1988 fire management policy after the fire in Huangshi national park.

From 65438 to 0992, Huangshi National Park formulated and implemented a new fire management plan based on the study of this fire. The plan puts forward stricter guidelines for managing natural fires, increases the staffing of fire monitoring and related positions, and allocates more funds for fire management. In 2004, the Amendment to the Mountain Fire Management Plan was passed. In the new scheme, natural mountain fires are allowed to burn if the area, weather conditions and potential dangers of mountain fires do not exceed certain standards. Natural fires exceeding the standard and all man-made fires must be put out. However, the new scheme is mainly an amendment to the 1972 fire management scheme, which continues the emphasis on the role of fire in natural ecosystems, but adopts stricter criteria and lower tolerance.

In order to quickly decide how to control the mountain fire, the fire monitoring force based on ground observation and aerial reconnaissance has been increased. The fire squad leader first determines whether the fire is caused by nature or man-made. All man-made fires must be put out, because they do not conform to the laws of nature, and natural fires should be monitored. Fire monitoring personnel draw the length of the fire line, record the local weather, and check the types and quantities of combustible materials. In addition, the fire monitor also analyzes the characteristics of fire diffusion speed, flame length and moisture content of combustible materials. The monitoring personnel report the information they collected to the fire controller, and the fire controller decides the next action according to this information.

In the key areas specified in the "Dangerous Combustible Reduction Plan", land managers will remove dangerous combustible materials to reduce the probability of fire threatening life, historical buildings and tourist facilities. By 2007, flammable materials in120m (400ft) buildings and other key areas have been removed.

According to foresters and ecologists, a series of large-scale manually controlled fires before the Yellowstone fire in 1988 did not reduce the forest area affected by the Yellowstone fire. If we want these artificially controlled fires to reach the intensity required by many trees and plant communities that need to be regenerated, those controllable fires will soon become uncontrollable. Therefore, the main maintenance mode of the park is natural fire, not controllable fire. At the end of 1970, the natural fire around 300 let it go out naturally. In rare cases, natural fires are combined with controllable fires, which are deliberately lit to remove dead wood, but only if firefighters can control the position and quantity of wood combustible materials.

Under the coordination of the National Fire Center, the cooperation between federal and state agencies is closer. Although federal agencies are mainly responsible for formulating national fire management strategies, the center also helps local and state governments to determine their own fire management policies. Generally accepted priorities include allowing natural fires to burn themselves under controlled conditions. Just like the fire in 1988, protecting the safety of life and property is still the top priority of all fire fighting work.

The most important experience of this fire is that most ecosystems, including Yellowstone National Park, allow large and strong mountain fires to burn. This theory was widely accepted before 1988, and the fire of 1988 completely proved this theory. In many natural areas eroded by surrounding human communities, large-scale destructive fires cannot be sustained because of these human buildings, but in areas such as the Great Yellowstone Ecosystem, natural fires are essential.