Air Force Wildland Fire Branch
Dept. of Defense – Air Force – Air Force Civil Engineer Center
Wildfire-Specific Spending: Yes
Wildfire Activities Funded: Other
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TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
Description
The Air Force Wildland Fire Branch, established in 2012, helps manage increasing wildland fire threats to Air Force missions, including through the execution of fuel reduction activities and wildfire mitigation.Additional Program Notes & TCS Insights
According to DOD, “the Wildland Fire Branch annually executes 350 prescribed fires totaling 145,000 acres, completes nearly 4,000 acres of mechanical fuels treatments, directly trains 800 Air Force personnel and an additional 130 DOD personnel through a Joint Air Force/Army Training Academy, supports F&ES suppression work when requested—generally on large fires—and works with installation natural resources on post-fire rehabilitation of burned areas to ensure the establishment of a resilient ecosystem after wildfire impacts.Appropriations
| Regular | Supplemental | IIJA | IRA | |
| FY2015 | Not Available | 0 | — | — |
| FY2016 | Not Available | 0 | — | — |
| FY2017 | Not Available | 0 | — | — |
| FY2018 | Not Available | 0 | — | — |
| FY2019 | Not Available | 0 | — | — |
| FY2020 | Not Available | 0 | — | — |
| FY2021 | Not Available | 0 | — | — |
| FY2022 | Not Available | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | Not Available | 0 | 0 | |
| FY2024 | Not Available | 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