Fire Budget Fire Management Appropriations and Budgeting Up History Federal Policy Fire Budget FireBase Mandates Smoke Mgmt. Each agency's portion of the appropriation is distributed to them by allotment from BLM through the Treasury Department. Fire management funds are no year. No year funds do not expire at the conclusion of a fiscal year.
Any unexpended balance is carried over to the next fiscal year.
The funds are appropriated for use on or in support of Federal lands and cannot be used on State or private lands without the appropriate agreement. The Wildland Fire Preparedness activity has only one subactivity - Preparedness. The Wildland Fire Operations activity has three subactivities - Emergency Suppression, Emergency Rehabilitation, and Hazardous Fuel Reduction Operations. Normal preparedness includes all activities undertaken in advance of fire occurrence to help ensure more effective suppression or other appropriate management actions. This includes the funding of interagency agreements, interagency fair share contributions, equipment purchases, dedicated firefighter salaries, supplies, etc.