Abstract

GIS Activities USFS Region 5 Fire & Aviation Management 2012
Track: Wildland Fire Management
Authors: Lorri Peltz-Lewis

The Fire and Aviation Management GIS Lab provides direct support to incidents including fire and all hazards. This includes direct support to GIS staff on incidents including preparing and delivering data, training, planning, data management, coordination, etc. This past year the lab has gone through some major changes including a new GIS Coordinator/Program Manager, coordination with Federal, State, and Local agencies including the NIFC, NWCG Geospatial Task Group, FIRESCOPE GIS Specialist Group, California Fire and Resource Assessment Program, and many more. Over the past year many activities and projects have taken place including the training and use of FIMT, Fire GIS tools, efficiency of Helicopter Interagency Dispatch Optimization Pilot Project (IDOPP), GISS Training, incident support, integration and support for WFDSS, support for the GACCs in CA, Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) support, integration to the USFS EDC, and many more.