The Quadrennial Fire Review (QFR) is a strategic risk assessment that has been conducted every four years since 2005. The QFR evaluates current wildland fire mission strategies and capabilities against best estimates of the future environment to explore potential risks, threats, challenges, and opportunities.

A defining aspect of the QFR process is identifying future impacts to the wildland fire community - specifically those that have either not yet been identified or are known but may have changed since the last QFR (2009).

It is a joint effort of the U.S. Forest Service, the four Federal  fire management bureaus of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)-the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service-as well as other state, local, tribal, and nongovernmental partners.

March 17 begins the 2014 Quadrennial Fire Review (QFR) Crowdsourcing effort.  The site is available for stakeholders to share forward-thinking ideas about the future of wildland fire management---looking out 10 to 20 years, what will our greatest challenges be?  Many of you have been an important partner in the Cohesive Strategy and understand that the challenges we face in managing wildland fire across our Nation are bigger than any one agency or organization can handle alone.  For the 2014 Quadrennial Fire Review we are inviting a broad array of stakeholders and partners to participate in an online dialogue on future challenges, risks, and opportunities regarding wildland fire management.

The crowdsourcing effort is a user friendly and efficient way to collect information on specific topics and increase dialogue among diverse groups with an interest in the future of wildland fire management. Crowdsourcing facilitates the sharing of ideas in a virtual way, so stakeholders can post new ideas, and see what others are saying and comment on those ideas at any time of the day! We value the input from all of our stakeholders and partners as their perspective will help us work together to better plan effectively for future challenges. 

In addition to your own input, please assist us in facilitating high participation by sharing the information regarding the QFR Crowdsourcing process with your various networks and partners.