USFS Suppression
Dept. of Agriculture – Forest Service – Wildland Fire Management
Wildfire-Specific Spending: Yes
Wildfire Activities Funded: Response
13,031
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
FY2015 – FY2024
Description
The Suppression program is the primary funding source for wildfire suppression operations and immediate post-fire damage control, including burned area rehabilitation.Additional Program Notes & TCS Insights
The USFS can only access the Wildfire Fire Suppression Operations Reserve Fund, first available in FY2020, if a baseline level of funding for wildfire suppression operations is met in the underlying appropriations bill. This base level is set at the average cost over ten years for wildfire suppression operations requested in the President’s 2015 Budget, amounting to $1.011 billion for USFS and $384 million for DOI.Appropriations
| Regular | Supplemental | IIJA | IRA | |
| FY2015 | 708,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2016 | 811,000,000 | 700,000,000 | — | — |
| FY2017 | 1,248,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2018 | 1,556,818,000 | 184,500,000 | — | — |
| FY2019 | 1,665,366,000 | 720,271,000 | — | — |
| FY2020 | 1,011,000,000 | 7,000,000 | — | — |
| FY2021 | 1,011,000,000 | 0 | — | — |
| FY2022 | 1,011,000,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 1,386,000,000 | 0 | |
| FY2024 | 1,011,000,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| FY2025 | 0 | |||
| FY2026 | 0 |
Last Updated: October 17, 2024
Received Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding: No
Received Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Funding: No