Aug 2005 | suppression work. When they are |
|                         |          | not assigned to fires, the crew |
|                         | Jun --   | is conducting hazard fuel       |
|                         | Aug 2005 | reduction project work, dump    |
|                         |          | site defensible space work that |
|                         | Ongoing  | they did around the McGrath     |
|                         |          | Dump this summer doing          |
|                         |          | approximately 5-acres of work.  |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | Additional crew work scheduled  |
|                         |          | in Red Devil, Chickaloon, and   |
|                         |          | Ninilchik.                      |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - Contracted with local     |
|                         |          | Eagle community for BAER work   |
|                         |          | at Coal Creek. When NPS is      |
|                         |          | signatory to Delegation of      |
|                         |          | Authority the use of local hire |
|                         |          | of personnel, crews and         |
|                         |          | equipment will be promoted. If  |
|                         |          | teams are managing fires that   |
|                         |          | affect communities adjacent to  |
|                         |          | or that house NPS employees the |
|                         |          | NPS will encourage the IMT to   |
|                         |          | hire local personnel, crews,    |
|                         |          | equipment and facilities.       |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | Incident Management Teams for   |
|                         |          | Sheenjek River fire -Examples   |
|                         |          | of local hire; local residents  |
|                         |          | in Fort Yukon to aid with       |
|                         |          | logistics; also used local      |
|                         |          | facilities for pilot sleeping   |
|                         |          | area and showers for            |
|                         |          | firefighters; hired vehicles,   |
|                         |          | trailers, 4-wheelers.           |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | AFS/DNR - EFF crew hires based  |
|                         |          | on Zone/Area/AICC rotation list |
|                         |          | for use on wildland fires       |
|                         |          | (payroll figures to date are    |
|                         |          | unavailable)                    |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | AFS - Local individuals and     |
|                         |          | equipment (vehicles) hired in   |
|                         |          | Fort Yukon, Eagle and Nulato in |
|                         |          | support of fire activity in     |
|                         |          | those areas; School in Eagle    |
|                         |          | leased as ICP for Boundary      |
|                         |          | Fire. Local hires in Fairbanks  |
|                         |          | in support of statewide fire    |
|                         |          | activity.                       |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Promotes local hire and   |
|                         |          | uses village EFF crews when     |
|                         |          | ever possible for fire related  |
|                         |          | projects                        |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| d\. Monitor and make    | Spring   | NPS - Personnel flying over the |
| available information   | 2005     | NPS units reported no holdover  |
| on holdover fire        |          | activity in NPS units this      |
| activity this spring.   |          | spring.                         |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| e\. Minimize road       | Jul 8,   | IMT - Delegation of Authority   |
| closures and other      | 2005     | from Kenai Refuge for King      |
| actions that would      |          | County fire stipulation 10 --   |
| cause economic impacts. | Jul/Aug  | minimize impacts to             |
|                         | 2005     | recreational users.             |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Aug 2005 | AFS - News releases routinely   |
|                         |          | addressed smoke conditions      |
|                         | As       | along the Taylor Hwy resulting  |
|                         | occurs   | from the Boundary Fire. A pilot |
|                         |          | car was provided as necessary.  |
|                         | Fire-    |                                 |
|                         | specific | AFS/IMTs -- Conducted trail     |
|                         |          | rehab during fire activity to   |
|                         |          | assure trails remained open for |
|                         |          | use during upcoming             |
|                         |          | Fall/Winter.                    |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - Will work with            |
|                         |          | suppression providers to insure |
|                         |          | that road closures and economic |
|                         |          | impacting activities will be    |
|                         |          | minimized.                      |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Roads and campground      |
|                         |          | close only when required to     |
|                         |          | enhance the safety of the       |
|                         |          | public and fire fighters,       |
|                         |          | facilities are opened as soon   |
|                         |          | as possible to lessen impact on |
|                         |          | local communities and local     |
|                         |          | enterprise(e.g. partial road    |
|                         |          | closure and boat ramp closed to |
|                         |          | manage fires on the Kenai NWR,  |
|                         |          | reopen as soon as feasible to   |
