Intra- and inter-regional Cooperation

Cooperation agreements on exchange of fire management personnel within the Australasian Region and with the U.S.A. have been signed are implemented. The graph demonstrates the relationships of the Fire Management Working Groups of the North American and Asia-Pacific Forestry Commissions:

International Cooperation in Wildland Fire Management between Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.A.

• International Arrangements on the Sharing of Wildland Fire Suppression Resources between the United States of America and Australia and New Zealand (PDF, 24 KB)
• Wildfire Arrangement Between the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture of the United States of America and the Australian Participating Agencies (PDF, 27 KB)
• Annual Operating Plan for the Wildfire Arrangement between the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture of the United States of America and the Australian Participating Agencies (PDF, 40 KB)

Evaluation of Cooperative Efforts

The following document provides a review of the Australia/New Zealand firefighting deployment to the USA in August/September 2000

• Review Australia/New Zealand Deployment to the USA 2000 

• BLM Firefighters in Australia in 2002 and 2003

Deployment Reports

Australian Deployment Newsletters:

• Latest Victoria Deployment Newsletter (9-11 January 2007)

• Latest Victoria Deployment Newsletter (7-8 January 2007)

US Deployment 2006:

• Newsletter No. 27 (2 October 2006)

• Newsletter No. 25 (27 September 2006)

• Newsletter No. 24 (25 September 2006)

• Newsletter No. 21 (19 September 2006)

• Newsletter No. 20 (15 September 2006)

• Newsletter No. 17 (8 September 2006)

• Newsletter No. 16 (6 September 2006)

• Newsletter No. 13 (30 August 2006)

• Newsletter No. 12 (29 August 2006)

• Newsletter No. 8 (23 August 2006)

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