Protecting Agency. The Agency responsible for providing direct incident management and services to a given area pursuant to its jurisdictional responsibility or as specified and provided by federal or state law, contract, or agreement. Protection: Management objective to limit the adverse physical, environmental, social, political, and/or economic effects of fire. Protection Area: That area for which a particular fire protection organization has the primary responsibility for attacking and uncontrolled fire and for directing the suppression actions.
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Sources: Kansas Statewide Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act Response Agreement, Cooperative Wildland Fire Management Agreement