|                         |          | permit public use).             |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| **V. Incident           |          |                                 |
| Management Teams**      |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| a\. Commit IMTs for     | Dec.     | AWFCG - Proposed to National    |
| 21-day assignments to   | 2004     | MAC for automatic IMT 21 day    |
| allow for orientation,  |          | assignments to Alaska. NMAC     |
| travel to, from and     | Jul 16 - | rejected and offered a counter  |
| within Alaska and       | Aug 4    | proposal was to evaluate on a   |
| transition time with    | 2005     | case-by-case basis.             |
| outgoing team.          |          |                                 |
|                         | Fire     | As AWFCG member NPS supported   |
|                         | Season   | request to NMAC for 21-day      |
|                         | 2005     | commitments to IMTs assigned to |
|                         |          | Alaska. The NMAC did not accept |
|                         | Fire     | the Alaska proposal but         |
|                         | Season   | indicated that the flexibility  |
|                         | 2005     | exited to provide for 21-day    |
|                         |          | commitments when appropriate.   |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | Lower 48 T2 Team (Chrisman) was |
|                         |          | assigned to the Boundary Fire   |
|                         |          | (Eagle) for 20 days.            |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | AICC -- Also requested 21 day   |
|                         |          | committed/extension for L48     |
|                         |          | crews and overhead personnel on |
|                         |          | a case-by-case basis.           |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | AFS -- Smokejumpers also worked |
|                         |          | within the jumper framework     |
|                         |          | determining for extended        |
|                         |          | lengths of assignment for L48   |
|                         |          | jumpers coming to AK.           |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| b\. Develop orientation |          |                                 |
| modules specific to     |          |                                 |
| Operations, Finance,    |          |                                 |
| Plans and Logistics to  |          |                                 |
| facilitate faster       |          |                                 |
| adaptation to operating |          |                                 |
| in Alaska by lower 48   |          |                                 |
| teams.                  |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| c\. Assign an Alaskan   | Jul/Aug  | AFS - Personnel were assigned   |
| liaison to each team.   | 2005     | as liaisons to Lower 48 Type 2  |
|                         |          | teams on Boundary Fire (BZ6G)   |
|                         | July     | near Eagle.                     |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS --Assigned a liaison to     |
|                         | August   | work with Incident Management   |
|                         | 2005     | Team on the Kenai.              |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Fire-    | FWS --Assigned a liaison to     |
|                         | specific | work with State of Alaska       |
|                         |          | suppression personnel for fires |
|                         |          | on Yukon Delta Refuge.          |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Assigned agency liaison   |
|                         |          | as needed and available         |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| d\. Update the Alaskan  | Spring   | AFS - Duty Office completed     |
| Orientation for         | 2005     | update and will continue to     |
| incoming fire           |          | review annually and update as   |
| personnel.              |          | needed.                         |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| e\. Delegations of      | July 8,  | IMT - Delegation of Authority   |
| Authority to IMTs       | 2005     | from FWS or King County Ck Fire |
| should include a        |          | Stipulation \# 7; from DNR      |
| stipulation to          | Fire     | Stipulation #3.                 |
| facilitate              | Season   |                                 |
| communications with the | 2005     | AFS - Delegations of            |
| communities.            |          | Authorities on Boundary (BZ6G)  |
|                         | Fire     |                                 |
|                         | Season   | NPS - When NPS is signatory to  |
|                         |          | Delegation of Authority a       |
|                         | Fire-    | stipulation to facilitate       |
|                         | specific | communication with the          |
|                         |          | communities will be included.   |
|                         |          | If teams are managing fires     |
|                         |          | that affect communities         |
|                         |          | adjacent to or that house NPS   |
|                         |          | employees the NPS will inform   |
|                         |          | IMT that communications with    |
|                         |          | the community(ies) is needed.   |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Worked closely with team  |
|                         |          | information officer, and Refuge |
|                         |          | personnel, public meetings to   |
|                         |          | facilitate and harmonize        |
|                         |          | communication with the public.  |
|                         |          | (e.g. fire use fires Kenai)     |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| f\. Promote and         | July     | FWS - Specifically order an     |
| strengthen Alaska team  | 2005     | Alaska experience team to       |
| commitments within      |          | manage wildland fire use fire   |
| Alaska federal and      | July     | -- Fox Creek Fire (BZ43) on the |
| state agencies.         | 2005     | Kenai Peninsula.                |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | U.S.     | FWS -- Alaska T2 IMT gained     |
