PNWCG Steering Committee Meeting Notes 7/14/99
PNWCG Steering Committee
July 14, 1999
Meeting Notes
Terry Hueth
Mike Edrington
Dennis Macomber
Earl Cordes
Lanny Quackenbush
Charlie Stone
John Viada
Bob Anderson
Ken Till (for Mark Forbes)
Barbara Kennedy
1. Transition– Steering Committee (SC) welcomed and introduced new members Lanny
Quackenbush and John Viada to PNWCG members, roles, and processes.
Part of the discussion was around Working Teams. SC agreed to review current list of working teams
and liaisons and discuss and reorder Steering Committee liaisons, if necessary. (Agenda item for August
meeting.) Barbara agreed to update and send out Working Team rosters.
2. Prevention Working Team Update– Dewey Tate updated the SC on Prevention Working Team
activities and marketing strategy (attached). Some key points from discussion:
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The Prevention Working Team recommends against using Smokey to carry the prescribed fire
message (strategic plan tactic.) The team felt that Smokey is targeted towards a younger
audience and that he may not be effective with the prescribed fire message, which would be
targeted to adults.
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Many of the strategic plan tactics related to education and prevention are either being addressed
or in alignment with the prevention team strategic plan.
3. Standard Call Sign Procedures-- The SC made the decision to use standard call signs in the
Geographic area. Phil Hufstader (Chair, Aviation Working Team) is preparing a letter for Terry’s
signature, to send to the geographic area discussing the policy.
4. 310-1 Response– Training Working Team is working on a coordinated response for the PNWCG
for the 9/1 reply due to NWCG. SC agreed that we would display the areas where the agencies agree,
and also describe what areas of disagreement there are between the agencies on the proposed 310-1.
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5. AD Hires in Command and General Staff Positions – Terry and Mike discussed the NWCG
letter regarding AD and/or retirees in C and G positions. SC agreed there was a mixed message, and
was concerned the letter discouraged not only agency retirees hired under AD authority, but all AD
hires. Mike agreed to phone Roger Erb and clarify the intent of the letter, which we assume
discourages hiring of agency retirees under AD authority in C and G positions, as opposed to
discouraging all AD hires. (Info item for August meeting)
6. PNWCG Note Taker– SC discussed process to take notes at meeting. ODF volunteered to
provide note taker beginning in August.
7. Mission Statement/Charter– SC discussed draft Charter. Need to add working guidelines
(operating procedures.) Agreed because PNWCG is chartered under the PNWCG Master Agreement,
the SC could sign the Charter, and it would not need agency administrator signatures. Barbara will
rework document and distribute for review and discussion at next meeting (attached)
8. Severity requests/mobilization for predicted severe lightning events-- Mike discussed a
concept to use severity or emergency pre-suppression money to mobilize contract resources and
position them at strategic locations to use them for initial attack when significant lightning is predicted.
SC agreed with concept. Leo Sidebotham (SORO Acting AD for Operations) is developing the
process. SC suggested that John Viada, John Boro, and Carol Ford be consulted to assist with the
process to pick contract forces.
9. Northwest Compact– Charlie Stone announced the Oregon State Legislature passed the legislation
necessary for them to sign and join the Northwest Compact.
10. Firewise Community Workshop– Barbara Kennedy is the GACG representative for the NWCG
Wildland Interface Working team sponsored Firewise Communities workshop schedule for March 2931, 2000 at Skamania Lodge. The purpose of the workshop is to bring leaders from insurance,
planning, emergency services, construction, landscaping, architects, elected officials, banking, and
utilities to create community action on local wildland urban interface issues. The goal of Firewise is that
homes should be designed, built and maintained to withstand a wildfire without the intervention of a fire
department. Action Item: SC agreed to provide Barbara a list of key contacts in the Geographic Area
for these workshops
11. Next Meeting–
August 18, 1999 Northwest Coordination Center (NOTE LOCATION CHANGE)
Identified Agenda Items:
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Review of Working teams and Liaisons; possible change of liaison (Decision)
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Identify and re-establish SC liaisons with sub geographic areas (Decision)
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Review of Strategic plan (Decision) (Attached)
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Review of Charter (Decision)
Clarification on AD/retiree hires (information/follow up)
NWCC update (information)
Please send additional agenda items to Barbara by August 6th.
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Pacific Northwest Wildfire Coordinating Group
Mission Statement, Charter, and Working Guidelines
Authorization:
The Pacific Northwest Wildfire Coordinating Group (PNWCG) is authorized by the Master
Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement signed and dated October 14, 1998.
Mission Statement:
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PNWCG is established to further interagency coordination of interface, prescribed, and
wildland fire management for local, tribal, state, and federal agencies to enhance firefighter
safety and protect life, property, and natural resources.
