GACC - Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center

WFDSS

Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS)

Support site for the Rocky Mountain (RM)

WFDSS is a national interagency system that assists fire managers and analysts in making and documenting strategic and tactical decisions for fire incidents. It has replaced the WFSA (Wildland Fire Situation Analysis), Wildland Fire Implementation Plan (WFIP), and Long-Term Implementation Plan (LTIP) processes with a single process that is easier to use, more intuitive, linear, scalable, and progressively responsive to changing fire complexity.

WFDSS Home
WFDSS Training
WFDSS Help
WFDSS Related Resources
Decision Making for Wildfires: A Guide for Applying a Risk Management Process At The Incident Level

RM Specific Guidance and Support

Rocky Mountain Area Interagency Mobilization Guide (RMA Mob Guide)
Chapter 20 - Administrative Procedures

RM Support Documents

Incident Objectives and Course of Action Pick Lists
BKF Relative Risk Example
Example of Decision Rationale
Examples of Periodic Assessment Comments
Complexing Fire Decision Document
Comparing the Fire Behavior Tools in WFDSS
Attachment to Fire Behavior Comparison

RM Bulletins

No Current Bulletins

Fire Behavior Specialist – RM Minimum Requirements

In the RM Area, in order to be granted the “Fire Behavior Specialist” role on the WFDSS Production server, the following prerequisites are required: S-490 along with S-492 and S-493, or S-495 and/or being a qualified FBAN or LTAN with WFDSS Fire Behavior training/experience.

RM Geographic Area Editors for WFDSS

Geographic Area (GA) Editors are the points of contact for the technical functionality of WFDSS (button-pushing help), system role granting above “Viewer”, and disseminate technical information about WFDSS.

Agency	Name	Number
BIA	Reeve Armstrong	720-407-0637
BIA	John Barborinas	970-903-3499
BLM CO / WY	Gwenan Poirier	303-239-3689
NPS	Jesse Duhnkrack	303-969-2678
NPS	Cody Wienk	402-661-1770
FWS	Shane Del Grosso	606-352-5894 X116
FWS	Rich Sterry	303-236-8124
USFS	Mark Nelson	970-295-6685
USFS	Brenda Wilmore	970-328-5891

Agency Links

BLM/NPS/FWS/USFS

Interagency Standards for Fire and Fire Aviation Operations (Red Book)
     Chapter 11 - Incident Management & Response (relating to WFDSS)
     Chapter 2 - BLM Program Organization & Responsibilities (relating to WFDSS)
     Chapter 3 - NPS Program Organization and Responsibilities (relating to WFDSS)
     Chapter 4 - FWS Program Organization & Responsibilities (relating to WFDSS)
     Chapter 5 - USFS Program Organization & Responsibilities (relating to WFDSS)

BIA Specific