|                         | Fire     | experience and knowledge on the |
|                         | Season   | precedent setting Fox Creek and |
|                         |          | Irish Channel WFU fires.        |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - Established four          |
|                         |          | permanent-less-than-fulltime    |
|                         |          | positions in the Alaska NPS     |
|                         |          | wildland fire management        |
|                         |          | program. These individuals are  |
|                         |          | targeted to obtain training and |
|                         |          | experience so they can serve on |
|                         |          | the Alaska IMTs. Although other |
|                         |          | NPS personnel may not be        |
|                         |          | available as primary members,   |
|                         |          | they are encouraged to support  |
|                         |          | the Alaska teams as single      |
|                         |          | resources when they are         |
|                         |          | available.                      |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| **VI. Health and        |          |                                 |
| Smoke**                 |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| a\. Establish smoke     | Oct 04 - | AWFCG - Developed smoke -- air  |
| thresholds for          | June05   | quality proposal..              |
| determining when to     |          |                                 |
| consider alternative    | June 27, | AWFCG - Approved a Smoke        |
| suppression responses.  | 2005     | Effects Mitigation and Public   |
|                         |          | Health Protection Proposal for  |
|                         | Jul 20,  | trial evaluation during the     |
|                         | 2005     | 2005 wildland fire season in    |
|                         |          | Alaska. The proposal provides   |
|                         | July-Aug | criteria to help assess the     |
|                         | 2005     | potential for smoke impacts to  |
|                         |          | aid in considering alternative  |
|                         | Feb. 7,  | suppression responses           |
|                         | 2006     |                                 |
|                         |          | BLM -- State Director signed    |
|                         | On-going | Decision Record for BLM Land    |
|                         |          | Use Plan Amendment for Wildland |
|                         |          | Fire and Fuels Management.      |
|                         |          | Signing had been delayed to     |
|                         |          | assure BLM adequately addressed |
|                         |          | public concerns. In Decision    |
|                         |          | Record State Director affirmed  |
|                         |          | commitment to AWFCG and         |
|                         |          | implementing operational        |
|                         |          | resolutions to address public   |
|                         |          | concerns.                       |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS -- documented in WFIPs and  |
|                         |          | public information messages on  |
|                         |          | Kenai and Yukon Delta fires     |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | AWFCG continued the Smoke       |
|                         |          | Effects Mitigation and Public   |
|                         |          | Health Protection Plan          |
|                         |          | developed for 2005 thru the     |
|                         |          | 2006 fire season.               |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Done as part of WFSA and  |
|                         |          | WFIP process. AWFCG smoke       |
|                         |          | criteria implemented as part of |
|                         |          | the management guidelines for   |
|                         |          | fires (e.g. Kenai)              |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| b\. Establish smoke     | Jan.     | ADEC - Providing smoke shelters |
| relief shelters for     | 2005     | will be joint effort between    |
| communities heavily     |          | the Fairbanks North Star        |
| impacted by smoke.      | Aug 15,  | Borough, ADEC, land managers,   |
|                         | 2005     | and fire suppression agencies.  |
|                         |          | Shelters will be provided as    |
|                         | July --  | situations arise.               |
|                         | Aug 2005 |                                 |
|                         |          | FBK North Star Borough in       |
|                         |          | conjunction w/RedCross          |
|                         |          | officially opened FBK Memorial  |
|                         |          | Hospital as smoke relief        |
|                         |          | shelter; Noel Wein Library also |
|                         |          | available.                      |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - Eagle outside of Yukon -- |
|                         |          | Charley National Preserve has   |
|                         |          | been heavily impacted by smoke  |
|                         |          | but relief shelters have not    |
|                         |          | been established.               |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| c\. Evaluate smoke      | May 1,   | ADEC - Developed a new          |
| impacts when            | 2005     | application form for open burn  |
| determining whether to  |          | approvals for large area        |
| implement a prescribed  | May 2005 | resource management burns. The  |
| fire.                   |          | new form will better identify   |
|                         | June     | potential smoke and health      |
|                         | 2005     | impacts, and is designed to     |
|                         |          | prompt the applicants to think  |
|                         | Aug      | out the public impacts of the   |
|                         | 12-15,   | planned activity and to better  |
