NAFSR Membership

Fire Committee Charter

The Fire Committee (FC) represents the National Association of Forest Service Retirees (NAFSR), working strategically with Forest Service Senior Leaders, and with Interagency and Intergovernmental fire management officials. The Committee prepares reports, briefing materials, and delivers analysis of fire policy, management,planning, operations including related fuels management and research issues. CLICK HERE for their report.

Wildfire Issues

Wildfire Crisis Initial Landscape Investments Cover Page

NAFSR Fire Committee with Deputy Chief’s Office Zoom Meeting June 12, 2023

Testimony at House Committee on Natural Resources March 23, 2023

Supplemental Testimony for House Committee on Natural Resources March 23, 2023

Comments submitted to EPA for proposed rulemaking on fine particulate matter, PM 2.5

Executive Summary Initial Landscape Selection 040722

Wildfire Crisis Initial Landscape Investments 040722

Chief's Letter of Intent for Wildfire - 2022 041422

Statement of Forest Service Chief Randy Moore Announcing Pause of Prescribed Fire Operations on National Forest System Lands 052022

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USFS Wildfire-Crisis-Implementation-Plan
January 2022

USFS Wildfire-Crisis-Implementation-Plan - January 2022

Fire Retardant Issue

Forest Service retirees speak in defense of firefighting tanker planes | Jefferson Public Radio (ijpr.org)

Judge's Order on Fire Retardant Lawsuit, May 26, 2023

Aerial fire retardant drops are under attack - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

This isn't an early April Fools joke -- the US Forest Service is applying for a NPDES permit so that it can keep fighting forest fires! | Mintz - JDSupra