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Fire Management Annual Report U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Fire Management Annual Report Fiscal Year 2016 Engine at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Minnesota assists with conducting a prescribed burn. Credit: Phil Millette/USFWS Report provided by the Branch of Fire Management National Wildlife Refuge System Headquarters Office, located at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Boise, Idaho 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview 3 Headquarters (Branch of Fire Management) 4 Region 1 (Pacific) 8 Region 2 (Southwest) 13 Region 3 (Midwest) 17 Region 4 (Southeast) 21 Region 5 (Northeast) 25 Region 6 (Mountain-Prairie) 29 Region 7 (Alaska) 33 Region 8 (Pacific Southwest) 37 Contacts 41 In Memoriam 43 2 OVERVIEW This report summarizes Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) accomplishments in the Fire Management Program for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) across its eight Regions and Headquarters (HQ) office in the areas of personnel, wildland fire management, fuels management, training, communications/outreach, planning, and all-hazard response. The year began in October with a National Fire Leadership Team (NFLT) and Line Officer Team (LOT) meeting in Billings, Montana. As part of the meeting, the Branch of Fire Management (Branch) organized a staff ride for 36 attendees to examine leadership and decision-making relevant to challenges facing the fire program. A highlight of the year was the spring Wildland Fire Management Strategic Workshop, which brought together the NFLT with additional fire program leaders from across the country to build a framework for implementing the Strategic Plan for Managing Wildland Fire on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lands. The workshop was held in Fredericksburg, Virginia and was attended by more than 90 employees from field stations, regional offices, and headquarters and addressed major obstacles that challenge the program. The workshop included a staff ride examining leadership lessons from the Civil War battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. FWS Fire Management Strategic Workshop, 2016. Attendees gather along the Rappahannock River after a field training day studying Civil War battle sites near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Credit: Josh O’Connor/USFWS. During the workshop, the Branch also presented its third annual National Fire Safety Award to a group of seven wildland firefighters stationed at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma for sustained safe performance during flash food recovery efforts in May 2015. The award was accepted on the group’s behalf by the Southwest Regional Fire Management Coordinator and the Oklahoma/North Texas District Fire Management Officer. 3 HEADQUARTERS – Branch of Fire Management General Overview: The Branch administered the Service’s FY16 Fire Management Budget from the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Wildland Fire (OWF): $28.2M for Preparedness (includes $282K for Facilities Construction and Maintenance), $22M for Hazardous Fuels (includes $1.3M for Resilient Landscapes), $12.4M for Suppression(includes $99K for Emergency Stabilization), and $1.6M for Burned Area Rehabilitation. The Branch also administered the Fire Management Information System (FMIS) for reporting fire information. During FY16, a total of 374 wildfires burned nearly 118,500 acres on Service lands, with wildfires occurring on refuges, wetland management districts, and/or national fish hatcheries. The Branch continues to work with developers on improving the efficiency and functionality of fire reporting in FMIS. Branch staff continued to work with the Service’s Refuge System leadership, along with the NFLT, its working teams and the LOT, which represent all Regions. Branch staff worked with regional and field staff to plan and conduct the 2016 Strategic Workshop and two leadership staff rides (fall and spring). The Branch represented the Service to OWF, Interior Fire Executive Council (IFEC), National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG), National Multiple-Agency Coordinating Group (NMAC) and other interagency governance and operational groups. Personnel: The Branch filled four vacancies during FY16. The Deputy Chief (Management) served as the Acting Branch Chief of Fire Management from October to December 2015. In November 2015, a shared Budget Analyst position at Refuges Headquarters (HQ) began serving the Branch, and the Deputy Chief (Operations) was promoted to Branch Chief. A Budget Officer and Administrative Officer were hired in January 2016, and a new Deputy Chief (Operations) was hired in July 2016. The Wildland Fire & Emergency Management Advisor continued to serve as the Refuge System's Acting Emergency Management Coordinator from October to December 2015 and retired at the end of the FY; his fire-related duties were assumed by the Deputy Chief (Management). The Branch Fire Planner continued to be a shared position with the National Park Service (NPS) and the Branch Chief continued to supervise the DOI Medical Standards Coordinator position. New Branch employees (below, left to right), Administrative Officer, Reah Reedy; Budget Officer, Gillian Fay; and Budget Analyst, Sara Randolph. All joined the Branch in Boise in FY2016, filling existing vacancies. 