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Intro to Sustainable Fire Camps

Intro to Sustainable Fire Camps. National Logistics Meeting Boise, Idaho March 2011 Jennifer Letz , USFS Meghan Oswalt , USFS Deanna Crawford, USFS. Topics. Introductions What is Sustainability? Fire and Sustainability Logistics & Sustainable ICPs Importance of Logistics How?

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Intro to Sustainable Fire Camps

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  1. Intro to Sustainable Fire Camps National Logistics Meeting Boise, Idaho March 2011 Jennifer Letz, USFS Meghan Oswalt, USFS Deanna Crawford, USFS

  2. Topics • Introductions • What is Sustainability? • Fire and Sustainability • Logistics & Sustainable ICPs • Importance of Logistics • How? • Fire Season 2011 • How can we help?

  3. Jennifer Letz • Sustainable Operations Specialist for the Deschutes & Ochoco NFs, Bend, OR • MA in Sustainable Management • Worked in / around fire since 1996 • R6 Fire & Aviation • Chair of Western Collective Greening Fire Team

  4. Deanna Crawford • Incident Business Specialist, Nez Perce, Clearwater, and Idaho Panhandle Forests in Grangeville, ID • Resource Unit Leader on Northern Rockies Type 1 Team • Degrees in Art and Criminology • Member of Western Collective Greening Fire Team

  5. Meghan Oswalt • Assistant Sustainability Coordinator for the Aerial Fire Depot Missoula, MT • BS in Computer Science • Currently working on a MS in Environmental Studies and MS in Computer Science • R1 Fire and Aviation • Active participant of Western Collective Greening Fire Team

  6. What is Sustainability? My definition is… • A discipline balancing the needs of the Environment, social Equity, and Economic issues in the decision-making process. “The 3 Es.”

  7. Cone of Sustainability

  8. How Do We Think Sustainably? • Whole Systems Thinking • Look at the big picture • Consider the near & far reaching effects of your decisions • What upstream changes can create win-win solutions?

  9. Greening vs. Sustainability

  10. Fire Operations & Sustainability In 2009, the USFS Washington Office of Fire & Aviation Management designated 7 areas to integrate sustainable practices: • Facilities & Water • Transportation & Fleet • Green Purchasing • National Fire Caches • ICPs • Contracts • Appropriate Response to Fire

  11. Greening Fire Team • Team under the Forest Service Western Collective for Sustainable Operations • Agency initiative to organize and promote sustainable operations in the Forest Service and beyond • Board of Directors comprised of Deputy Regional Foresters of 6 Western regions • Created in 2009 Greening Fire USDA Forest Service

  12. Greening Fire Team • Research, recommend, and assist with implementing sustainable improvements at fire camps and beyond • Firefighter safety top priority • Current projects include: • Waste reduction • Recycling • Alternatives to bottled water • Outreach and education

  13. Why Fire Camp? • Multiple opportunities to integrate sustainable operations • Historical reliance on disposable items has led to increase in spending and waste of resources and energy • Unique challenges due to various unknowns • Increasing demand for spending reductions • Crossroads of the fire community – chance to influence behaviors of 1000s of folk from multiple agencies, states, private industry, etc.

  14. Logistics, Sustainability, & ICPs • Every camp denizen has a role to play… Agency Administrator Aviation Cache Contractors Firefighters IC Information Planning Purchasing / Buying Team Operations Safety … but Logistics is the “hub” of camp activity.

  15. Day in the Life - Logistics • Average day may include making decisions about: • Food • Potable Water • Shelter • Power • Transport Fuel • Equipment Fuel • Caterer Fuel • Supplies • Waste management • Sanitation • Transportation • Security • Phones • IT connectivity • Radios • Showers • Laundry • Night shift • Spike Camps • Satellite Camps • Demob PHEW!

  16. Working Towards Sustainable ICPs • Ultimately, a fire camp operating more sustainably will be: • Less expensive to run • Safer for staff • More efficient • Less wasteful of resources

  17. How? -CHOOSE -COLLABORATE -COMMUNICATE

  18. Choose: ICP Flow of Materials Water Recycling / Donation Waste / Grey Water ICP Fuel Food Cache / Host Unit Emissions Supplies

  19. Collaborate: Sphere of Influence Camp Crew Team Members Contractors NIFC You! Buying Team Firefighters Branch Members Host Unit Ask…

  20. Communicate • Connect the Dots – lack of communication is biggest hurdle to successful sustainable operations at camp • IAP • Shift Briefings • DETAILED signs • Inform branch staff • DETAILED purchase requests • One-on-one interaction

  21. Moving Forward: Fire Season 2011 • What are you already doing to improve sustainability at camp? • What can you do this season to improve sustainable operations? • How can we help you?

  22. Thanks for Listening New email address: GreeningFire@fs.fed.us

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