The Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission final report was submitted to Congress on September 27, 2023 and reflects one of the most sweeping and comprehensive reviews of the wildfire system to date.
The report makes 148 recommendations covering seven key themes:
- Urgent New Approaches to address the wildfire crisis
- Supporting Collaboration to improve partner involvement at every scale
- Shifting from Reactive to Proactive in planning for, mitigating and recovering from fire
- Enabling Beneficial Fire to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire
- Supporting and Expanding the Workforce to hire and retain the wildland firefighting staff needed to address the crisis
- Modernizing Tools for Informed Decision-making to better leverage available technology and information
- Investing in Resilience through increased spending now to reduce costs in the long run