[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 44CFR204.23]



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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

                                SECURITY

 

PART 204_FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart B_Declaration Process

 

Sec.  204.23  Processing a request for a fire management assistance declaration.



    (a) In processing a State's request for a fire management assistance 

declaration, the Regional Director, in coordination with the Principal 

Advisor, will verify the information submitted in the State's request.

    (b) The Regional Director will then forward the State's request to 

the Associate Director for determination along with the Principal 

Advisor's Assessment and the Regional Summary.

    (1) Principal Advisor's assessment. The Principal Advisor, at the 

request of the Regional Director, is responsible for providing us with a 

technical assessment of the fire or fire complex for which the State is 

requesting a fire management assistance declaration. The Principal 

Advisor may consult with State agencies, usually emergency management or 

forestry, as well as the Incident Commander, in order to provide us with 

an accurate assessment.

    (2) Regional summary and recommendation. Upon obtaining all 

necessary information on the fire or fire complex from the State and the 

Principal Advisor, the Regional Director will provide the Associate 

Director with a summary and recommendation to accompany the State's 

request. The summary and recommendation should include a discussion of 

the threat of a major disaster.