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PARTICIPATING AGENCIES / UNITS

• Bureau of Indian Affairs• Colorado River Agency• Fort Yuma Agency• Western Regional Office

• Bureau of Land Management• Colorado River District

• United States Fish & Wildlife Service• Bill Williams National Wildlife Refuge• Cibola National Wildlife Refuge• Havasu National Wildlife Refuge• Imperial National Wildlife Refuge• Kofa National Wildlife Refuge

• United States Forest Service• Prescott National Forest

CONTENT

• WildCAD Incidents

• Wildfire

• Prescribed Fire

• Resource Mobilization

• Qualifications Management

• National Fire Danger Rating System

• Staffing

• Accomplishments

2013 WILDCAD INCIDENTS

BIABLMFWSUSFS

WILDCAD INCIDENT HISTORY

• 2008: 1,112• 2009: 1,200• 2010: 1,134• 2011: 1,316• 2012: 1,100

• 2013: 1,040 incidents• April - September• 847 incidents (85% of

incidents)• Average 5 incidents per day• 41% of incidents occurred on

Saturday & Sunday• 42% of incidents occurred

between 1000 & 1400

Aircraft

Resource Order

Wildfire

Law Enforcement

Smoke Check

0 50 100 150 200 250

Top 5 Incident Categories -2013

2013 WILDFIRES

2013 STATISTICAL WILDFIRES

BLM

USFS

BIA

FWS

• 44 Fires• 5,596 Acres

• 40 Fires• 7,422 Acres

• 18 Fires• 19 Acres

• 13 Fires• 3,222 Acres

WILDFIRE - BLM COLORADO RIVER DISTRICT

44 Fires5,596 Acres

28 Human Caused

31 Acres

Size Class ABC

28 Fires

Size Class D+

0 Fires

16 Lightning Caused5,565

Acres

Size Class ABC

15 Fires

Size Class D+

1 Fire

Size ClassA: 0 -.25B: .26 – 9.9C: 10 – 99D: 100 – 299E: 300 – 999F: 1000 – 4999G: 5000+

Largest Fires of 2013• Dean Peak: 5,413 acres, lightning caused, started on

6/29• Coyote: 55 acres, lightning caused, started on 6/30• Grand Wash: 53 acres, lightning caused, started on

8/17• Horseshoe: 36 acres, lightning caused, started on

9/7

WILDFIRE - USFS PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST

40 Fires7,422 Acres

20 Human Caused6,956

Acres

Size Class ABC

19 Fires

Size Class D+

1 Fire

20 Lightning Caused466 Acres

Size Class ABC

19 Fires

Size Class D+

1 Fire

Size ClassA: 0 -.25B: .26 – 9.9C: 10 – 99D: 100 – 299E: 300 – 999F: 1000 – 4999G: 5000+

Largest Fires of 2013• Doce: 6,770 acres, human caused, started on 6/18• Eastwood Mesa: 400 acres, lightning caused, started on 8/15• Crooks: 97 acres, human caused, started on 2/19• South Fork: 69 acres, human caused, started on 4/29

WILDFIRE - BIA COLORADO RIVER & FORT YUMA AGENCIES

18 Fires19 Acres

Colorado River

Agency12 Fires

12 Human Caused

13 Acres

0 Lightning Caused0 Acres

Fort Yuma Agency

6 Fires

5 Human Caused

6 Acres

1 Lightning Caused.25 Acre

Size ClassA: 0 -.25B: .26 – 9.9C: 10 – 99D: 100 – 299E: 300 – 999F: 1000 – 4999G: 5000+

Largest Fires of 2013• Dike Road (AZ-CRA): 9 acres, human caused, started on 8/22• Confluence (AZ-FYA): 4 acres, human caused, started on 4/27