Charter:
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Provide interagency leadership and coordinated implementation of current fire management
policies, directions, and standards.
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Foster a full partnership, trust, and mutual assistance among the wildland fire protection entities.
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Coordinate and provide interagency leadership to promote efficiency and effectiveness of
incident management and operations at local, national, and area command levels.
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Recommend a unified course of action to geographic area agency administrators in order to
promote safety and provide oversight in all aspects of fire and incident management.
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Serve as geographic clearing house and forum for the identification and resolution of interagency
management issues.
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Promote ecosystem management, prevention and education, fuels management, and the
reduction of loss in the wildland-urban interface.
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Provide leadership and oversight in geographic area for fire management safety and training
programs.
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Serves as focal point for interagency coordination for the Northwest, sub-geographic areas, and
national levels.
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Establish the geographic area multi agency coordination group
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Provide oversight to the Northwest Coordination Center and Northwest mobilization guide.
Signatures by Steering Committee:
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Working Guidelines
Membership:
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The Steering Committee will be composed of the regional lead fire management officers from
each of the following agencies: USDA Forest Service, USDI National Park Service, Bureau of
Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs; State of Oregon,
Department of Forestry, State of Washington, Department of Natural Resources; and
representatives from the Oregon and Washington Fire Chiefs Associations. Additional members
may be added if theSteering Committee determines it to be appropriate.
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Members shall insure that respective agency policy and procedures are maintained and agency
administrators are informed. Members are responsible for informing the fire management
community within their organization about PNWCG activities.
Organization and Officers:
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Chair and Vice Chair: The Steering Committee will elect a Chair and Vice-chair for one year
terms. The Vice-chair will advance to the office of Chair after completion of the one year term
or upon vacancy of the Chair. The term of office begins in December.
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The Chair is responsible for calling meetings, setting agendas, and coordinating with NWCG.
The Chair assures that necessary reports are submitted and meeting notes are prepared for each
meeting, and posted on the Web page.
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The Vice-chair assumes the duties of the Chair in their absence.
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Steering Committee: The Steering Committee will provide direction and oversight by
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identifying issues, concerns, and opportunities of mutual interagency interest. Steering
Committee members are responsible for providing coordination and liaison with their assigned
sub-geographic areas and working teams, and with their respective agency administrators.
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The Steering committee meets monthly or at an interval determined by the steering committee to
be appropriate.
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Executive Officer: The Executive Officer is a part time staff person assigned to PNWCG to
coordinate the overall program of work. The Executive Officer tracks the strategic plan and
tasks assigned to working teams, assures that meetings are managed and records are
maintained.
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Working Teams: Working Teams will consist of the following standing teams: Training,
Operations, Prevention, Fire Weather, Fire Equipment and Contracting, Technical
Communications, Fire Use and Fuels Management, Business Management, Fire Information,
Aviation, and Interagency Contract. Other teams may be established as the steering committee
deems appropriate.
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The Steering Committee will provide direction and oversight by identifying issues of mutual
interest and assigning work through task orders to the appropriate working team. Each working
team shall have a liaison, consisting of a member of the steering committee.
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Each working teams shall have a charter, establish a chair, and regularly communicate their
activities to the steering committee. Working Team membership shall be selected from
PNWCG member agencies.
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Working Team outputs frequently take the form of a recommendation to PNWCG Steering
committee. Outputs shall be fully staffed out, generally with a recommendation, prior to being
presented to PNWCG.
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Working Team staff work should be submitted to the Liaison or Executive Officer in a
compatible electronic format sufficiently in advance of meeting so that copies can be distributed
to members ahead of the next meeting.
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Task Groups: Task groups may be created by the Steering Committee to complete short term
assignments. When the task is completed, the Task Group is disbanded.
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PNWCG STRATEGIC PLAN
1999
Table of Contents:
Table of Contents................................................................................................................... Page -1Mission Statement.................................................................................................................. Page -2Planning topics....................................................................................................................... Page -2Prioritization of Issues............................................................................................................. Page -5Perceptions of the problem..................................................................................................... Page -5Top Three Issues ................................................................................................................... Page -8Goals, Objectives, Strategies, and Tactics............................................................................... Page -9Monitoring and Implementation............................................................................................. Page -14-
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Mission Statement:
An Interagency group providing coordination of interface and wildland fire management for local, tribal,
state and federal agencies and their constituents to enhance firefighter safety and protection of life,
property and natural resources.
Planning topics:
Fuels Management
Barriers: Congressional and National expectations limited by the workforce; Landscape scale
treatment across agency boundaries; Smoke management concerns and laws; Administrative
differences between agencies; Public concerns over Rx fire; Fuels Management may not be
popular with local governments.