|                         | 2005     | describe methods which can be   |
|                         |          | applied for smoke mitigation.   |
|                         | Ongoing  | Additional procedures have been |
|                         |          | implemented to include the ADEC |
|                         | Ongoing  | Air Quality Monitoring          |
|                         |          | section's expertise in          |
|                         |          | reviewing and approving large   |
|                         |          | scale resource management open  |
|                         |          | burns.                          |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | AFS Military Zone -- Scheduled  |
|                         |          | Ft. Richardson Prescribed Fire  |
|                         |          | to minimize impacts on weekend  |
|                         |          | recreation activities.          |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | AFS, Military Zone -- Developed |
|                         |          | a Communication Plan for        |
|                         |          | prescribed fire and potential   |
|                         |          | smoke effects for military      |
|                         |          | projects.                       |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | AFS/AF&G postponed prescribed   |
|                         |          | fires in Stuart Creek and       |
|                         |          | Tanana Flats indefinitely due   |
|                         |          | to smoke conditions in          |
|                         |          | Fairbanks.                      |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - No NPS prescribed fires   |
|                         |          | are scheduled for 2005.         |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Done as routine procedure |
|                         |          | in prescribed burn plans and    |
|                         |          | implementation and obtain State |
|                         |          | burning permits                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| d\. Include information | June 28, | ADEC- Requiring additional      |
| on smoke in fire        | 2004     | public noticing of health and   |
| updates, news releases  |          | smoke impacts be provided prior |
| and on the web.         | Jul 8,   | to any scheduled large scale    |
|                         | 2005     | resource management open burn   |
|                         |          | activity.                       |
|                         | July     |                                 |
|                         | 2005     | DNR -- Included in Delegations  |
|                         |          | of Authority for King County    |
|                         | 2005     | fire stipulation.               |
|                         | Fire     |                                 |
|                         | Season   | FWS- Participated in a press    |
|                         |          | conference in Anchorage on the  |
|                         | 2005     | day smoke for multiple fires    |
|                         | Fire     | effected Anchorage.             |
|                         | Season   |                                 |
|                         |          | ADEC - Air Quality Advisories   |
|                         | 2005     | and approved open burn projects |
|                         | Fire     | are posted on the ADEC web site |
|                         | Season   |                                 |
|                         |          | 1\.                             |
|                         | 2005     | <h                              |
|                         | Fire     | ttp://www.dec.state.ak.us/air/> |
|                         | Season   | ("[DEC Air Quality Advisories / |
|                         |          | Press                           |
|                         |          | Releases](http://www.dec        |
|                         |          | .state.ak.us/press_releases/)") |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | 2\.                             |
|                         |          | <http://www.dec.st              |
|                         |          | ate.ak.us/air/ap/obraplist.htm> |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | (Open Burn Approval List)       |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - Smoke information has     |
|                         |          | been included in fire updates   |
|                         |          | and fire information provided   |
|                         |          | by NPS to NPS staffs and the    |
|                         |          | general public.                 |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | AFS - news releases contained   |
|                         |          | smoke info and links to ADEC    |
|                         |          | website                         |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Included as part of       |
|                         |          | information message to public   |
|                         |          | on Kenai and Yukon Delta fires. |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| e\. Increase air        | Sept 30, | FWS - Purchased smoke           |
| quality monitoring      | 2004     | monitoring equipment.           |
| capabilities.           |          |                                 |
|                         | Prior to | NPS - Has two portable RAWS     |
|                         | 2005     | that can assist with monitoring |
|                         |          | meteorological conditions that  |
|                         | May 2005 | affect air quality. The NPS     |
|                         |          | maintains air quality           |
|                         |          | monitoring stations at Denali ( |
|                         |          | Rock Creek and Trapper Creek)   |
|                         |          | and at Ambler. The NPS is       |
|                         |          | awaiting assessment by ADEC and |
|                         |          | other agencies of mobile air    |
|                         |          | quality monitoring equipment    |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | ADEC - New staff has been       |
|                         |          | recently hired by the ADEC Air  |
