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- Intelligence - Weather - Fuels - Fire Danger - Outlooks Unit 12

- Intelligence - Weather - Fuels - Fire Danger - Outlooks Unit 12. Unit 12 Objectives. Describe how the predictive services function is critical to priority setting and decision making. Describe the role of the EDSD as it relates to the predictive services function .

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- Intelligence - Weather - Fuels - Fire Danger - Outlooks Unit 12

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  1. - Intelligence- Weather- Fuels- Fire Danger- OutlooksUnit 12

  2. Unit 12 Objectives • Describe how the predictive services function is critical to priority setting and decision making. • Describe the role of the EDSD as it relates to the predictive services function. • Identify the basic types of information that may be of interest to the Intelligence Coordinator and/or Information Officer.

  3. Definition of Intelligence Incident intelligence describes incident specifics with appropriate technical details to provide managers with a good understanding of the situation for the decision making process. Slide 12-3

  4. NICC MAC Intelligence Flow GACC Dispatch Offices Expanded Dispatch Incident Management Team Incident

  5. Role of the EDSD • Collect and consolidate incident resource information. • Disseminate the information.

  6. Collect and Consolidate Incident Information • HOW will you find the information? • ROSS Reports • ICS 209 • Local Reports • WHAT information are you looking for? • Number of open or unfilled requests. • Requests being UTF’d from the national level. • Resources being made available for reassignment or demobilization.

  7. Disseminate the Information • WHEN should you be disseminating the information? • WHO will need this information? • Supervisory Dispatcher • Information Officer • Duty Officers / Local MAC Group • GACC / GACC MAC • NICC / National MAC

  8. Why is Intelligence Critical? • Keeps managers informed to make decisions. • Competition for resources at Preparedness Levels 4 or 5. • Aids priority setting. • Identifies critical resource shortages.

  9. Why is Intelligence Critical? • Keeps expanded dispatch informed for support of management decisions. • Provides pertinent information to complete intelligence products.

  10. Predictive Services Products • ICS-209 Incident Intelligence Summary • Daily Interagency Situation Report • Incident Management Situation Report (IMSR) • Wildland Active Fire Maps (MODIS, etc.) • Weekly/Monthly/Seasonal Weather/Fire Danger Outlook • Other local examples

  11. Interagency Web Applications Homepage (FAMWEB)

  12. ICS 209 Entry

  13. Daily Sit Report

  14. National IMSR

  15. MODIS

  16. Predictive Services Products (cont.) • Each Geographic Coordination Center will produce or provide links for Fire Weather / Fire Danger Outlooks: • Weekly • Monthly • Seasonal

  17. Unit 12 Objectives • Describe how the predictive services function is critical to priority setting and decision making. • Describe the role of the EDSD as it relates to the predictive services function. • Identify the basic types of information that may be of interest to the Intelligence Coordinator and/or Information Officer.

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