Submitting a Fire Behavior Analysis Request

Incident Owners and Editors can request modeled, fire behavior analysis products to help answer specific management questions or address concerns related to fire growth or spread potential. These questions and/or concerns must be documented at the time of request and are the only required field. The following analyses are available:

• Long-term (>6 days)
• Short-term (1-3 days)
• Near-term (1-6 days)

You may select the type of fire behavior assistance you want, or rely on the Fire Behavior Specialists’ expertise to choose the appropriate tool based on your selected time frame and/or questions/concerns. Contact Information for yourself and a local fire resource familiar with the fire area is also helpful. The Fire Behavior Specialist(s) develop model inputs to ensure that you get the most accurate fire behavior analysis possible for a given landscape and set of parameters.

You may also enter contact information for a local resource that can assist the FBS develop quality inputs.

Examples of management questions are:

• Will the fire reach the historic Woods cabin before Friday (four days away) given the current weather forecast?
• High, west winds are forecasted for tomorrow; what impact will that have on fire spread during tomorrow’s burn period? What if those strong, daytime west winds persist for the next three days?
• What are the chances the fire will reach Lupine Meadow in the next 14 days?

Requests are typically fielded by respective Geographic Area Editors and managed with respect to GA Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), when they exist. Depending on current workload and priorities, response for requests may be delayed. You can check the status by choosing Incidents > select incident name > View Analyses. The list of analyses for the incident is in reverse chronological order, with the most recent request on top. You can use your filters to find your analysis requests.

If you do not receive a response you may contact your GAE and check on progress. If you cannot reach your GAE or if you have reached the appropriate point in your GA SOP, then the NFDSC (208-387-5253) will be available to provide assistance with decision support including fire behavior analyses or decision content.

You receive an email when your analysis is accepted.

To submit a fire behavior a analysis request:

CAUTION: Running an FSPro analysis can require significant processing power. The more fires and longer time span you enter for the model, the longer it will take to process.

1. From the Incident list, select the incident that you want to request an analysis for.
2. Click View Information. The Edit Incident page appears.
3. From the left menu, select Fire Behavior Request. The Fire Behavior Analysis Request page appears.
4. Enter the Desired Date and Time for the analysis.
5. Enter a Rationale for the request, including specific management questions or concerns related to fire growth or spread potential you have about the incident.
6. Select the type of fire behavior analysis you think you need, by time frame. (Short-term Fire Behavior, Near-Term Fire Behavior, or FSPro Long-Term Fire Behavior.)
7. Enter your Contact Information and contact information for one or more local fire resources when available. Click Add Contact to List after entering each one.

   Be complete as the analyst might need to contact you about the analysis. It's best if you can have at least two people on the contact list.

8. Click Submit. The Situation Map page reappears with a message saying that your request was created successfully.

Depending on current workload and priorities, your request might take several days. You can check the status by choosing Incidents > select incident name > View Analyses. The list of analyses for the incident is in reverse chronological order, with the most recent request on top. You can use your filters to find your analysis requests.

You will receive an email when your analysis is completed.Running an FSPro analysis can require significant processing power. The more fires and longer time span you enter for the model, the longer it will take to process.

In This Section Analysis for Authors and Editors To submit a fire behavior analysis request:

See Also Running an Automated Basic Fire Behavior (BFB) Analysis System Generated Basic Fire Behavior Runs Drawing a Landscape Extent Running an Automated Short-Term Fire Behavior (STFB) Analysis Analysis Notes Creating an Analysis Note Viewing Analysis Notes Importing Analysis Notes Obtaining a Values Inventory Values at Risk information Identifying Values at Risk Deleting an Analysis Viewing Analysis Details Viewing the Landscape for an Analysis Including Analysis Results in a Decision

Reference Field Descriptions Glossary Resources Spatial Data Reference Landscape Data Source Reference Relative Risk Reference Organization Assessment Reference Fire Behavior Reference About the WFDSS Decision Editors