The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Branch of Fire Management is responsible for overall staff direction for the Service Fire Management program

• Policy development
• Budget development
• Operational procedures and standards development
• Program oversight through program reviews
• Coordinates national interagency programs
• Provide FWS representation to the National Interagency
• Multiagency Coordination Group (MAC Group)

The Fire Management Branch is a branch within the Division of Refuges, Washington Office. The Branch is located at the National Interagency Fire Center, Boise, Idaho, with the other wildland fire management cooperators from BLM, BIA, NPS and US Forest Service. The Branch is responsible for overall staff direction for the Service's fire management program which includes preparedness, fire use, suppression and emergency fire rehabilitation, which functions to support the Service missions. The Branch develops policy, operational procedures and standards, provides program oversight through the review process, is the lead and coordinator for national interagency involvements, represents the Service on the national interagency Multiagency Coordination Group (MAC Group) and serves as the contact for the Department's Fire Program Coordinator.

The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) is located at Boise, Idaho, and is a complex of federal bureaus all of which have wildland fire responsibilities. The Bureau of Land Management serves as the host bureau for the National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The U. S. Forest Service from the Department of Agriculture, the National Weather Service from the Department of Commerce and the Office of Aircraft Services, Department of Interior, are also located at NIFC. These bureaus and agencies form an interagency partnership aimed at providing efficiency and economy in the field of fire management to include preparedness , suppression and fire use.