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5.3.1 Community Protection Incident Management Teams

1. Have Incident Management Teams Work with Infrastructure and Utility Personnel – “The Incident Management Team worked with infrastructure and utilities people to coordinate activities: planning evacuation routes, assuring access and egress, and restoring services. They brought local fire departments into the planning process, incorporating their extensive knowledge of the area.”
   Southern California Firestorm 2003: Report for the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center

2. Realize There May Be Conflict Between Entities Regarding the Incident – “The natural conflict between damage caused by suppression activities and protection of natural resource values required better coordination between fire managers, line officers, and natural resource specialists earlier in the planning process for community protection projects during the incident.”
   Southern California Firestorm 2003: Report for the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center

3. Use Incident Management Teams for the Incident – The “fire potential was so large that a Type 1 Incident Management Team was assigned the role of community protection for a mountain area far ahead of the fire. The Incident Management Team was to create a fuel break, and coordinate preparation and evacuation.”
   Southern California Firestorm 2003: Report for the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center

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February 7, 2006
Publication #FHWA–HOP-08-015