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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
MARK TWAIN NF (REGION 9)
ROLLA, MO
FSH 5109.14 - INDIVIDUAL FIRE REPORT HANDBOOK, FORM FS-5100-29
CHAPTER 20 – REPORT PREPARATION
Supplement No.: 5109.14-2009-1
Effective Date: March 9, 2009
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: DAVID C. WHITTEKIEND
Forest Supervisor
Date Approved: 03/09/2009
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by Handbook number and
calendar year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this
supplement. Retain this transmittal as the first page(s) of this document.
New Document
5109.14-2009-1
5 Pages
Superseded Document(s)
(Supplement Number and
Effective Date)
R9 Mark Twain 5109.14-2007-1
5 Pages
Digest:
Currency review – No changes to content
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FSH 5109.14 – INDIVIDUAL FIRE REPORT HANDBOOK, FORM FS-5100-29
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22 - PREPARING FORM FS-5100-29, INDIVIDUAL FIRE REPORT
22.2 – Identification
3c. County Codes
009 Berry
017 Bollinger
019 Boone
023 Butler
027 Calloway
035 Carter
043 Christian
055 Crawford
065 Dent
067 Douglas
091 Howell
093 Iron
105 La Clede
123 Madison
149 Oregon
153 Ozark
161 Phelps
169 Pulaski
179 Reynolds
181 Ripley
186 Saint Genevieve
187 Saint Francis
203 Shannon
207 Stoddard
209 Stone
213 Taney
215 Texas
221 Washington
223 Wayne
229 Wright
4. Fire Management Zones
Districts
FMZ
Ava
03
Cassville
03
Doniphan
02
Fredericktown
01
Houston
01
Poplar Bluff
02
Potosi
01
Rolla
01
Salem
01
Willow Springs
03
Winona
02
Wilderness (all areas) 04
Code
03
03
02
01
01
02
01
01
01
03
02
04
22.3 – Occurrence
3. Time of Discovery Enter the month, day, hour and minute the fire was discovered.
4. Detection Method “Call In” Code “0”.
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22.4 – Action
2. Escaped Fire This pertains to both wildland fires and prescribed burns.
3. Time of Initial Action Enter the month, day, year, hour and minute that initial
suppression actions began at the fire site. If the strategy is to contain, enter time of fires
surveillance.
4. Time Final Suppression Strategy Attained Enter the month, day, year, hour and minute
that the initial suppression strategy was attained. For an escaped fire, use the time as shown on
the escaped fire situation analysis. Code to the nearest minute.
22.5 – Description
1. Estimated FFF Cost Show only FFF expenditures. Code to the nearest $100.00.
2. FMZ NVC per Acre FIL. (Average NVC is known negatives, it is not necessary to
use (-).
FMZ
1
2
3
4
FIL 1
$8.54
$10.49
$10.43
0
FIL 2
$46.04
$249.73
$41.23
0
FIL 3
$180.37
$193.89
$154.06
$93.24
6. Fire Intensity Level Use observed flame length or determine flame length by using
burning index (BI) chart below to get FIL.
Burning Index
(BI)
0 – 20 =
21 – 40 =
41 – 60 =
61 – 80 =
81 – 120 =
120 - =
Flame Length
(Feet)
0–2
2.1 – 4
4.1 – 6
6.1 – 8
8.1 – 12
12+
Fire Intensity Level
(FIL)
1
2
3
4
5
6
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7. Representative Weather Stations
Districts
Ava/Willow Springs/Cassville
Doniphan/Eleven Point, Poplar Bluff,
Houston/Rolla, Potosi/Fredericktown,
Salem
Additional Stations
Station Name
Ava
Doniphan
Identifier
238602
239102
Sinking Creek
Big Springs (NPS)
Carr Creek (Research)
236403
239004
237401
8. NFDRS Fuel Model/Cover Type Fuel models and cover types for the Mark Twain
National Forest are as follows.
Fuel Models
Code
E - Hardwood, leaves and litter – leaf off
R - Hardwood, leaves and litter – leaf on (summer)
L - Grass
K - Slash, 0-12 tons/acre
Cover Types *
Code
Cover Type
3
White Pine
32
Shortleaf Pine
35
Eastern Red Cedar
42
Eastern Red Cedar/Hardwood
44
Shortleaf Pine/Oak
51
Post oak, Black Oak
53
White Oak, Red Oak-Hickory
54
White Oak
59
Mixed Hardwoods
99
Non Stocked
*Additional cover types are listed in the Silviculture Exam Tatum guide R9-2400-14.
22.6 – Options
GPS Every fire must be GPS’ed with a resource grade GPS unit (i.e.: Trimble Geo) using the
fire data dictionary and a shape file created. This shape file is copied to
J:\fsfiles\office\FACTS_Spatial_Data\FIRE\zoneX\cyX.
The Zone GIS Specialist or a fire data editor then incorporates it into the SDE corporate data set.
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The naming convention for shape files of prescribed fires is to use the assigned FACTS id.* For
wildfires the first 6 digits are the Region, Forest, and District numbers. The next 3 digits will be
the SO fire number** then 2 digits for the calendar year. If the shape file is an ignition point, end
the name with pt. This is what each name should end up looking like:
Feature
Feature
Feature class
Naming Convention
Type
Wildfire
FIREHIS_PL_PATFIRE
polygon
RRFFDDSO#CY
perimeter
ex: 09052104207
Wildfire point
FIREHIS_PT_PAT
point
RRFFDDSO#CYpt
of origin
ex: 09052104207pt
Prescribed fire
FIREHIS_PL_PATFIRE_RX polygon
Rx00123001
perimeter
Wilfire:nonFIREHIS_PL_PATFIRE or
Polygon or RRFFDDNS01CY or
statistical
FIREHIS_PT_PAT
point
RRFFDDNS01CYpt
perimeter or
point
*FACTS id’s are assigned in conjunction with the District NEPA Coordinator.
**SO fire numbers are issued by the Forest Dispatcher
For non-statistical fires a district number is used. There will not be an SO number. In the
field of the attribute table ‘LOCAL_NUMBER’ put an NS instead of a P code.
Feature classes are now a Forest wide extent rather than by FMZ. Layers (*.lyr) of SDE Feature
classes are filed in the GIS library at G:/gis/FIRE. The .lyr is used for display and analysis
purposes. The source data, used for editing, is in SDE in the Fire_Management feature dataset.
There are separate feature classes for wildfire polygons, wildfire point of origin, and prescribed
fire polygons.
Direction from R9 is to have all fire reports from the previous fiscal year entered in to
FIRESTAT by the first week of December and all fire reports from the previous calendar year
entered by January 15th of the next calendar year. Shape files will be placed in the appropriate
directory no later than the dates required by the FIRESTAT schedule but preferably within two
weeks of the date the fire occurred. The GIS feature class updates will be completed on a
schedule complimentary to the FIRESTAT schedule. GIS updates will be done no later than
December 15th and January 31st respectively but preferably are done throughout the year as the
fires occur.
22.7 – Remarks and Submitted/Approved
Enter the Incident Commander’s Full Name.