Availability of Qualified Fire Personnel for Incident Management:
Barriers: Too many demands upon individuals; Lack of commitment of agency administrators to
make people available; Fewer people available (less people in the agencies); Lack of incentives
for people to participate; Perception that structural firefighters can’t play on IMT’s; Perception
that contractors can’t be on IMT’s; Need streamline training processes for integration of
structure personnel.
Public Safety and Health (smoke etc.):
Barriers: Policies of regulatory agencies and ours; Public acceptance and awareness of the job;
Effective monitoring; Lack of coordinated wildfire and Rx fire monitoring efforts.
“Toys” that do what they are suppose to:
Barriers: Ability to ensure quality is there (ie. ability to look at all training records); Agency
culture, everybody likes own standards which results in lack of uniformity; Some toys are too
high tech.
Effective Training:
Barriers: Candidate pools not screened properly or not qualified; The amount or quantity of
qualified instructors; Course content/delivery systems not set up to meet
customer needs (ie. RFD); Economics, some times the cost is too
much; Lack of a formal system to utilize trainees.
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Complete Area Coordination, Universal for Sub-geographic Area Reflecting a “seamless” Interagency
Effort:
Barriers: Agency culture; Turf protection; Sub-geographic areas do not reflect makeup of
PNWCG; Don’t know who or where sub-geographic areas are.
Public Education, Re-education, Marketing for Fuels Management:
Barriers: How we are getting the right message to the public vs. what “Smokey Bear” says;
Lack of prevention/information positions; Lack of priority by agency administrators or agencies;
Lack of common marketing program; What are we trying to say with a common message.
Be More Cost Effective and Efficient with Fire Suppression:
Barriers: Agency culture ie. stopping fire at agency boundary at all costs; Politics surrounding an
incident; All our successes erased by one mistake.
Convince Congress/Legislative Bodies that More Money is Needed for Suppression Resources:
Barriers: Money is not the issue......the ability of the fed’s to tell congress what it really cost to
do the job such as support items like computers, roofs for ranger stations etc.; Agency
Administrator priorities result in money going to the wrong place; Other agencies are picking up
the workload of the fed’s due to reduced resources (engines/crews).
Enhance Personnel Safety:
Barriers: Personal commitment of ff’s and others; Personal and legal barriers; Availability of
qualified firefighters; Lack of funds for local fire departments for PPE; Inadequate resource
commitments to incidents; “macho”attitude, still can’t say no.
Continue to Enhance MAC (Multi-Agency Coordination) Group:
Barriers: Lack of qualified people to be trained and available; Lack of commitment by agency
Administrators; Structural Firefighters can’t play; Few people actually available; Lack of
incentives for people; Lack of coordination State Fire Marshall Office of mobilization of
resources.
Develop or Create Opportunities for Private Wildland Fire Services:
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Barriers: Agency culture; Unable or unwilling to employ enough to be viable; not used on
hotline, reduces effectiveness; more workload for agencies and PNWCG; perception that using
contractors will ultimately reduce initial attack capability by agency resources.
Integration of Local and Rural Fire Departments into Wildland Organizations:
Barriers: Agency cultures; Lack of pre-suppression agreements that address the need; Agency
policy and interpretation of agency policy; Limited availability of structural firefighters in rural
areas.
Streamline Fire Management Fire Business Management Policies for Local, State and Federal
Resources:
Barriers: Agency culture; Lack of standardized policies; Purchase authorities limited or in some
cases fed’s can’t pay for local fire departments; Union/labor relations; Lack of standardized
forms.
Fire Weather Services:
Barriers: NWS ability to meet the needs; Agency Culture (NWS); Funding priorities, engines
vs. Forecasters; Technology either too expensive or non-existent.
Implementation of the Resource Allocation Process:
Barriers: Don’t know who the players are in the sub-geographic areas; PNWCG availability to
go to sub-geographic areas to teach the process, plus understand the process to teach it;
Ordering resources by IMT’s conflict with this process; Hard to teach process to “old dogs”;
Large landowners need to “buy into” the process; concurrence and acceptance down to subgeographic areas.
Safely and Effectively Utilize Resources in the Wildland Interface:
Barriers: Lack of T-III IC’s; Communication barriers like narrow banding; Agency cultures
prevent working together; Lack of unified pre-attack planning; Lack of quality training, structure
fire departments finds it tough to translate I/S courses to their needs. Need risk assessment and
resource allocation training; Lack of pre-season dialog with State Fire Marshall Office.
True Common Standards for Use of Aircraft:
Barriers: Agency culture; Budget restrictions; Types of aircraft selected, some times too
expensive for all; Common definition by agencies for safe and “good enough”; Self imposed
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agency standards ie. Lead plane use, carding issue that cause conflicts.
