1. Wildland Fire Decision Support System WFDSS __________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Objectives: 1.Describe the Wildland Fire Decision Support System 2.Identify the multitude of support tools and when they might be utilized in developing decisions and implementing actions __________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. WFDSS is designed for documenting strategic decisions and to provide decision analysis on all types of wildland fires. _________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. WFDSS is designed meet federal agency policy. “Managers will use a decision support process to guide and document wildfire decisions. The process will provide situational assessment, analyze hazards and risk, define implementation actions, and document decisions and rationale for those decisions.” (2009 Policy Guidance) _________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. When a WFDSS decision is needed: Wildland fires are no longer following the initial action defined by the Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) or the Fire Management Plan (FMP) Fire continues to actively spread beyond a few burn periods Fires are being managed or considered for multiple objectives Prescribed fire exceed prescriptions and are declared wildfires _________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. WFDSS is a web based system allowing simultaneous multiple users _________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. WFDSS is designed to be consistent with accepted models of risk-informed decision making _________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Risk-informed decision making 1.Analysis: Rigorous, replicable methods to provide information about factual questions Brings new information into the process – informs deliberation 2. Deliberation: Discussion, reflection, and persuasion to communicate, raise, and collectively consider issues, increase understanding, and facilitate substantive decisions. Brings new insights, questions, and problem formulations – frames analysis. _________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Your Role in WFDSS Provide Intelligence and Feedback Observed fire behavior and severity Fuel conditions Proximity of natural and man made barriers Hazards, safety concerns Values Probability for successful implementation of strategic plans _________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. Elements of WFDSS: Information Situation Objectives Course of Action Cost Decisions Periodic Assessment Reports _________________________________________________________________________________________________

11. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Information

12. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Situation

13. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Objectives

14. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Course of Action

15. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Cost

16. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Decisions

17. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Periodic Assessment

18. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reports

19. WFDSS Analysis Tools Models Automated Basic Fire Behavior (BASIC) Automated Short Term Fire Behavior (STFB) Analyst Assisted Basic Fire Behavior (BASIC) Analyst Assisted Short Term Fire Behavior (STFB) Near Term Fire Behavior (NTFB) Fire Spread Probability (FSPro) Stratified Cost Index (SCI) Air Quality tools Smoke Models _________________________________________________________________________________________________

20. WFDSS Tools: Risk & Operational Needs Assessment Values inventory Values at Risk (FSPro) KMZ Downloads o Incident KMZ o Analysis KMZ o Pending Incident KMZ Map Capture Fire Danger Graphs Weather Forecasts _________________________________________________________________________________________________

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22. WFDSS uses geospatial information to assist in Situational Assessment _________________________________________________________________________________________________

23. WFDSS User Roles: Viewer Dispatcher Author Data Manager Fire Behavior Specialist _________________________________________________________________________________________________

24. WFDSS Incident Privileges: Assigned at the time of the incident and are specific to an incident Owner Editor Reviewer Approver _________________________________________________________________________________________________

25. WFDSS Training: http://wfdss.usgs.gov/wfdss/WFDSS Training.shtml ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

26. Objectives: 1.Describe the Wildland Fire Decision Support System 2.Identify the multitude of support tools and when they might be utilized in developing decisions and implementing actions __________________________________________________________________________________________________