|                         |          | Quality Monitoring (AQM)        |
|                         |          | section to provide an           |
|                         |          | independent evaluation of the   |
|                         |          | predicted fire weather and      |
|                         |          | potential smoke impacts from    |
|                         |          | all burn activities.            |
|                         |          | Additionally, the AQM staff is  |
|                         |          | to serve as a positive          |
|                         |          | participant in the land         |
|                         |          | manager's decision making       |
|                         |          | process prior to initiating a   |
|                         |          | prescribed burn.                |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| **VII. Fuels**          |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| a\. Continue to involve | 2        | BIA - Contracted HFR projects   |
| communities in the      | 002-2005 | in and around communities       |
| ongoing efforts by      |          |                                 |
| federal and State       | Year     | NPS - Member of the interagency |
| agencies to reduce      | round    | Fuels Management Committee. The |
| hazardous fuels.        |          | committee coordinates fuel      |
|                         | Ongoing  | reduction activities and        |
|                         |          | efforts.                        |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Has and continues to work |
|                         |          | with several communities to     |
|                         |          | complete risk assessment,       |
|                         |          | mitigation plans, and implement |
|                         |          | fuel reduction projects.        |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| b\. Support local       | 2        | BIA - Contracted for 6          |
| governments' efforts to | 002-2005 | communities to HFR work done    |
| evaluate fuel           |          | within their boundaries.        |
| conditions and methods  | Apr      |                                 |
| for treatments within   | /Jul/Aug | NPS - FireWise Workshops in     |
| their boundaries.       | 2005     | Slana, Healy, Talkeetna,        |
|                         |          | McCarhy/Kennicott in            |
|                         | Ongoing  | cooperation with AK DNR.        |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Ongoing  | NPS - Will assist and provide   |
|                         |          | support to local efforts to     |
|                         |          | evaluate fuel conditions and    |
|                         |          | methods for treatment. NPS is   |
|                         |          | conducting fuel reduction       |
|                         |          | treatments at remote structures |
|                         |          | on NPS managed lands.           |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Promote agreements and    |
|                         |          | contracts with local            |
|                         |          | communities to build capacity   |
|                         |          | for the community to complete   |
|                         |          | fuels projects.                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| **VIII. Subsistence**   |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| a\. Support             | October  | NPS - Signed the 2004 -- Alaska |
| rehabilitation funding  | 2004     | Fires Burned Area Emergency     |
| for wildlife research   |          | Stabilization and               |
| projects as identified  | 2004     | Rehabilitation Plan.            |
| in the BAER report,     |          |                                 |
| i.e. economic impact of | June     | Submitted by FWS -- USGS is     |
| caribou and moose       | 1-10,    | funding a caribou habitat       |
| displacement on Native  | 2005     | study.                          |
| Alaskans and other      |          |                                 |
| subsistence residents.  | 2005     | BLM - Spring 2005 Assessment by |
|                         |          | BAER recommends funding request |
|                         |          | to conduct detailed analysis of |
|                         |          | caribou winter range habitat    |
|                         |          | for 40mi and Nelchina herds     |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | BIA - Looking at research       |
|                         |          | projects in the Venietie area   |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| b\. Engage Native       | June     | BLM - Spring 2005 Assessment by |
| communities in planning | 1-10,    | BAER recommends Request for     |
| and suppression         | 2005     | Proposals is expected to        |
| activities.             |          | provide a significant role for  |
|                         | Jul      | the Natural Resource Program of |
|                         | 16,2005  | the Council of Athabaskan       |
|                         |          | Tribal Governments in Fort      |
|                         | Fire     | Yukon.                          |
|                         | season & |                                 |
|                         |          | AFS -- Initiated contacted      |
|                         | Year     | Eagle Tribal Chief during       |
|                         | round    | Boundary Fire prior to T2 Team  |
|                         |          | arrival.                        |
|                         | Ongoing  |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - Suppression Providers     |
|                         |          | responsible for involving       |
|                         |          | Native communities in           |
|                         |          | suppression activities. The     |
|                         |          | AWFCG has repeated solicited    |
|                         |          | Native representation on the    |
|                         |          | AWFCG. Currently three          |
|                         |          | individuals on the AWFCG        |
|                         |          | represent numerous Native       |
|                         |          | organizations. The NPS involved |
