Audit Report: IG-0760

The Department's Wildland Fire Planning and Preparation Efforts

Office of Inspector General

March 6, 2007

March 6, 2007

The Department's Wildland Fire Planning and Preparation Efforts

All three of the field sites we reviewed had not fully completed mitigation activities designed to reduce the impact from wildland fire. Specifically, while the Department of Energy (Department) had taken a number of actions to reduce the threats posed by wildland fires, fuel management activities such as the removal and maintenance of vegetation and roads necessary for firefighting were not always adequate.

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    All three of the field sites we reviewed had not fully
    completed mitigation activities designed to reduce
    the impact from wildland fire. Specifically, while the
    Department of Energy (Department) had taken a number of
    actions to reduce the threats posed by wildland fires, fuel
    management activities such as the removal and
    maintenance of vegetation and roads necessary for
    firefighting were not always adequate.