4 HQ – Branch of Fire Management, continued… The Branch Fuels Specialist served in a 90-day detail as the Region 8 Regional Fire Management Coordinator (RFMC); three detailers filled behind the fuels specialist from the Branch, Region 6, and Region 2, each completing 30 days. The Branch Office Assistant completed a 4-month detail as an office assistant at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Great Basin Fire Cache. Branch staff members with various fire management qualifications supported interagency wildfire incidents in the Great Basin and Northwest geographic areas. Wildland Fire Management: In FY16, several Service units across the nation experienced elevated fire danger conditions and requested severity funding and/or resources to increase fire preparedness. Regionally managed short-term severity expenditures totaled $239,894 out of $2.4M available for FY16. A total of $75,319 out of $358,578 available long-term severity funds were approved by the Branch and expended by field stations for: • Region 1: Sheldon/Hart Mountain NWR Complex and Malheur NWR (August); • Region 4: District 7 (October) and Alligator River NWR (May). Of 374 wildfires occurring on Service lands in FY16, 73.5% (275 fires) were reported as either human- caused or having an undetermined cause, with 26.5% (99 fires) caused by lightning. Initial attack of wildfires on Service lands was successful nearly 95% of the time. The Service now maintains 50 fire vehicles within the Working Capital Fund program, with a current replacement value of $11.8 M. In the coming year, the fire management program will be phasing out underutilized engines and other fleet to comply with the Refuge Chief's "Light and Medium Duty Motor Vehicle Fleet Management Funding and Allocation" decision. One Service project was funded for $250K through the DOI Facilities Construction and Maintenance Program to replace an equipment storage facility in Region 4 at Pocosin NWR. The Branch provided $99,102 for two Emergency Stabilization (ES) projects in Region 1: Saddle Lakes, Hanford Reach NM and Lau Strike Kipapa, Oahu NWR; and approved one new ES plan in Region 1: Range 12, Hanford Reach NM. The Branch provided $1,399,670 for six Burned Area Rehabilitation (BAR) projects in: • Region 1: Saddle Lakes, Hanford Reach NWR; • Region 2: Arroyo Ramirez, Lower Rio Grande NWR; Island Lake, Imperial NWR; and Willow, Havasu NWR; and • Region 4: Disaster, Laguna Cartegena NWR and Last Dance, A.R.M Loxahatchee NWR; and approved five new BAR plans in: • Region 1: Range 12, Hanford Reach National Monument; • Region 2: Topock, Havasu NWR and San Pasqual, Bosque del Apache NWR; and • Region 4: Grand Bature , Grand Bay NWR and Panther, Florida Panther NWR. Fuels Management: The Branch chaired the NWCG Fuels Management Committee and provided expertise to OWF and IFEC for the DOI Fuels Management and Resilient Landscapes programs and ongoing projects, such as the National Fire Plan Operations and Reporting System (NFPORS), Interagency Fuels Treatment Decision Support System (IFTDSS), and response and coordination for Secretarial Order #3336. Fire management staff from Regions 1, 3, 4, and 6 supported the national Fuels Management workload. 5 HQ – Branch of Fire Management, continued… Training: The Fire Management Employee Development Program connected employees from 18 zones across five Regions with funding and individualized training opportunities, including for: • Region 2: Online and classroom college attendance for three employees in natural resource subjects that meet education requirements for the GS-401 position; • Region 3: Detail to Redding Interagency Hotshot Crew that provided 45 days of firefighting and leadership training for one employee; • Region 4: Attendance at Advanced Fire Behavior Interpretation course for one employee working toward qualification as Fire Behavior Analyst.; • Regions 4 and 6: Interregional details for six employees during peak burn season to develop fire operations, smoke management, leadership, and project coordination skills. • Regions 2, 5, and 8: Three specialized wilderness first aid courses by the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS); and • Plans for NOLS to provide first aid courses for three more Regions during FY17. Communications/Outreach: The Branch continued to work with Regions and HQ to monitor and expand national media and social media coverage of Service fire
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