National Interagency Fire Center

The fire records management project is a joint effort between the agencies that provide fire suppression on federal lands and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The effort is designed to provide consistent guidance to all of the agencies for the creation, maintenance and disposition of incident records.

This page offers background explanatory information, on-line training, and a tool kit for:

Assisting incident management teams in the use of uniform filing methods for controlling and accessing their records and data.
Assisting fire and records management staff to get their fire records under control.

You may also contact agency representatives for additional information

FS Regional Records Managers

Agency Policy and Guidance
What is Incident Records Management?
Forest Service Interim Directive
Forest Service Letter: Suspending Destruction of Records
Forest Service Letter on Managing Legacy Records, 2006 NARA
Letter: Revised Procedures for Servicing DOI Records BLM Instruction
Memorandum (IM) on Incident Records - April 2006
Retention Guidance
Managing Legacy Records
Box Inventory List (Revised 7-6-06)
DestructDate 4.0: Calculates the disposition date of records
Fire Records Poster Legacy Fire Package Survey Instrument Management of Legacy Fire Records (7-6-06) Project Plan for Legacy Records (5-10-07) Shipping Permanent Records Form (SF 135) Shipping Permanent Records Example Shipping Temporary Records Form (SF 135)
Shipping Temporary Records Example
Tools for Incident Management Teams
NEW IMT Tools Feedback, 2008
NEW IMT Box Lists 03-29-08
Incident Management Team Filing Directory, 01-25-06
Incident Management Team Instructions, REVISED 03-29-08
Incident Management Team Labels (1/5 cut), 03-27-08
Incident Management Team Labels (1/3 cut), REVISED 03-27-08
Incident Records Kit, REVISED 03-28-08
NEW Final Documentation Index, 04-21-08

Incident Management Records