interface, and addressing such issues as wildfire response, hazard mitigation, community preparedness, and structure protection Cooperative Fire Agreement: An agreement between fire protection entities that defines the location of agency direct protection responsibilities, the level and location of cooperation they will each provide, the conditions under which they will provide assistance to each other, and how the costs of assistance will be determined and paid. Defensible Space: An area around a residence that has been designed to provide a zone of protection against wildland fire. The protection measure in this zone typically consists of removal of flammable fuel, or the planting of vegetation that is resistant to fire. Deficiency Warrant Authority: Authority granted by the Idaho Legislature allowing a state entity to spend tax dollars without appropriation. The State Board of Land Commissioners has been granted this authority to pay the costs of wildland fire suppression. Expenses accrued under deficiency warrant authority are resolved by the legislature by appropriation at the beginning of the next legislative session. Direct Attack: A method of suppression that treats the fire along its burning edge, by wetting, cooling, smothering, or chemically quenching the fire or by mechanically separating the fire from unburned fuel. Direct State Protection: Those areas of the state where the Idaho Department of Lands or one of the timber protective associations is the first responder to wildland fire. Endowment Trust Land: State owned land granted to Idaho at statehood to support public institutions, primarily public schools. Endowment lands are managed in trust by the Idaho Department of Lands to maximize longterm financial return to the nine endowed institutions. Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP): Federally owned equipment that is no longer needed by the federal government and is loaned to State Foresters for the purpose of wildland and rural firefighting. The FEPP program is authorized under the Federal Property and Administrative
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