WILDFIRE - USFWS BILL WILLIAMS, CIBOLA, HAVASU, IMPERIAL & KOFA REFUGES

13 Fires3,223 Acres

Bill Williams

1 Fire.2 Acre

Cibola5 Fires

2 Acres

4 Human Caused

.5 Acre

1 Lightning Caused

1 Acre

Havasu1 Fire

.1 Acre

Imperial5 Fires3,221

Acres

1 Human Caused3,200

Acres

4 Lightning Caused

21 Acres

Kofa1 Fire

.1 Acre

Size ClassA: 0 -.25B: .26 – 9.9C: 10 – 99D: 100 – 299E: 300 – 999F: 1000 – 4999G: 5000+

Largest Fires of 2013• Island Lake (AZ-IMR): 3,200 acres, human caused, started on 5/19• Clear Lake (AZ-IMR): 20 acres, lightning caused, started on 8/22

2013 PRESCRIBED FIRE

Agency Burn Name Burn Days Acres Accomplished

CRD Mittry South 1 43

CRD Pine Lake Piles 1 25

CRD Low Complexity Piles 4 25

CRD Pinion Pine Piles 1 15

IMR Research Burn 1 23

PNF Interior Chaparral 3 2,005

PNF Mingus Timber 2 1,000

PNF Bean Peaks 3 600

PNF West Zone Crush 5 477

PNF West Side Piles 9 473

PNF East Zone Crush 1 220

PNF Pronghorn Piles 1 100

PNF East Side Piles 2 30

2013 RESOURCE MOBILIZATION Overhead

• Processed 1,456 requests• Resources included BIA, BLM, FWS, USFS and AD overhead

Equipment• Processed 247 requests• Resources included BIA, BLM, FWS, USFS and

contract vendor equipment

Crews• Processed 34 requests• Resources included USFS crews

only

Aircraft• Processed 49 requests• Resources included seasonal aviation

assets within the PDC span of control

Supplies• Processed 786 requests• Requests included ongoing fire and incident

replacement (NFES and non-NFES supplies)

2013 QUALIFICATIONS MANAGEMENT

Prescott Dispatch Center Responsibilities• Manage IQCS accounts for 241 responders

• 174 Prescott NF overhead• 67 Prescott NF AD overhead

• Hard-copy file management / Audits• Assist BIA, BLM and FWS as needed

Experience Records Entered

Training Courses Entered

RedCards Printed

Taskbooks Initiated

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

1061

969

239

91

2013 Statistics

NATIONAL FIRE DANGER RATING SYSTEM

NATIONAL FIRE DANGER RATING SYSTEM

Prescott Dispatch Center Responsibilities• Operate the Weather Information Management System (WIMS) for 10

DOI RAWS and 4 USFS RAWS• Document and disseminate NFDRS Indices and Components to field

units• Maintain 4 USFS fixed-site RAWS and 1 USFS portable RAWS according

to NWCG standards• Produce Prescott NF Fire Danger Pocket Cards according to NWCG

standards• Calculate the Local Preparedness Level for Prescott NF and

disseminate to field units• Update and implement the Prescott NF NFDRS Operating Plan• Utilize FireFamilyPlus software to provide fire management with tools

to aid in decision making

2013 PDC STAFFING

Center Manager: Kristi Sullivan Assistant Center Manager: Barry

Wallace Assistant Center Manager: Steve Webb IA/Aircraft Dispatcher: Jennifer

Coleman IA/Aircraft Dispatcher: Bec Sandle

2013 PDC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Maintained/monitored network of weather stations with no down-time or loss of data

• Took over responsibility of Prescott NF AD Program, including timely processing of travel and time as well as hard-copy file management

• Represented Southwest Area on WildCAD User Committee

• Provided cadre for local and regional training courses

• Deployed PDC Website, providing staff and participating agencies a platform for tools and products to help with operations

• Redesigned dispatch center with new workstations which maximized square footage, increased efficiency and helped ergonomics

• Implemented networked database for ArcMap, enhancing mapping capability

• Successfully incorporated Department of Interior agencies (BIA, BLM, FWS) into PDC

• As a group, the PDC team won the Prescott NF Partnership Award for 2013