1. California Air Resources Board Prescribed Fire Incident Reporting System (PFIRS) Jeff Lindberg California Air Resources Board IASC November 14, 2005

2. California Air Resources Board What is PFIRS? Structured database & web pages –Interface between land managers, burners & regulators –Assists in gathering, evaluating, and communicating burn decisions –Provides all parties access to information –Presents Summary Information to the Public

3. California Air Resources Board What is PFIRS? (continued) The database will contain: –Smoke management planning information –Forecast & approval information –Burn emissions information –Burn follow-up information

4. California Air Resources Board Hardware Setup Successfully installed new OS on server –Mandrakelinux 10.0 Successfully installed database software –Postgress SQL Successfully installed Scripting Language –PHP All products open source (free)

5. California Air Resources Board Database Logic & Structure California Air Resources Board Project Level Information –Project Name, General Location, “Owning” Burner Unit –Smoke Management Plan Component Level Information –Burn Unit Name, Fuel Loading and Type –Air District(s) Identified (registration) –Burn Requests and Approvals

6. California Air Resources Board Land Manager Role California Air Resources Board Land Managers Fill out SMP Information: –Location, Smoke & Met. Monitoring, Smoke Contingency Measures, Public Contact Methods, Alternatives Used, etc. –Burn Unit Info (Components) Fuel Loading, Acreage, Cover Type –Used as FOFEM5 Inputs for Emission Calculations –Post Burn Follow-up

7. California Air Resources Board Air District Role Air Districts Approve Burning –Evaluate & Approve SMPs Approval From All Air Districts with Project Acreage Needed Prior to Ignition Request –Approve Ignitions Air Districts can only approve acreage within their boundaries Permission Based –Provide CB-3 Information – ARB or Authorized Districts Permission Based

8. California Air Resources Board ARB Role Gate keeper –Approve Initial User Accounts Once an Air District or Burner Unit has an “admin” account all new user accounts can be approved locally or by ARB –Provide assistance to Air Districts as needed Issues 24-hr Basin Burn Day Decisions Issues CB-3s

9. California Air Resources Board Where are We Now? Server is set up and running Agency/Unit/User ID Request Form complete Burner Data Entry Forms Complete Air District/ARB Data Entry Forms 20% Complete Public Views (Reports) 0% complete

10. California Air Resources Board What’s Still Needed Complete Air District and ARB Pages –24-hr Basin Burn Day Decisions –24-Hr Ignition Approvals –CB-3 Details Complete Project Summary (Public Info) Pages –SMP Views, Project Registration List, Basin Burn Day Decisions Report, Approved Ignitions 48-hr Summary Complete Post Burn Reporting Pages

11. California Air Resources Board Timeline to Completion Winter 05/06 - Internal pre-Beta Testing Feb - March 2006 - Beta Testing (limited users) –Identify/Correct Bugs Spring 2006 - Go Live (?)

12. California Air Resources Board Contact Jeff Lindberg jlindber@arb.ca.gov 916.322.2832