Regional Resources

• BIA National Aviation Plan
• Interagency Helicopter Operations Guide (IHOG) IHOG is the policy for the helicopter operations, be it in support of wildland fire or natural resource missions, and provides guidance for helitack and helicopter operations.
• Military Use Handbook Very seldom has Indian Country had need to use the Military Use Handbook; however, if Aviation Resources support incidents that are conducting aviation operations involving military aircraft, this handbook is useful.
• Prevention and Wildfire Investigation Resource Library
• Fire Policy and Memo Library
• Spatial Wildland Fire Management Planning

Fuels management projects are guided by strict policy and guidance. The following are reference resources available to land managers.

• Bureau of Indian Affairs Release Memo
• PMS 484 - Interagency Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation Procedures Guide
• Forest Management Policy

Fuels Management Guides

• Managing Long Term Fires Guide - June 2016

• Standard Fire Behavior Fuel Models: A Comprehensive Set for Use with Rothermel's Surface Fire Spread Model (2005)

NWCG Fuels Management Committee

• Fuels Management Committee
• Interagency Publications
  • PMS - 424 Prescribed Fire Complexity Rating System Guide
  • PMS - 430 Interagency Standards for Wildland Fire Module Operations
  • PMS - 481 Fire Effects Guide
  • PMS - 484 Interagency Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation Procedures Guide (2004)
  • PMS - 485 Agency Administrator Ignition Authorization
  • PMS - 486 Prescribed Fire Go/No-Go Checklist

Tribal Consultation & Fuels Management Direction

• 2011 OWF Hazardous Fuels Prioritization and Allocation System (HFPAS) Memorandum
• DOI Program Priorities Memo - June 1, 2011
• Federal Fund for Wildfire Control Management
• September 2007, Government Accounting Office GAO-07-1168

Fuels Management Publications

• The True Cost of Wildfires - Western Forestry Leadership Coalition 
• Fuels Treatment Effectiveness Monitoring Report, Interaction of the Dog Head Fire with Fuelbreak Treatments, Pueblo of Isleta, NM
• Northwest Region 2015 Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Report
• Wallow Fire Fuel Treatment Effectiveness On the Fort Apache Indian Reservation
• Response to the Rock Creek Fire to Prescribed Fire - Lloyd R. Fuller, PhD (June 2013) Fort Apache Agency
• Squaring the Triangle: Fire at San Carlos - Stephen Pyne (2014)
• Restoring the Land with Fire: Fire as Spirit, Fire as Tool