|                         |          | local Native organizations in   |
|                         |          | the recent NPS fire management  |
|                         |          | planning effort.                |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Local communities         |
|                         |          | consulted through refuge        |
|                         |          | planning process and fire       |
|                         |          | suppression option changes      |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| c\. Establish           | June     | BLM - Spring 2005 Assessment by |
| monitoring strategies   | 1-10     | BAER recommends Request for     |
| to determine the fire   | 2005     | Proposals for a 3 yr. research  |
| effects that involve    |          | project on impacts to           |
| the local native        | Summer   | subsistence harvest practices   |
| communities as well as  | field    | of Yukon Flats communities due  |
| federal and State       | seasons  | to 2004 fires.                  |
| agencies for areas that | -- 2004  |                                 |
| have traditionally had  | & 2005   | NPS - Established fire effects  |
| high subsistence use.   |          | monitoring protocols and has    |
|                         | 2005     | established fire effects plots  |
|                         |          | in YUCH, DENA and WEAR.         |
|                         | 2005     | Although not specifically       |
|                         |          | designed to address subsistence |
|                         | Ongoing  | the results may be of value to  |
|                         |          | determine effects if the plots  |
|                         |          | are established in high         |
|                         |          | subsistence use areas.          |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | BIA - Subsistence wildlife      |
|                         |          | biologists are monitoring and   |
|                         |          | making recommendations to the   |
|                         |          | board.                          |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS -- BAER activities -        |
|                         |          | invasive plant and burn         |
|                         |          | severity inventories on fires   |
|                         |          | in Yukon Flats, Tetlin, Kenai,  |
|                         |          | Kanuti, and Innoko Refuges. No  |
|                         |          | subsistence issues have been    |
|                         |          | identified.                     |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Monitoring plots          |
|                         |          | conducted to determine fire     |
|                         |          | effects. Subsistence            |
|                         |          | coordinators and Refuge         |
|                         |          | Information Technicians work    |
|                         |          | with local communities to bring |
|                         |          | forth issues related to         |
|                         |          | subsistence use and fire if     |
|                         |          | identified.                     |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| **IX. Public            |          |                                 |
| Information**           |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| a\. Establish a         | June 27, | AFS - New Public Affairs        |
| multi-agency task group | 2005     | Officer began work at AFS; this |
| in the Fairbanks area   |          | effort will be made as he       |
| to address emergency    |          | become familiar with area and   |
| communication issues.   |          | agencies involved.              |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| b\. Establish a joint   | When     | NPS - Will provide personnel to |
| information center      | r        | staff joint information center  |
| readily accessible to   | equested | depending upon availability.    |
| the general public.     |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| c\. Create an           | When     | NPS - Regional Communication    |
| Alaska-specific public  | r        | and Education Specialist will   |
| briefing module for     | equested | assist with developing an       |
| Information Officers.   |          | Alaska specific briefing        |
|                         |          | module.                         |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| d\. Recruit non-fire    | Spring   | NPS - Will assist with          |
| Alaska federal and      | 2005     | recruitment of personnel to     |
| state agency personnel  |          | provide updated fire            |
| to answer the phones    | When     | information as required         |
| and provide locals with | r        |                                 |
| updated information.    | equested |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| e\. Provide Incident    | 2004 -   | NPS - Sent several individuals  |
| Information Officer     | When     | to Incident Information Officer |
| training for federal    | resource | training. These individuals are |
| and state agencies'     | ordered  | available for mobilization      |
| personnel and local     |          | during fire emergencies. NPS    |
| community members so    | Spring   | will make individuals available |
| they can be utilized    | 2005     | to assist with information      |
| during an emergency.    |          | training.                       |
|                         | Jun 20,  |                                 |
|                         | 23, 2005 | BLM - Alaska State Office       |
|                         |          | employee completed Info Officer |
|                         | July     | training                        |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | AFS - IO STEP and PIO assisted  |
|                         | July     | with public meetings in         |
|                         | 2005     | Coldfoot                        |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | July     | Submitted by BIA - Kenai        |
|                         | 15-18,   | Borough employee was being      |
|                         | 2005     | trained up as IO.               |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | August   | FWS -- External Affairs         |
