WFDSS Help | About Shapes

About Shapes

WFDSS accepts a wide variety of shape types to assist with situation assessment, fire behavior analysis, and completing a decision document. Shapes used in WFDSS can be:

uploaded using the Shape Upload option from the left hand menu (see the Uploading Shapes video),
drawn on the Situation or Analysis maps,
copied to represent a different type of shape for the same incident,
downloaded and saved as a shape file,
merged to create a new, updated, single or multi-part shape, or
deleted from an incident.

Tools for drawing, manipulating, and downloading shapes are available from the Situation and Analysis Map views. About Maps refers to these tools and their use. Shapes cannot be shared between incidents, but a shape can be downloaded from one incident and uploaded into another. Shapes can be deleted provided that the shape has not been used in an analysis or included in a decision.

WFDSS shapes are of three types:

Unit shapes include FMU, Strategic Objective, and Other Unit Shapes.
Incident shapes include Planning Areas, Fire Perimeters, Management Action Points, Incident Obj. Shapes, and Points of Interest.
Analysis shapes include Ignitions, Landscape Masks, and Barriers.

Each WFDSS User Role is associated with privileges that determine who can upload, draw, manipulate, and copy shapes. The following shapes cannot be modified when a decision is in the Review and Approval process: Management Action Points, Objective Shapes, Planning Area, and Fire Perimeters.

Table 1: Shape Privileges by User Role

Shape Name	User roles and privileges that can draw and manipulate and/or upload	Shape Type
FMU and Strategic Objective Shapes	Data Managers can upload in advance of fire season	Polygons
Management Requirements and Other Unit Shapes	Data Managers can upload through the Data Management tab	Points, Lines, Polygons
Planning Areas	Incident Owners, Editors, and Geographic Area Editors (within the geographic area) can draw and manipulate or upload.	Polygons
Fire Perimeters	Incident Owners, Editors, and Dispatchers & Geographic Area Editors (within the geographic area), Fire Behavior Specialists, and those with Analysis Edit Privileges can draw and manipulate or upload	Polygons
Management Action Points	Incident Owners, Editors, and Geographic Area Editors (within the geographic area) can draw and manipulate or upload	Points, Lines, Polygons
Incident Objective Shapes	Incident Owners, Editors, and Geographic Area Editors (within the geographic area) can draw and manipulate or upload	Points, Lines, Polygons
Points of Interest	Incident Owners, Editors, and Dispatchers & Geographic Area Editors (within the geographic area), Fire Behavior Specialists, and those with Analysis Edit Privileges can draw	Points
Analysis Ignitions	Incident Owners, Editors, Fire Behavior Specialists,those with Analysis Edit Privileges, and Dispatchers & Geographic Area Editors (within the geographic area) can draw and manipulate or upload	Points, Lines, Polygons
Landscape Masks	Incident Owners, Editors, Fire Behavior Specialists, those with Analysis Edit Privileges, and Dispatchers & Geographic Area Editors (within the geographic area) can draw and manipulate or upload	Polygons
Barriers	Incident Owners, Editors, Fire Behavior Specialists, those with Analysis Edit Privileges, and Dispatchers & Geographic Area Editors (within the geographic area) can draw and manipulate or upload	Lines, Polygons