Fire & Fuels Program

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Bear Jaw Interagency Crew

The Bear Jaw Interagency Crew was developed to provide fire suppression & fuels reduction in the urban interface. Collaboration between local fire agencies have increased our capacity to deliver essential services within our boundaries and beyond. The Crew is supported by two Northern Arizona Fire Districts.

The Bear Jaw Crew responds to fire assignments nationwide, working an average of 90 days each fire season. Bear Jaw aims to keep its national availability for neighboring regions in need of assistance. In addition, the crew has completed fuels reduction on hundreds of acres within the Districts’ boundaries. Bear Jaw’s priorities include the following:

Highlands Fire District
Pinewood Fire District

Develop and foster strategic partnerships with neighboring agencies.
Look for ways to broaden our fuels work and funding efforts on District properties.
Continue efforts in grant acquisition through Federal and State grant programs.
Assist communities within our supporting Fire Districts to becoming recognized Firewise communities.
Remain experts in wildland firefighting and continue training efforts with supporting and neighboring agencies.
Promote quality employees and make them competitive for open positions on our crew and other agencies.
Remain fiscally responsible in maintaining a budget that has little to no impact on supporting fire district budgets.
Continue our efforts to retain quality employees.

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Website Accessibility Policy

Highlands Fire District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Highlands Fire District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (928) 525-1717

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Highlands Fire District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Highlands Fire District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (928) 525-1717.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.