Common use of USE AND REIMBURSEMENT OF INTERAGENCY FIRE RESOURCES Clause in Contracts

USE AND REIMBURSEMENT OF INTERAGENCY FIRE RESOURCES. A. Cost Share Agreement (Cost Share Methodologies): Examples of cost sharing methodologies may include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. When a wildland fire that is being managed for resource objectives spreads to a neighboring jurisdiction where fire is not wanted, the managing (or protecting, as the case may be) jurisdiction may be responsible for wildfire suppression costs. 2. In those situations where weather, fuels, or fire behavior of the wildland fire precludes stopping at jurisdiction boundaries, cost share methodologies may include, but are not limited to: a. Each jurisdiction pays for its own resources – fire suppression efforts are primarily on jurisdictional responsibility lands. b. Each jurisdiction pays for its own resources – services rendered approximate the percentages of jurisdictional responsibility, but not necessarily performed on those lands. c. Cost share by percentage ownership. d. Cost is apportioned by geographic division or percent of effort. Examples of geographic divisions are: Division A and B (using a map as an attachment); or specific locations such as a campground.