Establish and Effective Communication and Organization for PNWCG, the Membership and the Board:
Barriers: Lack of clear-cut communication process; Lack of information management; Agency
constraints; Communication hardware and delivery systems; Lines of authority w/I agencies;
Functional vs. Sub-geographic conflicts result in competing efforts and duplication
Prioritization of Issues:
The following were identified as “First Cut” Issues:
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Fuels Management
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Availability of Qualified Personnel for Incident Management
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Lack of Public Education and Marketing for Fuels vs. Suppression and Smoke Management.
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Effective Communication and Organization for PNWCG Member and Board including Subgeographic Areas.
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Develop or Create Opportunities for Private Wildland Fire Services
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Enhance Fire Personnel Safety
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Complete Area Coordination to Be Universal for Sub-geographic Areas to be “seamless”.
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Integration between Local and Rural Fire Departments and other Federal and State Fire
Services
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Implement Resource Allocation Process
Perceptions of the problem:
Fuels Management:
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Lack a process to show tangible benefits for fuels management to customers.
Existing laws and regulations (ie. smoke) hamper our ability.
Public doesn’t like smoke, black areas and no green trees.
Special interest group opposition to forest management.
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Different authorities challenge our abilities to do fuels management across landscapes and
different ownerships.
Private landowners (wildland urban interface) don’t understand/accept responsibility (fuels) for
their lands.
Landowner liability.
Can’t do projects because of lack of available resources (people).
Lack of support for public officials (for RFD’s and States) for fuels work (allocation of dollars).
Lack of incentives for private landowners.
Results are large fires and unsafe conditions.
Lack of Public Education and Marketing for Fuels vs. Suppression and Smoke Management:
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Uninformed public = lack of support for programs = larger fires, unhealthy ecosystems, burned
homes and unsafe conditions for firefighters and the public.
Lack of public support = lack of budget.
Public has unrealistic expectation, they believe by dialing 911, we can save them.
Enhance Fire Personnel Safety:
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Firefighter attitude.
Lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) by rural and local fire departments.
Lack of funding for PPE for rural and local fire departments.
Lack of training/knowledge, skills and experience.
Unwillingness for firefighters to communicate safety concerns and hazards.
Lack of qualified people in right places.
Availability of Qualified Personnel for Incident Management:
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Competing demands for people to do other emergency jobs such as hazmat, law enforcement
and search and rescue.
People are more focused on family, personal life, in general reflect societal changes.
Lack of agency administrator support.
fewer employees.
Organizational efficiencies have resulted in fewer people with more demands on their time.
Lack of training opportunities for local fire departments.
Wildland fire courses too specific for local fire district personnel result in them not going. In
some cases, applies to the States.
Have not tapped into other sources ie. GSA, DOT.
Wrong people in wrong jobs, more expensive, bigger fires, resource loss and safety is
compromised
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Integration between Local and Rural Fire Departments and other Federal and State Fire Services:
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Common training and standards.
Local and rural fire departments aren’t always considered as a resource when plans are put
together, also, visa-versa, states/feds aren’t considered when locals and rural are preplanning.
Lack of common communication systems ie. radios, computers etc.
No direct line of communication between agencies at local level, including RFD’s.
Implement Resource Allocation Process:
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”We” (PNWCG) have not trained with sub-geographic areas to implement the process.
”We” have not defined the process.
Some agencies in sub-geographic areas are not working well together.
Not universal acceptance of the process.
No tie between central point of ordering on an incident and all agencies within sub-geographic
areas.
Effective Communication and Organization for PNWCG Member and Board including Sub-geographic
Areas:
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Information from the board (PNWCG) is not being disseminated to all members represented by
the board.
Information flow is too slow.
PNWCG board has no authority to direct members to do anything.
No dedicated staff for the board.
Information not being disseminated to agency administrators.
Lack of understanding about what PNWCG is among constituents.
Lack of knowledge about mission, strategies, goals and objectives of PNWCG.
Communication and coordination between working teams; lack of clear direction from steering
committee to working teams.
Lack of clear work tracking process for group.
Complete area coordination not universal for sub-geographic areas ie. seamless interagency.
Agencies not working well together.
Ineffective use of resources at sub-geographic area level.
Lack of reliable information on regional resources.
Personalities/people, not willing to compromise and work together.
Lack of knowledge of key contacts for local RFD’s and other fire service agencies, this is visaversa for the fed’s and states.
Agency attitude that local and RFD’s can’t be on Incident Management Teams.
Lack of understanding of the administrative process on how to involve RFD’s in wildland fires.
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Top Three Issues:
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Fuels Management
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Lack of Public Education and Marketing for Fuels vs. Suppression and Smoke Management.
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Enhance Fire Personnel Safety.
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Goals, Objectives, Strategies, and Tactics
Fuels Management
1.0 - GOAL: Effectively coordinate member agencies efforts in meeting fuels management objectives.
1.1 - OBJECTIVE: Accomplish fuels management objectives without fatalities or major
injuries of firefighters or the public.
