WFDSS Business Process

The business process was derived from current best practices in decision-making and integrates the policies and procedures used in documenting wildland fire decisions.

The purpose of this process is not to make decisions for you, but to assist you in making the best decision possible for each incident. As such, it provides you with the tools and checklists for determining and evaluating a course of action, as well as for documenting decisions.

The following basic process is described in more detail in each section:

1. Pre-record data about the landscape, such as management requirements, strategic objectives, jurisdictions, etc. (see Data Management).
2. Log the incident (see Incident Management).
3. Assess the situation.
4. Select the incident objectives.
5. Determine a course of action.
6. Validate a course of action.
7. Document a decision.
8. Conduct a periodic assessment.
9. Develop the incident report (see Reports).

The following figure shows the business process:

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See Also Wildland Fire Decision Support System WFDSS Background WFDSS Timeline Decision Making: An Analytic Deliberative Process Landscape Data Sources WFDSS Application Symbols and Conventions Character Limitations

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