Performance Measure 4.3 Guidance for Completing an Inspection Form

Above is the section on the inspection form that addresses Performance Measure 4.3.
Below is guidance on how to answer each of the questions.

PM 4.3 Is prescribed fire used on this property? (If no, skip the next questions.)

(If landowner has used prescribed fire in the past five years, answer Yes. If the management plan recommends fire but no prescribed burning has occurred in the past five years, answer No and explain this in the Notes/Observations section.)

Yes/No

If yes, please describe the use of prescribed fire for the past 5 years.

(Provide the acres burned and the month and year of the most recent burn for each of the management objectives listed.)

4.3.1 Prescribed burns shall conform with the landowner’s objectives and state and local laws and regulations.

Yes

Notes/Observations

Here are examples of comments that might be included in the Notes/Observations section:

• • Prescribed burning is not currently planned for this property.
  • An extensive road system running through the property serves as an access point for fire control crews in case a wildfire occurs.
  • The landowner burns every three years to control unwanted vegetation and reduce wildfire risk.
  • Prescribed burning is recommended in the forest management plan, but the landowner has not yet conducted any burns.
  • Prescribed fire was used more than five years ago.