Who's Who in Wildfire: The Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission

Who is the Commission? From its own report:

"In the face of (the national wildfire challenge in the United States), Congress took bipartisan action to establish the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission through the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The legislation charged the 50-member Commission with the ambitious task of creating policy recommendations to address nearly every facet of the wildfire crisis, including mitigation, management, and postfire rehabilitation and recovery.

Recognizing the urgency of the crisis, the Commission was given just a single year to conduct a sweeping review of the wildfire system and produce a comprehensive set of policy priorities.

Among the core themes of the Commission’s recommendations is a call for greater coordination, interoperability, collaboration, and, in some cases, simplification within the wildfire system."

The 340-page report, published by the Commission, is well worth a read and can be found online by searching "wfmmc-final-report-09-2023" online.