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Fire Approved Amount: $ 0 Approved FTE: 0.00 Department Director: Tom Dodds - Interim Fire Chief Department Website: http://www.austintexas.gov/department/fire Department Phone: 512-974-0130 Performance Measure Information Name: Number of prescribed burns permitted in the City of Austin Description: The Austin Fire Department Wildfire Division provides support and leadership on prescribed burning activities at the local, regional and state level. These occur three ways, through permitting prescribed fire use, through supporting partner agencies and departments with resources to implement prescribed burns and through planning and conducting prescribed burns. The ability to conduct prescribed burns as dependent upon external variables such as climate, smoke management issues, land management entities objectives and resource availability. Type: Output Current Data - Quarterly 2021 Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2021 Actuals 10 0 2 2 0 4 History Data FY 2016 Actual FY 2017 Actual FY 2018 Actual FY 2019 Actual FY 2020 Actual FY 2020 Target FY 2021 Target New Meas. New Meas. New Meas. New Meas. New Meas. New Meas. 10