Cooperative Fire Coordination and Agreements Meet annually with cooperators and review interagency agreements to ensure their continued effectiveness and efficiency. Chapter 8 of the Red Book discusses Interagency Coordination and Cooperation including sections on: National Wildland Fire Cooperative National Wildland Fire Management Agreements Structure Multi-Agency Management and National Dispatch/Coordination Systems Coordination National Ready Reserve Local and Geographic Area Drawdown Standards for Cooperative Agreements Interagency Incident Business Elements of Agreements Management Handbook All-Hazard Coordination and Types of agreements Cooperation Annual Operating Plans International Non-Wildland Fire International Wildland Fire Coordination Coordination and Cooperation and Cooperation 1. Agreements Meet annually with cooperators and review interagency agreements to ensure their continued effectiveness and efficiency. Chapter 8 of the Red Book Interagency Coordination and Cooperation provides more information regarding agreements. There are many types of agreements: National Interagency Agreements Regional/State Interagency Agreements Local Interagency Agreements Emergency Assistance Contracts Elements of an agreement should address: The authorities appropriate for each party to enter in an agreement. The roles and responsibilities of each agency signing the agreement. An element addressing the cooperative roles of each participant in prevention, pre-suppression, suppression, fuels, and prescribed fire management operations. Reimbursements/Compensation - All mutually approved operations that require reimbursement and/or compensation will be identified and agreed to by all participating parties through a share agreement. The mechanism and timing of the funding exchanges will be identified and agreed upon. Appropriation Limitations - Parties to this agreement are not obligated to make expenditures of funds or reimbursements of expenditures under terms of this agreement unless the Congress of the United States of America appropriates such funds for that purpose by the Counties of _____, by the Cities of _____, and/or the Governing Board of Fire Commissioners of_____.
Cooperative Fire Coordination and Agreements Meet annually with cooperators and review interagency agreements to ensure their continued effectiveness and efficiency. Chapter 8 of the Red Book discusses Interagency Coordination and Cooperation including sections on: National Wildland Fire Cooperative Agreements Multi-Agency Management and Coordination Local and Geographic Area Drawdown Interagency Incident Business Management Handbook Types of agreements Annual Operating Plans International Wildland Fire Coordination and Cooperation National Wildland Fire Management Structure National Dispatch/Coordination Systems National Ready Reserve Standards for Cooperative Agreements Elements of Agreements All-Hazard Coordination and Cooperation International Non-Wildland Fire Coordination and Cooperation 1. Agreements Meet annually with cooperators and review interagency agreements to ensure their continued effectiveness and efficiency. Chapter 8 of the Red Book Interagency Coordination and Cooperation provides more information regarding agreements. There are many types of agreements: National Interagency Agreements Regional/State Interagency Agreements Local Interagency Agreements Emergency Assistance Contracts Elements of an agreement should address: The authorities appropriate for each party to enter in an agreement. The roles and responsibilities of each agency signing the agreement. An element addressing the cooperative roles of each participant in prevention, pre-suppression, suppression, fuels, and prescribed fire management operations. Reimbursements/Compensation - All mutually approved operations that require reimbursement and/or compensation will be identified and agreed to by all participating parties through a agreement. The mechanism and timing of the funding exchanges will be identified and agreed upon. Appropriation Limitations - Parties to this agreement are not obligated to make expenditures of funds or reimbursements of expenditures under terms of this agreement unless the Congress of the United States of America appropriates such funds for that purpose by the Counties of _____, by the Cities of _____, and/or the Governing Board of Fire Commissioners of_____. share