"Establish a unified and cohesive federal fire management policy codified in agency, inter-agency and departmental manuals, guidebooks and other documents through clear, concise, and uniform language across all agencies. Through a communication plan share work and information with all wildland agencies."

The Federal Fire Policy was developed in 1995, and was further evaluated and updated in the 2001 Review and Update of the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy. This team is not charged with developing new policy. It's purpose is to implement the final action items in the Interagency Strategy for the Implementation of the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy, and provide operational clarification regarding specific policy items.