Pacific Northwest
Fire Program Analysis (FPA)
Advisory Council
Program of Work
February 2011 through February 2012
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Purpose
This Program of Work (POW) tiers to the Pacific Northwest Fire Program Analysis Advisory Council
Charter. The purpose of this POW is to provide the Pacific Northwest Fire Program Analysis Advisory
Council (Council) parameters for operational procedures. Its scope is limited to a given year’s analysis
effort and should be updated on a yearly basis following the spring FPA budget submission.
The goal of the Council is to provide fair and consistent advice, monitoring, assistance in technical
reviews and other assistance to the Pacific Northwest’s 17 Fire Planning Units (FPUs) in the interagency
implementation of FPA.
Support Working Team
The 2012 submission process has seen the addition of the Support Working Team (SWT). The SWT has
been established by FPA program management to facilitate data input quality control, application
integrity, and analysis support to the GA Leads and FPU’s.
FPU Primary Member Contact Information
Members of the Council will be the point of contact for the 17 Pacific Northwest FPUs when they have
problems, issues or recommendations dealing with FPA. Table 1 contains information about the 17
Pacific Northwest FPUs including each FPU’s main point of contact for the current year.
Table 1 – Pacific Northwest Fire Planning Units
FPU Name
FPU Lead
Phone
E-mail
NW_OR_001
NW_OR_002
NW_OR_003
NW_OR_004
NW_OR_005
NW_OR_006
NW_OR_007
NW_OR_008
NW_OR_009
NW_OR_010
NW_OR_011
NW_WA_001
NW_WA_002
Dirk Shupe
Sheryl Tooker-Dilley
Robert Budge
Bill Johnson
Steve Garza
Brian Watts
Jeremy Sisneros
Clint Albertson
Willy Crippen
Roy Walker
Krisann Kosel
Larry Nickey
John Heckman
541-225-6405
541-767-5025
541-618-2102
dshupe@fs.fed.us
stookerdilley@fs.fed.us
rbudgeeilly@fs.fed.us
whjohnson@fs.fed.us
egarza@fs.fed.us
b1watts@blm.gov
Jeremiah_A_Sisneros@blm.gov
calbertson@fs.fed.us
wcrippen@fs.fed.us
rlwalker@fs.fed.us
kkosel@blm.gov
Larry_nickey@nps.gov
jheckman@fs.fed.us
NW_WA_003
NW_WA_004
Bryan Maier
Dave Nee
509-644-9224
Northeast Washington
The Basin
Central Cascades
NW_WA_005
NW_WA_007
Richard Parrish
Karrie Stevens
Northwest Oregon
Umpqua NF
Southwest Oregon
Central Oregon
Northeast Oregon
Southeast Oregon
Eastern Oregon
Southeast/South Central OR
Wallowa-Whitman
Malheur
Roseburg/Coos Bay BLM
Northwest Washington
North Washington Cascades
West
North Central Washington
FPU
Identifier
541-383-5435
541-278-3729
541-473-6298
541-573-4303
541-947-6113
541-523-1320
541-575-3105
541-464-3332
360-565-3121
425-783-6071
509-634-3133
C509-6341685
509-536-1226
503-668-1755
bmaier@fs.fed.us
Dave.nee@colvilletribes.com
Richard_parrish@blm.gov
kstevens02@fs.fed.us
Membership
The Council consists of a core group comprised of representatives from each Pacific Northwest agency
who are typically the fire planning representative at the State or Regional office level. The Council
members constitute the voting membership of the team. Each individual team member shall have one
vote for each agency that they represent. Table 2 shows Council membership for the current year.
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Table 2 – Pacific Northwest Council Membership
Agency
Name
BIA
Nancy Lee Wilson
(2010-2011 Chair)
BLM
Rick D. Stratton
FWS
Thomas V. Skinner
NPS
USFS
Oregon
Washington
Matt Johnson
(2011-2012 Vice Chair)
William (Bill) H. Johnson
(2011-2012 Chair)
Teresa Vonn
Darrel Johnston
Alternates
Agency
Name
BIA
Scott Bradshaw
BLM
Rick D. Stratton
FWS
Brett Fay
NPS
USFS
Todd Johnson
Rick D. Stratton
Phone
(208) 387-5558 (o)
(208) 869-7807 (c)
(503) 808-2326
(509) 546-8335 (o)
(509) 438-6668 (c)
(509) 546-8303 (f)
(530) 295-5614
E Mail
Nancy.Wilson@bia.gov
(541) 383-5435 (o)
whjohnson@fs.fed.us
(503) 945-7226
(509) 925-8510
tvonn@odf.or.state.us
Darrell.johnston@dnr.wa.gov
Phone
(208) 387-5373
(503) 808-2326
(503) 872-2756 (o)
(503) 347-8194 (c)
(503) 231-2364 (f)
(510) 520-5565 (c)
(503) 808-2326
rdstratton@fs.fed.us
Thomas_skinner@fws.gov
Matthew_Johnson@nps.gov
E Mail
Ronald.Bradshaw@bia.gov
rdstratton@fs.fed.us
Brett_fay@fws.gov
Tod_Johnson@nps.gov
rdstratton@fs.fed.us
Only the Council member or his/her designated proxy will be permitted to vote. A quorum of 3 Council
members, or designated proxies, must be present for a vote to proceed. The vote is carried by the
majority.
Officers
Initially, voting members of the committee will elect a Chair and Vice-Chair in the spring, so that chair
rotation occurs following the spring FPA budget submission. Initially, the term for Chair is one year; at
the conclusion of the first year this will be evaluated based on individual circumstances. At the end of
the Chair’s term or if the Chair position becomes vacant, the Vice-Chair will assume the Chair position
and the voting members will elect a new Vice-Chair.
Only voting members may be the Chair or Vice-Chair. The agency rotation will be: NPS, FWS, BIA,
BLM/USFS and States (if participating). If circumstances warrant, there may be a change in the rotation
if agreed to by voting members.
Duties of the Chair
The Chair is responsible for leading the Council to ensure, where possible and reasonable, that
consistent advice, monitoring and assistance is provided throughout the PNW.
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The Chair serves as the Council’s representative to the National FPA groups. The Chair distributes
information from National FPA to the Council. The Chair is also the focal point for consolidated
responses back to the national FPA group (e.g. issues, training nominations, etc.).
The Chair is responsible for scheduling conference calls and meetings as they are needed. The Chair
is responsible for documentation of these conference calls and meetings. Documentation may be
delegated to the Vice-Chair, or another committee member.
For conference calls (or meetings), the Chair reserves the conference bridge (meeting room), solicits
agenda items, prepares and distributes the agenda and bridge information, as well as facilitates the
call (meeting) itself.
The Chair represents the committee to the Pacific Northwest Coordinating Group (PNWCG),
presenting program updates, issues, and recommendations at their meetings.
The Chair is responsible for updates, as deemed necessary by the Council, to both this plan as well
as the Charter and then submitting the updated documents to the Chair of the PNWCG for approval.
Duties of the Vice-Chair
If the Chair is unavailable for a Council conference call or meeting, the Vice-Chair will facilitate the
call or meeting and is also responsible for documenting the call or meeting.
If the Chair is unavailable for other conference calls or meetings that require participation from the
Council, the Vice-Chair will attend to represent the committee.
Program of Work Amendments and Approval
The POW will be reviewed and updated annually and may be amended with the concurrence of a
majority of voting members. This plan is effective as of the date of signature by the PNWFPAAC
Chair.
/s/ Carl W. Gossard
Chair, Pacific Northwest FPA Advisory Council
May 18, 2011
Date
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