Wildland Fire Management RD

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Wildland Fire Decision Support System Dispatcher
Role Overview
Wildland Fire Management RDA National
Interagency Fire Center Boise, Idaho February 19,
2009
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WFDSS Framework
Decision Documentation
Decision Support
WFDSS
Implementation Actions
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WFDSS Information Flow
WFDSS has 7 Steps
Information
Situation
Objectives
Course of Action
Validation
Decision Summary
Periodic Assessment
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WFDSS Information Flow
Purpose Documents the initial and continuing
fire situation, and provides required information
to complete administrative fire reporting.
Information
Situation
Objectives
Course of Action
Validation
Decision Summary
Periodic Assessment
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WFDSS Information Flow
Information
Purpose Provides risk assessment and decision
support information to support strategic
decisions and development of course of action.
Situation
Objectives
Course of Action
Validation
Decision Summary
Periodic Assessment
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WFDSS Information Flow
Information
Purpose Defines objectives as stated in Land,
Resource, and Fire Management Plans and lists
specific management and incident requirements
that will frame and influence strategic decisions
and tactical implementation.
Situation
Objectives
Course of Action
Validation
Decision Summary
Periodic Assessment
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WFDSS Information Flow
Information

• Purpose
• Defines a specific course of action ranging from
  a pre-planned initial response to an
  individualized response for a specific situation.
  
• Specificity varies with fire complexity and can
  include a defined planning area, management
  actions, resource commitments, and costs for the
  fire duration.
• When the current decision is no longer meeting
  objectives, it can include a set of actions to be
  used until a new decision is completed.

Situation
Objectives
Course of Action
Validation
Decision Summary
Periodic Assessment
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WFDSS Information Flow
Information
Situation
Objectives
Purpose Provides a review of the Situation,
Objectives, and Course of Action to ensure that
Objectives can be met, and in the event they
cannot be met, the Validation guides the
development of a new Course of Action.
Course of Action
Validation
Decision Summary
Periodic Assessment
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WFDSS Information Flow
Information
Situation
Objectives
Course of Action
Purpose Documents the response decision, the
rationale for that decision, and stipulates the
timeframe for revisiting and reassessing the
decision.
Validation
Decision Summary
Periodic Assessment
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WFDSS Information Flow
Information
Situation
Objectives
Course of Action
Purpose Provides a process to periodically
review the current decision, response, and
accomplishments to evaluate effectiveness and
confirm accuracy or, if needed, indicate
progression to a higher response level and
associated planning activities.
Validation
Decision Summary
Periodic Assessment
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WFDSS Response Levels

• Response Levels are the three
• stages of support and documentation of a
  decision
• Response Level 1 Basic Inputs
• Response Level 2 Medium Term Fire, Simulation
  and Value Inventory
• Response Level 3 Long Term Fire Simulation,
  RAVAR, and SCI

Response Level 1
Response Level 2
Response Level 3
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WFDSS Response Levels
Response Level 1

• Looks at short term fire weather forecast,
  forecasted fire danger and hazards and safety
  concerns.
• Defines a specific course of action.
• Management unit objectives are documented through
  spatial data link to Fire Management Units
  (FMUs).
• Relative Risk Assessment will be completed if
  fire for resource benefit objectives are
  identified.
• Will have the appropriate initial response per
  the management units objectives and plans.

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WFDSS Response Levels

• Looks at resource availability, medium term fire
  behavior, values and incident complexity analysis
• Incident Objectives and Management
  Requirements/Constraints will be documented.
• Recommended actions, resources, and estimated
  costs evaluated.
• Validation will consider fire simulation, values
  and resource availability.
• Response Decision Rationale, and Periodic
  Assessment Frequency are documented.

Response Level 1
Response Level 2
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WFDSS Response Levels

• Looks at long term fire behavior (Fire Spread
  Probability (FSPro), Rapid Assessment Values At
  Risk (RAVAR) and Stratified Cost Index (SCI).
• Incident Objectives and Management
  Requirements/Constraints will be documented.
• Recommended actions, resources, and Mitigation
  Actions, Estimated Cost, and Contingency Actions
  evaluated.
• Validation will consider fire simulation, values,
  resource availability and FSPro, and RAVAR.
• Response Decision Rationale, and Periodic
  Assessment Frequency are documented.

Response Level 1
Response Level 2
Response Level 3
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WFDSS - Information Flow and Analysis Levels
Information
Periodic Assessment
RL1
RL1
RL2
Situation
Decision Documentation
RL3
Validation
Objectives
Course of Action
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• Incident Documentation
• Situation Documentation
• Objectives
• Course of Action
• Decision
• Validate Strategy
• Reports

Information

• Incident Documentation
• Situation Documentation
• Objectives
• Course of Action
• Reports

• Incident Documentation
• Situation Documentation
• Objectives
• Course of Action
• Decision
• Reports

Land and Resource Mgmt Plan
Response Level 3
Response Level 1
Spatial Data Upload Pre-fire Planning
Response Level 2
Fire Management Plan

• Large Fire Suppression
• Long-Duration Fire
• WFIP Stage III
• LTIP

• Fire Discovery
• Situation Assessment and Documentation
• Initial Action
• WFIP Stage I

• Extended Action
• WFIP Stage II

Characteristics situation
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WFDSS Eleven Specific User Roles

• Specific Roles Identified
• Viewer
• Dispatcher
• Author
• Data Manager
• Geographic Area Editor
• National Editor
• Fire Behavior Specialist
• RAVAR Analyst
• Super Analyst
• Help Desk
• Admistrator

These are 3 roles of most importance to the field
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WFDSS User Roles

• Viewer Has the access to view an incident
• Dispatcher Can do everything a viewer can plus
  they can create incidents
• Author Can do everything the previous two roles
  do and they also document the decision and
  request analyses to support/inform the decision
• Data Manager Can only create the Fire Management
  Units (or other land management units), strategic
  objectives and the management requirements based
  on land management plans and fire managements
  plans.

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WFDSS User Roles

• Geographic Area Editor Authorize new
  Viewer,Dispatcher, Author and Fire Behavior
  Specialist roles and prioritize analysis requests
  within their GACC
• National Editor Has all the capabilities of a
  Geographicl Editor, but at a National level.
• Fire Behavior Specialist Formerly the FSPro
  Analyst role, but the name change reflects
  additional fire behavior tools available in WFDSS
  This role conducts fire behavior analyses

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WFDSS User Roles

• RAVAR Analyst This role is provided by the
  Forestry Science Lab in Missoula which accept or
  reject a RAVAR analysis request. And post RAVAR
  summary documentation.
• Super Analyst Has maximum analysis authority,
  provides coaching and training to other analysts.
  
• Help Desk this role is for the folks at the
  NIFC HELP DESK
• Administrator This role is for the system
  developers

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How to create a WFDSS Incident

• The Dispatcher Role Purpose
• Enter information for a new WFDSS Incident.
• Edit incident information for incidents they
  create.
• Run simple fire behavior analyses.

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Inside a WFDSS Incident

• First Lets Look at
• Intelligence
• Zone Fire Weather Forecasts
• ERC- G
• Values Inventory
• RAVAR Results
• Values at Risk Results
• Basic Fire Behavior

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INTELLIGENCE
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Zone Fire Weather Forecasts
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ERC-G
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Strategic Objectives
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Values Inventory
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RAVAR Results
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Values at Risk Results
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BASIC FIRE BEHAVIOR
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• How To Create a WFDSS Incident and use the
  Intelligence Tab

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Where to find WFDSS

• Request your user account now!!

• http//wfdss.usgs.gov

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Questions