1.11 - STRATEGY: Enhance the pool of qualified people for fuels management
efforts within the Geographic Area.
1.111 - TACTIC: Provide an assessment and training plan for future (3
years) training needs in the Pacific Northwest.
Who: Chairperson, Training Working Team
When: January 1, 2000
2.0 - GOAL: Effectively communicate the benefits of fuels management
2.1 - OBJECTIVE: Provide education for agency personnel and the public concerning the
benefits of fuels management
2.11 - STRATEGY: Develop educational packages to use for training agency
personnel and the Public.
2.111 - TACTIC: Approach the NASF and the USFS (to use Smokey Bear)
to promote use of prescribe fire and fuels management activities as a method of
wildfire prevention.
Who:
When:
2.112 - TACTIC: Promote the use of wildfire curriculum for education of
students grades 6-12.
Who:
When:
2.113 - TACTIC: use spot adds on TV, Theaters, radio, and newspapers
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Who:
When:
2.114 - TACTIC: Enhance Agency Fire Management courses to include
information on benefits of fuel management
Who:
When:
Availability of Qualified Personnel for Incident Management and;
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Develop or Create Opportunities for Private Wildland Fire Services.
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Integration between Local and Rural Fire Departments and other Federal and State
Fire Services.
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Enhance Fire Personnel Safety
3.0 - GOAL: Effectively coordinate member agency wildland fire, prescribed fire, and other incident
staffing needs.
3.1 - OBJECTIVE: All wildland fires, prescribed fires and other incidents are adequately
staffed with qualified personnel in an efficient and effective manner.
3.11 - STRATEGY: Complete a workforce incident needs analysis for qualified,
available personnel.
3.111 - TACTIC: PNWCG will offer to support and help with the NWCG
workforce analysis and then add needed local information to this effort. Bill
Waterbury who is now the lead for a BLM/FS workforce analysis will work
with NWCG and lead the PNWCG effort.
Who:
When:
3.12 - STRATEGY: Coordinate the establishment of a geographic area resource
staffing level for PNWCG members.
3.121 - TACTIC: Coordinate the establishment of sub geographic area
resource staffing levels and then build the geographic level information from
these studies.
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Who:
When:
4.0 - GOAL: Integrate non agency (Federal and State) personnel into intergrated IMT's.
4.1 - OBJECTIVE: Increase the use of non agency personnel to meet staffing needs of
integrated IMT's.
4.12 - STRATEGY: I.D. and fill approprate IMT shortage positions with private
wildand fire services and rural and local agency personnel.
4.121 - TACTIC: Coordinate wildland fire training for local and rural agency
and private wildand fire services personnel.
Who:
When:
4.122 - TACTIC: Coordinate through sub geographic areas meetings with
local and rural agencies to discuss this approach.
Who:
When:
4.123 - TACTIC: Meet with the private wildand fire services associations to
discuss this approach.
Who:
When:
Effective Communication and Organization for PNWCG Member and Board including Subgeographic Areas, and;
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Implement Resource Allocation Process.
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Enhance Fire Personnel Safety.
5.0 - GOAL: Information throughout the geographic area is effectively shared and disseminated.
5.1 - OBJECTIVE: Identify information network to be used to disseminate information to
sub-geographic areas.
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5.11 - STRATEGY: Develop and maintain an interactive web site for the PNWCG,
the working teams and sub-geographic areas
5.111 - TACTIC: Develop PNWCG web page, with organizational chart,
working teams and task Groups, assigned tasks, and meeting notes.
Who: Kennedy, Vinson, and Sanford
When: December 1, 1999
5.112 - TACTIC: Develop an Organizational web access to PNWCG steering
committee members via e-mail from the web page. Also include working team
and task group chairs, and sub-geographic area chairs.
Who: Kennedy, Vinson, and Sanford
When: December 1, 1999
5.113 - TACTIC: Ensure PNWCG web site is easily accessible and we have
links with other fire service web sites in the Northwest (i.e. Washington /
Oregon Fire Chiefs and Fire Marshals offices).
Who: Kennedy, Vinson, and Sanford
When: December 1, 1999
6.0 - GOAL: Effective and efficient coordination and cooperation in all sub-geographic areas.
6.1 - OBJECTIVE: Coordinate and support the development of effective and efficient subgeographic organizations
6.11 - STRATEGY: Assign a steering committee liaison to coordinate and
communicate with each sub-geographic area.
6.111 - TACTIC: Identify the chair of each sub-geographic area
Who: Kennedy
When: September 1, 1999
6.112 - TACTIC: Develop and communicate the list of steering committee
liaisons to the sub-geographic areas
Who: Kennedy
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When: September 1, 1999
6.113 - TACTIC: Attend scheduled sub-geographic area meetings.
