Mooretown Fire

The Mooretown fire crew in yellow posed in front of a helicopter.

Logs are seen in flames with smoke in the distance

A burned section of the forest meets an unburnt section in the North Fire Complex

Mooretown Fire Department’s primary responsibility is for general community and structural protection throughout the Rancheria. Mooretown Rancheria has a cooperative agreement (A23AM00100) with the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs for wildland fire management and emergency incident management to facilitate the cooperative use of available qualified, Mooretown tribal employees nationally when requested.

What We Do

A controlled brun on the understory. Flames lie low on the forest floor, burning small debris with crews working in the foreground

Mooretown Fire Department conducts wildland fire management and incident management activities in accordance with Department of the Interior Manual (DM) 620 (4/10/980), 90 Indian Affairs Manual (90 1AM, Wildland Fire Management) and the most current version of the lnteragency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (Red Book), or succeeding Operations Guide(s), lnteragency Incident Business Management Handbook (Yellow book), and current National lnteragency Mobilization Guide.

Wildland Fire Management

A firefighter is seen maintain lines, spraying a firehose in a burned area.

Mooretown Fire responds to incidents either man-caused or natural phenomenon, that requires action by emergency service personnel to prevent or minimize loss of life or damage to property and/or natural resources (National Incident Management System - Incident Command System Handbook Glossary, August, 1983). Examples of such incidents include wildland fire, tornados, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes.

Incident Management

Fire fighter performing a controlled burn

Wildland Fire Management focuses on activities that reduce the threat of wildland fire impacts to life, property and natural resources and also improve ecosystem health. Mooretown Natural Resources wildland fire management activities include wildland fire preparedness, wildland fire prevention, detection, wildland fire fuels management, wildland fire suppression, and wildland fire Burned Area Emergency Response.