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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 7 Fire Environment Working Team Members chartered outside of FENWT Strategic Partners FENWT Chair Fire Behavior Committee Fire Danger Committee Fire Weather Committee Interagency Fuels Group NIFCG NWS Predictive Services Group NPSG Strategic Partners Eastern StatesWestern States Members - NASF Representatives NWCG Liaison Fire Research Fire/Air Issues Group FAICG Members chartered by FENWT NWCG Liaison

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

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

10. 10 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. FENWT Vision

11. 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. 12 FENWT Initial Tasks Develop Strategic Plan Develop Strategic Plan Evaluate Evaluate –Fire Weather Systems ASCADS, WIMS, NIFMID, WFAS, ROMAN, etc ASCADS, WIMS, NIFMID, WFAS, ROMAN, etc –RAWS network

13. 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. 14 Provide data inventory, Provide data inventory, meeting facilitation, meeting facilitation, documentation preparation, documentation preparation, identification of a core set of data, identification of a core set of data, proposal for a core set of data definitions, proposal for a core set of data definitions, proposal for an interim common platform for the core set of data, proposal for an interim common platform for the core set of data, proposal for migration of legacy data, and proposal for migration of legacy data, and proposals for Future Phases and anticipated costs. proposals for Future Phases and anticipated costs. 6-12 months 6-12 months FORS Initial Phase

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

16. 16 Questions?

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