The National Interagency Hotshot Crew Steering Committee

A Hotshot crew standing in a circle surrounding a kneeling firefighter give a briefing in the woods. — A hotshot crew reviews their plan for the day before works begins. Photo courtesy USDA Forest Service.

The National Interagency Hotshot Crew Steering Committee provides proactive problem solving and issue resolution at the national level for the Hotshot community, fire managers, and agency administrators. The steering committee promotes safe and effective Hotshot Crew operations and strives to implement innovative solutions to national issues that will foster resilience in the IHC community and related organizations.

The 2024 IHC Steering Committee Membership (PDF) (427 KB) have been elected by their peers, act as a guiding body and unified voice for all Hotshot crews on matters of national scope.

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Interagency Hotshot Crew Programmatic Review

In March 2021, the National Interagency Hotshot Crew Steering Committee requested a programmatic review, highlighting several opportunities around the “need to better contextualize and quantify the interagency hotshot crew program in totality to develop a more modern and relevant model to meet the needs of the agency, and the employees in the program” (Acosta and Betty 2021).

The Interagency Hotshot Crew Programmatic Review (PDF) (22 MB) (released September 2023)

Acosta, J.; Betty, K. 2021. Request for interagency hotshot crew programmatic review. On file with: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington Office, Fire and Aviation Management. 3 p.

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