Management Action Points

Management Action Points (M.A.P.s) are clearly specified incident conditions that, when reached, prompt a predefined modification to existing fire management actions, or trigger the implementation of new strategies and/or tactics. M.A.P.s are usually spatial, but can also be temporal or otherwise tied to conditions that cannot be conveyed geographically using points, lines, or polygons. Incident conditions defined by M.A.P.s can be related to fire activity, smoke, weather, fuels, calendar dates, resource availability or an combination of any of these (and other) elements. If the incident conditions defined by the M.A.P. are met, timely implementation is generally critical for successful accomplishment of the incident objectives. The use of M.A.P.s is optional.

Examples of M.A.P.s:

• “If active fire approaches within 100 yards of MAP1 (the Fuego Canyon Road), burn out the grassy vegetation along the roadside. Use engines on standby to suppress any spot fires across the roadway.”
• “If Red Flag winds are forecast and if the fire is not contained, remove all ground forces from the MAP2 polygon. Monitor fire activity from the Red Bear Lookout and, as conditions allow, use aerial resources to pick up any spots across the M.A.P. boundary.”

Incident Owners or Editors create M.A.P.s on the Mgmt Action Points menu option, located on the left side of the screen within the incident perspective. You can also access the menu option via hyperlink on the Course of Action vertical tab in the Default Decision Editor.

While M.A.P.s are generally incident-specific, some units have pre-planned M.A.P.s for sensitive areas, or reuse M.A.P.s from previous fires in the same area. WFDSS allows you to draw or upload M.A.P.s that have a spatial component and to include the text that describes the predefined conditions, associate management actions, the resources that will be needed and the estimated monetary cost of implementing each M.A.P. on an incident. You can download multiple M.A.P shapes from the Situation map and from the M.A.P menu option.

You can choose to include WFDSS-generated map captures of individual or all M.A.P.s in a decision. The selection, made atop the Mgmt Action Points menu option page, can be changed as needed, and as additional decisions are published and M.A.P.s are updated and/or created.

The following tasks are included in this section:

• Setting up a M.A.P.
• Assigning Shapes to a MA.P.
• Editing a M.A.P.
• Deleting a M.A.P.
• Activating a M.A.P.
• Deactivating a M.A.P.
• Excluding a M.A.P.
• Downloading a M.A.P.

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Last updated on 6/25/2019 1:31:28 PM.

In This Section Incidents Creating Management Action Points (M.A.P.s) Creating a Management Action Point for a Shape Assigning a Shape to a Management Action Point Editing a Management Action Point Deleting a Management Action Point Activating a Management Action Point Excluding a Management Action Point Versioning a Management Action Point Annotating a Management Action Point Downloading Management Action Point (M.A.P.) Shapes Viewing Management Action Points

See Also Incident Quick Search Generating KMZ Files from the Incident List Incident Setup Incident Ownership About Relative Risk Organization Assessment Estimating Final Cost for an Incident Stratified Cost Index Situation Assessment About the Assessment Tab Incident Objectives and Requirements Course of Action About the Cost Tab Estimating Final Cost for an Incident Adding Incident Notes Declaring an Incident Out

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