|                         | 2005     | Specialists developed public    |
|                         |          | information message for Fox     |
|                         | Sept     | Creek and Irish Channel fires.  |
|                         | 2005     |                                 |
|                         |          | AFS - IO STEP training in Eagle |
|                         |          | contacting locals, Tribal Chief |
|                         |          | and conducting Public Meetings  |
|                         |          | prior to arrival of T2 Incident |
|                         |          | Management Team.                |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Had one Fire Information  |
|                         |          | Officer Trainees (Type 3) begin |
|                         |          | task book.                      |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | AWFCG Prevention Committee      |
|                         |          | developing WFU talking points.  |
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| f\. Establish one       | Ongoing  | AFS - Information Technology    |
| central interagency     |          | personnel ongoing project       |
| website that provides   |          |                                 |
| the most current fire   |          |                                 |
| information, including  |          |                                 |
| smoke predictions, fire |          |                                 |
| perimeter maps, road    |          |                                 |
| closures and            |          |                                 |
| evacuations.            |          |                                 |
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| g\. Assign a person     | Jul 2005 | Submitted by BIA - Kenai        |
| from the local          |          | Borough acted in this role      |
| community to teams to   |          | during the Tracy Ave Fire..     |
| facilitate              |          |                                 |
| communication with the  |          |                                 |
| community.              |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| h\. Research the        | July     | Submitted by BIA - Kenai        |
| feasibility of using    | 2005     | Borough was looking into this   |
| Reverse 911 in          |          | per conversation during Tracy   |
| Fairbanks, Delta and    | Spring   | Ave. Fire.                      |
| other Alaska            | 2005     |                                 |
| communities.            |          | FBK North Star Borough task     |
|                         | Oct 19,  |                                 |
|                         | 2005     | Article in FBK News Miner on    |
|                         |          | statewide implementation of     |
|                         |          | 211; phone bank to be located   |
|                         |          | in ANC w/statewide access;      |
|                         |          | cited as a method to distribute |
|                         |          | emergency info and referred to  |
|                         |          | 2004 fire season.               |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| i.. Prepare answers to  | March    | AWFCG - Report completed        |
| commonly expressed      | 30, 2005 | entitled: "Summary of Public    |
| concerns/questions to   |          | Comments, Recommendations and   |
| be distributed to       |          | Actions." and posted on AFS     |
| individuals who         |          | website                         |
| submitted comments,     |          |                                 |
| available to state and  |          |                                 |
| federal agencies, and   |          |                                 |
| posted on a website     |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| **X. Predictive         |          |                                 |
| Services**              |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| a\. Continue to support | May/July | AWFCG - Request for funding for |
| research to improve     | 2005     | Long Term Fire Behavior Analyst |
| forecasting of fire     |          | at AICC forwarded to NMAC. NMAC |
| seasons in Alaska.      | Year     | responded that was not their    |
|                         | round    | role to approve staffing        |
|                         |          | request, but acknowledged need. |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | AWFCG - Continues to work with  |
|                         |          | Fire Weather Program Manager    |
|                         |          | (FWPM) to improve forecasting   |
|                         |          | in Alaska and the products      |
|                         |          | provide by Predictive Services. |
|                         |          | The FWPM continually interacts  |
|                         |          | with the National Weather       |
|                         |          | Service to improve the quality  |
|                         |          | of products that they provide   |
|                         |          | the interagency fire community. |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| b\. Continue to support | May      | AFS - provides logistical       |
| fire behavior research. | 9-13,    | support for EFF Crew Use        |
|                         | 2005     | Research Project that provided  |
|                         |          | researcher with access to       |
|                         | Fire     | villages in Galena Zone.        |
|                         | Season   |                                 |
|                         | 2005     | AFS - Supplies office space and |
|                         |          | escorts to researchers form     |
|                         | Fire     | Yale Univ. and Colorado State   |
|                         | Season   | to observe record and film      |
|                         | 2005     | active fire behavior.           |
|                         |          | Researchers had also worked     |
|                         | Year     | thru AFS in previous fire       |
|                         | round    | seasons.                        |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         | Ongoing  | AFS - Fire Ecologist continues  |
|                         |          | to facilitate internal and      |
