Beginning the Review/Approval Process for an Incident Decision

Incident owners are responsible for completing and compiling the required documentation before beginning the review/approval process for an incident decision. For Decisions using the Advanced and the Default Editor, at the top of the Decisions page there is a section titled Requirements that must be completed before the pending decision can be Reviewed / Approved. Users can also use the requirements fly-out menu on the right to ensure all required components are completed

The Default Editor also contains the vertical tab Decision Requirements that contains a list of items that need completed prior to beginning the Review/Approval Process. It contains a list of tasks that must be completed before a decision can be reviewed and approved. The list is generated when you initially create a decision and it updates automatically, as you develop and save inputs. The list below contains items from the list and links to topics that can help you complete each task:

• Enter the Unique Fire Identifier for the incident. (See Editing Incident Information.)
• Enter the Incident Size greater than 0 Acres. (See Editing Incident Information.)
• Draw a Planning Area. (See Creating Planning Areas.)
• Develop a relative risk assessment. (See Calculating Relative Risk.)
• Complete the Organization Assessment.
• Designate at least one approver for the decision. (See Assigning Incident Privileges.)
• Include at least one FMU from the list of FMUs for the incident. (See Manually Add FMU to Incident FMUs or Creating Planning Areas.)
• Include incident objectives and requirements. (See Creating Incident Objectives and Requirements.)
• Identify and include at least one action item for the course of action. (See Estimating Final Cost for an Incident .)
• Estimate a Final Cost on the Cost page. (See Completing a Course of Action.)
• Create a Pending Decision from Decision page. (See To document a decision.)
• Add content to the "Rationale" section of the decision (See Editing a Decision.)
• Publish a Pending Decision by review and approval of the decision by designated approver(s).
• As you proceed through the development of a decision, you can check this list periodically to determine which tasks have yet to be done. If all requirements have been met, a message appears in the list that states the minimum system requirements for the pending decision have been satisfied.

To begin the review/approval process for an incident decision:

1. Choose the Incident tab. The Incident List page appears.
2. Select the incident and click View Information. The Edit Information page appears.
3. Choose the Decisions tab. The Decisions List page appears.
4. If the decision is ready for publishing, edits should be complete and each section of the decision should be checked in. If the pending decision or any section of the pending decision is assigned Being Edited status, contact the decision editor(s) to ensure that edits are complete, and then click Check In.
5. Click Begin Review/Approval Process.
6. Review who has reviewed the decision and when (if Reviewers have been assigned), and make note of who the Decision Approver(s) are, and then click Continue. This will lock the decision content and the reviewers/approvers will be notified via email to review or approve the decision. In addition, the pending decision is assigned Reviewable status in the decision list.

The incident owner can check the review and approval status by navigating to the Decisions tab, selecting the pending decision, and then clicking View Info.

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Last updated on 8/13/2012 4:07:45 PM.

In This Section WFDSS Decision To begin the review/approval process for a decision:

See Also Creating a Pending Decision Creating and Publishing a Decision About the Text Editor Editing a Decision Copy a Published Decision Creating Draft Decisions and Reports Adding Text to a Decision Copying/Pasting Text into a Decision Adding an Image to a Decision Adding Incident Content to a Decision Using the Advanced Decision Editor Adding FMUs manually to Incident FMUs Including Analysis Results in a Decision Including WFDSS-generated M.A.P. Images in a Decision Restoring Decision Content to a Previous Version Viewing Decision Information Downloading an Incident KMZ File for a Pending Decision Downloading an Incident KMZ File for a Published Decision Viewing KMZ Files Publishing a Decision (for Incident Owners)

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