The National Park Service has released a fact sheet about their wildland fire management program. We have some screen captures of portions of the document below — click on them to see larger versions, or you can view the original .pdf on the NPS web site.
Here are a few of the statistics about the NPS fire program:
- 2 Hotshot crews
- 1 smokejumper (yes, one smokejumper, at West Yellowstone)
- 5 wildland fire modules (formerly called prescribed fire or fire use modules)
- 14 water tenders
- 160 engines
- 16 helicopters
- Fiscal year 2011 preparedness expenditures: $36.1 million
- Fiscal year 2012 preparedness expenditures: $34.6 million
- Total managed acres: 84.4 million (compared to 193.0 million acres managed by the U.S. Forest Service)
FYI- the information regarding the NPS smokejumper and # of fire modules are no longer correct.
Bill: what is the correct information, and what is your source?
I was curious if the NPS posted data on the structural resources they staff. I’ve had no luck in finding info of any kind about that on any of thier websites.
MCP: here is a link to info about structural fire in the NPS