Who: PNWCG Steering Committee Liaisons
When: Beginning September 1, 1999
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Monitoring and Implementation
Tracking of Accomplishments: The Board agreed that tracking not only the “big three” but other
strategic issues would be accomplished by the following methodology:
* The Strategic Plan would be published in a formal document to be updated annually.
* There will be a “future planning topics” section where other issues will be identified
tracked.
and
* There will be an “accomplishments” section in the Strategic Planning document.
* Letters of recognition will be sent to those accomplishing tasks/tactics of the Strategic
* At each PNWCG meeting, the Strategic Plan will be addressed with a “situation
on accomplishments with the opportunity to identify and additional “strategic issues.”
Plan.
update”
* Annually, the PNWCG will dedicate one meeting entirely to “re-focus” of Strategic
Planning.
* All PNWCG Working Teams will be identified in the Strategic Plan and will have
current
charters. Annual reviews of charters, budget requests and Programs of Work for
each Working
Team will occur. These reviews will focus on the PNWCG Mission
Statement
and
Strategic
Planning Topics.
* The Executive Assistant for PNWCG and the current Chairperson will be responsible
for tracking the S
Agreements to move forward on completing the Strategic Plan:
* Three person groups will take on one of the Strategic Planning Topic, assignments
made by volunteers at the meeting.
* Each group will draft additional goals and objective for their issue, send out for review
* After the exchange, work groups will work on strategies and tactics for the Strategic
Planning issues and finalize at the meeting, March 10th.
Joe agreed to do:
* Provide a copy of the notes in Word Perfect format by January 15th.
* Provide copy of CA. Strategic Plan as a model and facilitate as necessary.
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Fire in the Pacific Northwest Ecosystem curriculum
1998-99 marketing strategy
November 20, 1998
The purpose of the strategy is to update and amend the 1997-98
short and long term interagency strategy that was implemented in the
fall of 1997. The goal that was identified in the previous plan was
to provide training and distribute The Fire in the Pacific Northwest
Ecosystem curriculum to middle/high school educators in Oregon and
Washington States. The goal remains the same. This was to be
achieved through:
promotional articles using existing educator publications
identification of educator contacts in both states
internal and external training (workshops) to model
curriculum application to the desired audience
strategic look to the future to define other marketing
opportunities and make adjustments based on monitoring and
projected available funding
Product: The Fire in the Pacific Northwest Ecosystem is an
interdisciplinary curriculum targeted for grades 7-12. The
lessons and activities in the curriculum focus on fire ecology,
human uses of fire in ecosystems, and living in the urban interface.
Two videos, a slide program, two maps and three case studies were
included with the original curriculum. One thousand kits were
originally developed for this project.
Restocking dwindling curriculum inventories will begin after the
text and slide components are moved to CD Rom (estimated completion
date December 31, 1998). In addition to this, one video component
of the curriculum kit from the Discovery channel is under
negotiation for further supply and production. In 1999 a web based
marketing approach will be implemented to provide greater ability
for educator audiences to sample parts of the curriculum and learn
about available training.
Partners:
This has been a joint project with National Park Service,
Department f Natural Resources, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Oregon Department of Forestry, United States
Forest Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the
Environmental Education Association of Oregon. In 1999 Project
Learning Tree will participate in this effort with the
incorporation of this curriculum into four of there existing
workshops. In 1999 a National Envirothon will be conducted in each
state ending with a national competition in July. The purpose of the
Envirothon is to promote environmental education targeted at school
aged children across the nation. Each year a different theme is
selected for use in this program and this years theme is fire.
Several states have request and been granted use of this curriculum
in the 1999 Envirothon.
Distribution Plan:
One thousand kits were completed initially. These kits were
distributed by the Washington Department of Natural Resources
through there warehouse in Olympia WA. The kits went to
approximately fourteen project workshops in the two states. To
receive a kit an educator must have completed the training. This was
successful and this method will continue to be used for the 1998-99
marketing period.
Target Audience:
internal- State and Federal employees involved in:
education
interpretation
fire/fire prevention
This audience will use the materials to either:
1)train others including our external target audience
2)use it in classrooms with students and/or
3)use it in programs to the public
External- Teachers (focus grades 7-12) all subject areas
school administrators
pre-service teachers
camp counselors (long range)
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TARGET AREAS:
Primary areas to target are fire dependent rural communities of
Washington and Oregon States.
Generally this area tends to be east of the Cascade Mountains in both
states. As funding and opportunities become available other areas
will have access to this program and the training workshops.
ACTION: PROMOTIONAL ARTICLES:
Promotional articles will be written that include information
about the curriculum kit, curriculum contacts(see step two for
contacts)and workshop schedules (see step three). This article
will then be distributed to a variety of sources listed below. Most
of these sources have an educational focus.
Action: Articles will be distributed to the following sources by
January 15, 1999.
