1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i 2021 Wildfire Season: Brief Overview of FEMA Programs and Resources August 2, 2021 Introduction This Insight provides a brief overview of Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) declarations and federal assistance programs
2、 that may be available for wildfires on nonfederal lands. Wildfire Forecasts and Response Framework The federal government has the responsibility for wildfires that begin on federal lands; states are responsible for wildfires that begin on nonfederal lands. For comingled land ownership, response eff
3、orts may be managed jointly across multiple federal, state, tribal, or local agencies. Information on response efforts (e.g., responding agency, assigned resources, and evacuation warnings, orders, and center locations) for ongoing incidents is available from the Incident Information System website.
4、 In addition, some states operate incident information websites (e.g., incident information in California). The federal government supports state wildfire response efforts in several ways, including mutual aid agreements, which authorize federal and state resource sharing. The agreements allow for a
