TABLE OF CONTENTS I.Introduction 1 A. Purpose of Fire Management Plan 1 B. Environmental Compliance 1 C. Authorities for Implementation of Wildland Fire Management Plan 1 II. Compliance with NPS Policy 2 A. Enabling Legislature 2 B. Resource Values to be Protected C. Role of the Fire Management Plan 3 D. Resource Management Objectives 3 III. Description of Area 4 A. General 4 B. Climate 4 C. Vegetation 5 1. Ponderosa Pine Forest 5 2. Lodgepole Pine Forest 6 3. Mountain Hemlock Forest 6 D. Forest Insects and Diseases 6 E. Grazing 7 F. Fragile Environments 7 G. Animals 7 H. Air Quality 7 IV. Fire Management Policy 8 A. Agency Policy 8 B. Park Policy 8 V. Fire Management Strategies 9 A. Suppression 9 B. Management Ignited Prescribed Fire 9 C. Prescribed Natural Fire 10 VI. Fire Management Units 10 A. Fire Management Areas 10 B. Crater Lake Management Area 10 C. Boundary Fire Management Area 11 D. Exclusion Fire Management Area 12 E. Fire History and Fire Behavior 12 F. Fire Season 15 G. Fire Effects 20 1. Forest Types 2 0 2. Vegitation 21 3. Wildlife 22 4. Soil 23 5. Air Quality 23 i. VII. Fire Management and Responsibilities 24 A. Fire Management Responsibilities 24 1. Superintendent 24 2. Acting Superintendent 25 3. Chief Ranger 25 4. Assistant Chief Ranger 25 5. Natural Resource Specialist 25 6. Fire Management Officer 25 7. Lead Forestry Technician 27 8. District Rangers 27 9. Fireline Organization Principles 28 B. Fire Management Committee 28 1. Committee Actions during Prescribed Natural Fire 28 2. Committee Actions during Supression Fires 29 3. Committee Actions during Non-Fire Periods 29 C. Fire Qualifications 29 D. Interagency Coordination 30 VIII. Wildfire Program 30 A. Fire Prevention 31 B. Presuppression 31 1. Training 32 2. Physical Training 33 C. Annual Management Program 33 D. Supplies and Equipment 35 E. Reports 36 F. Weather Observations 3 6 G. Cooperators 37 H. Step-up Plan 37 I. Step-up Action 39 1. Staffing Class I, Burning Index 0-10 39 2. Staffing Class II, Burning Index 11-20 39 3. Staffing Class III, Burning Index 21-39 40 4. Staffing Class IV, Burning Index 40-46 40 5. Staffing Class V, Burning Index 47+ 41 J. Staffing Priority Levels 42 K. Detection 44 L. Communications 45 M. Initial Attack 46 N. Fire Investigator 47 0. Extended Attack 47 1. Suppression Conditions 48 2. Escaped Fire Situation Analysis 48 P. Aircraft Operations 49 Q. Rehabilitation 51 IX. Management Ignited Prescribed Fire/Prescribed Burn Program 52 A. Annual Management Ignited Prescribed Fire Program 52 B. Prescribed Burn Plans 53 C. Prescribed Burn Units and Objectives 53 D. Prescribed Burn Operations 56 ii. E. Monitoring and Evaluation 57 F. Documentation and Reporting 57 G. Prescribed Burn Critique 58 X. Prescribed Natural Fire Program 58 A. Prescribed Natural Fire 58 B. Prescribed Natural Fire Mobilization 58 C. Fire Monitoring 59 D. Fire Reporting 60 E. Fire Situation Analysis/Escaped Fire Situtation Analysis 60 F. Fire Effects Monitoring 60 G. Drought Evaluation 61 H. Funding/Fiscal Tracking 61 I. Public Information and Interpretation 61 XI. Air Quality/Smoke Management Guidelines 62 A. Smoke Management 62 B. Procedures 62 XII. Fire Research and Monitoring 63 XIII. Public Safety 63 XIV. Public Information and Education 64 XV. Archeological/Cultural/Historical Resources 64 A. Archeological Resources 64 B. Cultural Resources 65 C. Historical Resources 65 XVI. Fire Critiques and Annual Plan Review 66 A. Fire Critiques 66 B. Annual Fire Summary Report 66 C. Annual Fire Management Plan Review 66 XVII. Consultation and Coordination 66 XVIII. Appendices A. Decision Tree Analysis Documents A B. Interagency Fire Agreements B C. Fire Monitoring Guidelines C D. Wilderness Fire Suppression Guidelines D E. Line Officers Briefing Package E F. Prescribed Burn Plan F G. Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species (Plant/Animal) G H. Glossary of Terms H I. Bibliography I iii. FIGURES 1. Fires for the Years 1931 - 1992 for Crater Lake National Park 16 2. Total Fires in Crater Lake National Park: 1940 - 1992 by Type, Size, and Class 19 3. Total Fires in Crater Lake National Park by Month 1940 - 1992 19a 4. Decision Tree - Crater Lake National Park 28a 5. Fire Weather Stations 37 6. Adjective Class Matrix 44 8. Forty Year Prescribed Burn Plan (b-e) 54b 9. Prescribed Burn Unit Acreages 55 MAPS 1. Crater Lake National Park and Vicinity 4a 2. Crater Lake National Park Boundary 4b 3. Vegetation 5a 4. Fire Management Areas 10a 5. Prescribed Burn Units 54a iv.