Clearing Magazine
-Susan Thomas
Learning Links-Susan Thomas
Environmental Education Association of WA newsletter-Susan Thomas
Environmental Education Association of Oregon newsletter-Kate F.
Washington Science Teachers Association Newsletter-Susan Thomas
Washington Education Association- Susan Thomas
-Susan Thomas
Electronic clearing house NPS naturalists-Deanne Adams
Electronic clearing house BLM-John Craig
Forest Service Web Page-Susan Thomas
Forest Service Fire Staff Officers- Susan T./Dewey
Fire News and Notes
ACTION: Presentation marketing
Forest Service Dec. 1998 National Fire Meeting in D.C.-Dewey Tate
Operate booth at the February 22 to 25, 1999, CFFP Workshop PNWCG
Conduct demonstration workshop Feb. 22-25,1999 workshop
Susan Thomas
ACTION: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TRAINING
Short term workshop training offered through December, 1999.
A series of workshops will be offered to our internal and external
public (See listing of these specific target audiences).
Locations, Dates and costs are identified when known. These
workshops are listed in the order they will be occur for Oregon and
Washington State. Where applicable, all workshops should encourage
external and internal audiences to attend. Internal specialists
should also be considered to participate as guest speakers when it is
appropriate.
LONG TERM ACTIONS:
Develop a format to recover inventory restocking costs the
curriculum so the monies collected will go back into the
development of more curriculums and kits. Possible outlet
could be the Northwest Interpretative Association.
Work with curriculum directors, and the Oregon and Washington
State Education offices to endorse this product. This would
include meetings with each state's boards, letters to
curriculum directors and educational service districts across
both states.
Integrate the Washington State Essential Academic Learning
Requirements and the
Oregon Certificate of Mastery to the curriculum.
Continue to train internal audiences and strengthen the cadre
of workshop
trainers across both states.
Continue to offer teacher workshops in both states.
Work with environmental education camps across both states to
train teachers, camp counselors, and students. A couple of
workshops are being held at Environmntal education camps in the
short term strategy.
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98-99 WORKSHOP WORKPLAN PROJECTION
DNR is again providing workshops titled "Discover Washington's
Natural Resources" in Washington State. Over one hundred and fifty
teachers will receive eight hours of classroom instruction and an
all day field trip. Three lessons will be incorporated out of the
fire curriculum.
Oregon:
EEAO Bi-Annual Conference, Spring, 1999
Salem, Oregon
Kate Furshweiler and Kathy Keable
Action: 3 hour workshop on fire curriculum and
Investigating your Environment
Target Audience: Internal and External Educators, EEAO
members, Teachers
Workshop costs to be determined for Kate
Eastern Oregon University/Blue Mountain Institute
April (date to be determined)
Donna Rainbow
La Grande Oregon
(541)-962-3720
Action: Donna willing to give workshop in April
Target Audience: Teachers 7-12
Cost: no cost- materials will have to be sent to her
Tribal Natural Resources Camp Warm Springs
Kathy Keable
Action: Kathy is on committee to organize. Will investigate
training with
trainers and implementing lessons with students
Target Audience: Resource Specialists/H.S.
Students/Instructors
Costs: no cost-materials will have to be set to her
Camp Cottonwood, July 12-18
Winema USFS/BLM
Linda Hillgoss
(541)-482-3353
Shirley Kearns (541)-883-6716
Action: Linda and Shirley have expressed interest in
providing teacher workshops at Camp Cottonwood during summer
camp. Susan Thomas will remain in contact with them.
Costs: None- will need materials sent to them
Target Audience: 7-12 teachers and High School students
Southern University of Oregon, July 17
Linda Hillgoss
Action: Will provide a one day workshop training for preservice teachers at
Costs: None- will need materials sent to them.
Target Audience: External-pre-service teachers
High Desert Museum, Aug 3-7
Sue McWilliams, (541) 3 82 -4754
Education Coordinator
E Mail sue@highdesert.org
Action: Sue will give a one day workshop on the fire
curriculum as part of a teacher institute they provide
Target Audience K-12
Cost: No cost-materials will have to be sent to her
Fall EEAO Conference, October 3
Environmental Education Ass. of Washington
Diamond Lake/Crater Lake
Target Audience: members of EEAO, teachers, education
specialists, also include park interpreters from
eastern Oregon.
Facilitators and cost to be determined
Oregon Science Teacher Association, October 9
Teacher in-service day
facilitator and cost to be determined
Four Project Learning Tree Workshops (Dates to be determined)
Jill Nishball and the Oregon Forestry Education Program to
integrate fire curriculum with. Kate, Kathy and
Susan will continue to pursue this option.
Tillamook Forest (Dates to be determined)
Mary Rellegert with the Oregon Dept. of Forestry to integrate,
workshops at the and others across state.
Susan Thomas will continue to communicate with Mary.