|                         | Ongoing  | external fire-related research  |
|                         |          | including ongoing JFSP with     |
|                         |          | University of Alaska            |
|                         |          | Fairbanks..                     |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | AWFCG - Annually compiles and   |
|                         |          | prioritizes fire research needs |
|                         |          | for the Alaska Geographic Area. |
|                         |          | This list is submitted to the   |
|                         |          | Joint Fire Science Program to   |
|                         |          | assist with development of the  |
|                         |          | annual request for proposals.   |
|                         |          | The list is also used by        |
|                         |          | individual agencies and         |
|                         |          | organizations to pursue and     |
|                         |          | implement fire research.        |
|                         |          | Individual agencies are also    |
|                         |          | conducting fire research and    |
|                         |          | interacting with research       |
|                         |          | entities in Alaska and the      |
|                         |          | contiguous United States.       |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | NPS - Is (1) researching        |
|                         |          | videography for vegetation      |
|                         |          | sampling; (2) developing models |
|                         |          | to predict vegetation changes   |
|                         |          | based on burn severity,         |
|                         |          | pre-existing vegetation and     |
|                         |          | assess ecological changes in    |
|                         |          | hazard fuel reduction areas and |
|                         |          | (3) assisting with re-sampling  |
|                         |          | of burn areas from 1970's fires |
|                         |          | with original researcher.       |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Support fire research,    |
|                         |          | Received funding through JFSP   |
|                         |          | for some research activities    |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| c\. Submit a request to | May 9,   | AWFCG - Submitted a proposal to |
| the National Wildland   | 2005     | the NMAC to fund a Long Term    |
| Fire Coordinating Group |          | Fire Behavior Analyst for the   |
| to fund a Long Term     | July 26, | Geographic Area. NMAC --        |
| Fire Behavior Analyst   | 2005     | Reply - Supports the need for   |
| to assist and           |          | the position but with the flat  |
| supplement the existing | 2005     | or decreasing DOI/USDA Forest   |
| Fire Weather Program.   |          | Service budgets funding is not  |
|                         | Jul 2005 | available currently. The NMAC   |
|                         |          | is going to provide suggestions |
|                         |          | for meeting some of the         |
|                         |          | analytical needs on a short     |
|                         |          | term basis. BIA is still        |
|                         |          | pursuing funding from their     |
|                         |          | National Office.                |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Supports the Fire         |
|                         |          | Behavior position at AICC and   |
|                         |          | have requested funding          |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | BIA - Requested funding for     |
|                         |          | position                        |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| **XI. Rehabilitation**  |          |                                 |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| a\. Make suppression    | 2004     | NPS - No emergency              |
| emergency stabilization |          | stabilization plans were        |
| plans available to the  | As       | required for fires that         |
| public.                 | r        | occurred on NPS managed lands.  |
|                         | equested |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - Plans would be available  |
|                         |          | under FOIA request.             |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| b\. Make the Burned     | Winter   | BLM- Posted plan on the Bureau  |
| Area Emergency          | 2004-05  | of Land Management, Alaska      |
| Rehabilitation (BAER)   |          | State Office website at         |
| report widely           |          | <http://                        |
| available.              |          | www.ak.blm.gov/baer/index.html> |
+-------------------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| c\. Monitor the         | F        | NPS - Dozer lines were not used |
| fireline rehabilitation | eb.-Aug. | in NPS units. BAER assessment   |
| work to assure that     | 2004     | and stabilization projects were |
| dozer and hand lines    |          | conducted in the Coal Creek     |
| were properly           | June     | area.                           |
| rehabilitated and not   | 1-10,    |                                 |
| being used for          | 2005     | BLM - BAER team returned to     |
| motorized access where  |          | complete additional assessment  |
| not appropriate.        | Ongoing  | of 2004 fires. BAER Plan        |
|                         |          | Addendum and Emergency          |
|                         |          | Stabilization Plan Addendum     |
|                         |          | published.                      |
|                         |          |                                 |
|                         |          | FWS - All suppression           |
|                         |          | activities monitored and        |
|                         |          | Emergency Stabilization and     |
|                         |          | rehabilitation actions          |
|                         |          | accomplished on Refuge lands    |
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