The Agency Administrators Guide for Wildland Fire Decision Making has been developed for Southwest Area Agency Administrators for managing a large wildland fire incident in which a national or geographic area incident management team will be or is assigned.  This guide is a compilation of tools and information that is intended to help the administrator through the wildland fire decision process.  It is not intended to address the management of wildland fire use events.

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• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1 - Introduction and Decision Making
• Chapter 2 - Wildland Fire Management Terminology
• Chapter 3 - Firefighter Safety
• Chapter 4 - Wildland Fire Situation Analysis
• Chapter 5 - Fire Complexity Analysis
• Chapter 6 - Use of Incident Management Teams
• Chapter 7 - Incident Organizations
• Chapter 8 - Delegation of Authority
• Chapter 9 - Agency Administrator's Briefing
• Chapter 10 - Managing Incident Information
• Chapter 11 - Responsibilities During the Fire
• Chapter 12 - When Objectives Have Been Met
• Appendices:

  A. Wildland Fire Management Policies
  B. Tasks to be accomplished by the home unit to prepare for large fire management by an incident management team.
  C. Automated WSFA Guide
  D. Agency Administrator's Guide to Critical Incident Management
  E. Lessons Learned
  F. Local Fire Management Plans
  G. Local Agreements