Key Decision Log Lesson Objectives

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Key Decision Log Lesson Objectives

• Describe the KDL
• purpose,
• information requested,
• timing, and
• uses of the data
• Identify where and how to access it

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Purpose
Maximize organizational performance
and facilitate real-time and post-incident
learning by capturing key decisions,
activities, and outcomes, and attributes of the
environment within which these occur using an
on-line database
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Task Responsibility

• Begin KDL as soon as practicable after
  recognition that a fire has a high probability of
  becoming a large event host unit
• Enter key decisions that have a significant
  impact upon or implement incident objectives
  (WFDSS, Delegation) IMO, host unit (s)
• Entries depends upon frequency of key decisions
  and when it is practicable to enter that
  information.

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Why?

• By understanding how and why decision makers
  select a specific course of action, the
  complexity of an incident can be
• better understood
• transparently communicated

• By centrally locating KDLS, we can identify
• best practices
• decision-traps

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What? - KDL builds a story

• I/we have made a Decision, Take an action, or
  Raise an issue in order to move towards meeting
  an objective.

• We need to do this now because of some pressing
  or emerging issues or conditions.

• We expect this to impact key aspects of the
  incident, e.g. safety, ecology, costs.

• We expect this to affect our incident, incidents
  in the area, the region, the national/
  international situation.

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Where to find KDL?

• FAMWEB kdl.nwcg.gov (5/1)
• Basic Users Write, edit, delete records they
  enter view records created by others
• Administrative Users
• Stewards Edit, delete any records
• Administrators Digital Visions, FAMWEB IT
  programmers
• Help
• On-line assistance
• Help Desk (FAMWEB 5 days/week)
• Email assistance

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How can this information be usedby team and/or
host?

• Build the story fire narrative

• Sharpen recollection During and After
  Action learning

AA- IC check-ins Planning meetings Close-outs Afte
r Action Reviews Case studies
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How can this information be used organizationally?
Multiple teams Multiple incidents

• What are the patterns of attention/ decision
  traps?
• frequency of types of objectives
• frequency of drivers of action

• Frames and mental models
• connect to WFDSS to consider how strategies,
  tactics and rationale flow from LMP to fire
  outcome

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How does the KDL fit in?
Audience Value Tools
WO
RO/GACC
Team/Host
Real-time monitoring
Corporate system of documentation Transparency in
decision-making
Adaptive management Incident documentation
Delegation of Authority
WFDSS
Key Decision Log
Outcomes Measures
Footprint analysis
Corporate balanced Scorecard
Case studies
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Questions?

• Feedback?
• Comments?
• Please document your decision in the KDL so we
  can
• Maximize organizational performance
• Facilitate real-time and post-incident learning
• Improve the KDL process