2004 Fire Management Plan Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Louisiana
National Park Service, Muth D, Smith G. 2004. 2004 Fire Management Plan Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Louisiana
National Park Service (NPS) policy (Director's Order #18: Wildland Fire Management, website http://www.fire.nps.gov/fire/policyidoIS/doIS.htm) requires that every park unit with burnable vegetation develop a Fire Management Plan (FMP) approved by the park superintendent. The FMP serves as a detailed and comprehensive program of action to implement fire management policy principles and goals, consistent with the unit's resource management objectives. This plan outlines the fire management program at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (hereinafter referred to as either the "park" or by NPS alpha code "JELA"). The JELA fire management program, guided by federal policy and the park's resource management objectives, will serve to protect life, property, and natural and cultural resources. This FMP pertains specifically to the Barataria Preserve Unit and the battlefield portion of the Chalmette Unit, the two park areas with vegetation that could support wildland fire. Structural fires within these areas or within any other park units will be addressed in a structural fire plan, in accordance with Director's Order #58.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- National Park Service; Muth, David; Smith, Geraldine
- Date of Issue
- 2004
- Units
- JELA
- Keywords
- Barataria Preserve Unit, Chalmette Battlefield, Fire Management Plan, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, JELA, Managing Impacts ofWildfires, Reducing Wildland Fire Risks