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NWCG Fire Environment Working Team

NWCG Fire Environment Working Team. Presentation to Fire Emissions Joint Forum June 7, 2005 Paul Schlobohm. Wildland Fire Environment. Fuels Weather Topography Terrestrial and atmospheric fire influences Low to high resolution spatial and temporal scales. Fire Environment WT Concept.

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NWCG Fire Environment Working Team

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  1. NWCG Fire Environment Working Team Presentation to Fire Emissions Joint Forum June 7, 2005 Paul Schlobohm

  2. Wildland Fire Environment • Fuels • Weather • Topography • Terrestrial and atmospheric fire influences • Low to high resolution spatial and temporal scales

  3. Fire Environment WT Concept • Integrated approach to… • Fire Weather • Fire Behavior • Fire Danger • Coordinated with… • Predictive Services • Air/Smoke Management • Fuels Management • National Weather Service

  4. National Wildfire Coordinating Group USDI USDA DHS Natl. Assn. of State Foresters Kirk Rowdabaugh (West) Mike Long (East) Intertribal Timber Council James Erickson FWS Phil Street NPS Edy Williams Rhodes FS Alice Forbes U.S. Fire Administration Hugh Wood Associate Members (non-voting) FS Fire Research Mike Hilbrunner BIA Lyle Carlile BLM Larry Hamilton Natl. Fire Protection Association Jim Smalley Forest Fire Management Group Paul de Mar Italics = Chair Fire Equipment WT Tory Henderson Info Resource Mgmt.WT Shari Shetler IRM Program Mgmt Office Barry Mathias Fire DangerWT Paul Schlobohm Wildland/UrbanInterface WT Sam Scranton Fire UseWT Bill Leenhouts Fire WeatherWT Wayne Mitchell Safety & HealthWT Paul Broyles TrainingWT Logan Lee Incident BusinessPractices WT Hallie Locklear Publication Mgmt.System WT Allen Deitz Wildland FireEducation WT Maureen Brooks Wildland FireInvestigation WT Paul Steensland Radio Narrowband Advisory Group Steve Jenkins Geographic Area Advisory Group Brian Shiplett Incident Ops Standards WT Bob Leaverton Social ScienceAdvisory Group Aden Seidlitzand Jonathan Taylor

  5. USDI USDA DHS Natl. Assn. of State Foresters Kirk Rowdabaugh (West) Mike Long (East) Intertribal Timber Council James Erickson FWS Phil Street NPS Edy Williams Rhodes FS Alice Forbes U.S. Fire Administration Hugh Wood Associate Members (non-voting) FS Fire Research Mike Hilbrunner BIA Lyle Carlile BLM Larry Hamilton Natl. Fire Protection Association Jim Smalley Forest Fire Management Group Paul de Mar Prediction Operations Outreach Fire Use WT Bill Leenhouts Fire Equipment WT Tory Henderson Fire DangerWT Paul Schlobohm Wildland FireInvestigation WT Paul Steensland Wildland/UrbanInterface WT Sam Scranton Incident Ops Standards WT Bob Leaverton Fire WeatherWT Wayne Mitchell Incident BusinessPractices WT Hallie Locklear Wildland FireEducation WT Maureen Brooks Safety & Health WT Paul Broyles Fire Behavior Committee Wayne Cook Radio Narrowband Advisory Group Steve Jenkins Social Science Advisory Group Aden Seidlitz & Jonathan Taylor Training WT Logan Lee Fire Behavior Committee Wayne Cook IRM Program Mgmt Office Barry Mathias Support Info Resource Mgmt. WT Shari Shetler Publication Mgmt. System WT Allen Deitz Geographic Area Advisory Group Brian Shiplett

  6. “The Box” Proposed FENWT Organization • Non-NWCG Members of FENWT • Members chartered outside of NWCG • Closely aligned missions • Primary membership role is to represent a business area

  7. Fire Environment Working Team Fire Weather Committee Fire Behavior Committee Fire Danger Committee Eastern States Western States FENWT Chair Fire Research Predictive Services Group NPSG Fire/Air Issues Group FAICG Interagency Fuels Group NIFCG NWS NWCGLiaison Strategic Partners Members charteredby FENWT Members charteredoutside of FENWT Members - NASFRepresentatives StrategicPartners NWCGLiaison

  8. Fire Environment Working Team FWC Dick Bahr FBC Wayne Cook FDC Larry Bradshaw Eastern States Joe Kennedy Western States Wayne Mitchell FENWT Chair Paul Schlobohm Fire Research Mike Hilbruner NPSG Tom Wordell FAICG Dennis Haddow NIFCG Dennis Dupuis NWS Leroy Spayd NWCG Liaison Alice Forbes Strategic Partners Members charteredby FENWT Members charteredoutside of FENWT Members - NASFRepresentatives StrategicPartners NWCGLiaison

  9. USDI USDA DHS Natl. Assn. of State Foresters Kirk Rowdabaugh (West) Mike Long (East) Intertribal Timber Council James Erickson FWS Phil Street NPS Edy Williams Rhodes FS Alice Forbes U.S. Fire Administration Hugh Wood Associate Members (non-voting) FS Fire Research Mike Hilbrunner BIA Lyle Carlile BLM Larry Hamilton Natl. Fire Protection Association Jim Smalley Forest Fire Management Group Paul de Mar Prediction Operations Outreach Fire Use WT Bill Leenhouts Fire Equipment WT Tory Henderson Fire EnvironmentWT Paul Schlobohm Wildland FireInvestigation WT Paul Steensland Wildland/UrbanInterface WT Sam Scranton Incident Ops Standards WT Bob Leaverton Incident BusinessPractices WT Hallie Locklear Wildland FireEducation WT Maureen Brooks Safety & Health WT Paul Broyles Radio Narrowband Advisory Group Steve Jenkins Social Science Advisory Group AdenSeidlitz&JonathanTaylor Training WT Logan Lee IRM Program Mgmt Office Barry Mathias Support Info Resource Mgmt. WT Shari Shetler Publication Mgmt. System WT Allen Deitz Geographic Area Advisory Group Brian Shiplett

  10. FENWT Vision The Wildland Fire Community applies effective tools, information and products to successfully measure, predict and manage the wildland fire environment to protect, maintain and restore healthy ecosystems and protect the public's quality of life.

  11. FENWT Mission Provide interagency oversight, strategic direction and vision relating to measuring and predicting the wildland fire environment and share that understanding with the users.

  12. FENWT Initial Tasks • Develop Strategic Plan • Evaluate • Fire Weather Systems • ASCADS, WIMS, NIFMID, WFAS, ROMAN, etc • RAWS network

  13. Fire Occurrence Reporting System (FORS) update • The scope of the new FORS effort is to complete a business requirements analysis of Wildland Fire Occurrence Reporting business and information.

  14. FORS Initial Phase • Provide data inventory, • meeting facilitation, • documentation preparation, • identification of a core set of data, • proposal for a core set of data definitions, • proposal for an interim common platform for the core set of data, • proposal for migration of legacy data, and • proposals for Future Phases and anticipated costs. • 6-12 months

  15. FORS Future Phases • Analyze inventoried data, • analyze legacy systems, • build process models, • create data dictionaries, • develop and propose standards for common data definitions, and • develop a proposal for a single final FORS. • 12+ months

  16. Questions?

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