From the text ... ''Fire is fire' is a familiar catch-phrase in the fire management community, recognizing that fire is both a tool and a process that shapes the landscape. Today, National Park Service managers use the goals and objectives established in their fire management plans to plan prescribed fires and respond to unplanned fire, while maintaining human safety as the number one priority at all levels of decisionmaking. As stewards of park lands, NPS fire managements balance diverse, complex, and sometimes opposing objectives to allow fire to play its natural role whenever and wherever possible.'