Bald Eagle Festival
Susan Thomas will work with John Craig on this
Work with BLM in Klamath Falls
Washington State:
Fire Prevention Conference, February 2000
Susan Thomas
Skamania Lodge, Stevensen, WA
Action: 3 hour workshop
Cost: Lodging and food covered will need salary for 2 dayGS-9 ($284)
Target Audience: Internal-fire prevention officers/fire
specialist
Wenatchee WA, (Dates to be determined)
Susan Thomas
Action: One 6 hour workshop will be offered at the Wenatchee
Supervisors Office
Cost: 3 days salary for GS-9 ($426)
Target Audience: Internal NPS, USFS, BLM and DNR along with
interested teachers
Environmental Education Association of WA, Spring
Conference (Dates to be determined)
Susan Thomas
Action: 3 hour workshop
Cost: 3 day salary for GS-9 ($426)
Target Audience: EEAW members, teachers, education
specialists
Northwest Summer Institute (date to be determined)
Spokane, WA
Susan Thomas along with Shane Phillips of NW Institute 509459-4121 Action: Shane Phillips will coordinate
institute
Susan Thomas will conduct a one day workshop
Target Audience: Teachers 7-12
Cost: 3 days salary for Susan GS-9 ($426)
Washington Science Teachers and National Science Teachers
Association
Seattle, Wa. October 29-31, 1998
Susan Thomas
Action: 3 hour workshop at conference
Target Audience: Science Teachers
Cost: 2 day salary for Susan GS-9 ($284),@
Other Possible Workshop Opportunities
Working with Washington Forest Protection Association. to
integrate fire curriculum with Project Learning Tree
Workshops. Susan Thomas has meeting with Lynne Fergusen in
January to discuss this integration.
Working with,DNR, B.I.A., and U.S Forest Service to offer a
workshop in the Yakiam area. Bob Bannon, Susan Thomas and John
Bergvall will continue to work to-A.rds this.
Identified Washington Camps:
Cispus
Randle, Washington
USFS Lead
Contact: Martin Fortin (360) 497-7131
Camp Thunderbird
Chehalis, Washington
DNR Lead
Contact: will be determined
Camp Waskowitz
North Bend, Washington
USFS lead
Contact: will be determined
North Cascades Environmental Institute
Sedro Wooley, Washington
NPS Lead
Contact: will be determined
Oregon Camps:
Camp Cottonwood
BLM/USFS
Contact: Shirley Kearns (541) 883-6716
Will add more Oregon camps when identified.
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Education Contacts and Resources
U.S. Forest Service/Bureau of Land Management
Leader for the PNWCG
Dewey Tate
(503) 808-2368
dtate@r6pnw.fs.fed.us
U.S. Forest Service
Washington State Natural Resource Education Coordinator
Susan Thomas
primary contact: for workshops and coordination
(509) 782-1413 ext. 237
sthomas@r6pnw.wenatchee.levenworth.fs.fed.us
U.S. Forest Service
Oregon State Natural Resource Education Coordinator
Kathy Keable
contact for workshops in Oregon
(541)-822-3381
E-Mail /s=k.keable/oul=rO6fl8dO7amhs-fswa.attmail.com
Environmental Education Association. of Oregon
Contractor
Kate Ferschweler
primary workshop facilitator for Oregon
(541)-988-9904
katweler@aol.com
WA Department of Natural Resource
WA State Education Coordinator
John Bergvall
(360) 902-1027
E-Mail john.bergvall@wadnr.gov
Oregon Department of Forestry
Education Coordinator
Mary Rellergert
(503) 359-7493
E-Mail mary.h.rellergert.@state.or.us
National Park Service
Interpretation/Education Coordinator
Deanne Adams
(206) 220-4251
E-mail deanne-adams@nps.COM
Lake Roosevelt National Park Service
Education Specialist
Brad Fry
(509) 633-9441
Bureau of Land Management
Education Coordinator
John Craig
(503)-952-6035
E-mail j.craig@scOl26wp.sc.blm.gov
Other Education Contacts:
*Oregon Forestry Education Program Education Coordinator -Project
Learning Tree Jill Nishball
(541)-737-3000 www.plt.org
*Washington Forest Protection Association Education
Coordinator*Oregon Forestry Resources Institute-Education Coordinator-Max
Bennett (503)-229-6718
*World Forestry Center-Education Coordinator-Rick Zenn
*Environmental Education Association of Washington (EEAW),
,(541) 689-4040...
*Environmental Education Association of Oregon (EEAO),
President, Sue Baker
(541) 937-2129
E-mail: sbaker@r6pnw...
State Education Contacts:
Oregon Department of Education-Don Sligar-(503)-378-3584
(503)-378-3584
ext. 345
Office of Student Public Instruction-Environmental Education
Advisor-Tony Angel
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