National Park Service - Fire & Aviation

JURISDICTION. Being a federally entrusted entity- The National Park Service Fire & Aviation Service has the same, if not slightly elevated powers as the San Andreas Department of Forestry & Fire Protection. However, given the circumstances of independence of states versus the exercise of power by the Federal Government; NPSFA is only authorized to deploy in certain locations, or if major ecosystems including fauna & flora are at dangerous threat of being damaged, destroyed or completely deforested to the case of bracketed annihilation. This forwards the premonition of the following priorities. In the circumstance of a debilitating forestry fire; The State Governor, and SanFire Executive Staff; (Including the Fire Commissioner) shall be alerted, and in tow report the circumstance to the United States Forestry Service; sponsored by the Department of Agriculture. A determination will be made if an allocation of federal resources is required, and from there will result in the deployment of federal property and employees as seen fit.

SCOPE OF PRACTICE. NPSFA employees are both nationally, and state-recognized firefighters. Who can usurp the responsibility of Paramedicine or other specialized scopes of practice. However, given there are no practical apparatuses for the department; NPSFA will stick strictly to a 'scout and report' doctrine to determine the best-case of approach for fires or natural disasters. Evacuation efforts may also be maintained by NPSFA if the State Fire Commissioner has approved the deployment of such federal assets to a community.

• Note: NPSFA does not require explicit permission to perform operations in locations that are equally agreed upon by the state. I.E; Senora National Park, Chiliad State Wilderness. This does not however, exempt the rule of the requirement of three fire/EMS personnel required to activate as NPSFA.

DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS. In order to activate as NPSFA- there must be a strict minimum of three Fire Department or EMS personnel active in order to flag on as NPSFA. If a Fire Command Staff member witnesses a member not following this guideline; may result in a condition to flag-off, or to return to basic FD. Failure to comply may result in direct staff action or potential departmental consequences.

• Addendum; Realistically, NPSFA Members are typically not active 24/7 or routinely active in National Parks; but more on a seasonal rotation or when high fire-risk is paramount to the safety of visitors; To cut back on the level of bureaucracy; and to make NPSFA more simple; this will be kept in mind and members should be liberal when it comes to actively using NPSFA characters; Furthermore- whilst this isn't a factual policy; it is a good consideration to think of.

SEASONAL DEPLOYMENTS. NPSFA employees typically, as aforementioned- do not post frequently on state parks or national parks often. The use of NPSFA should be rare or accompanied with a good reason typically; however there is not a strict penalty for going as such agency unless the aforementioned three-members rule has been broken, of course.