January, 2012
Phase 2 Technology Transfer Working Group Formed
January, 2012
States Provide Input on Fire Effects Data Layers
January 5, 2012
Steering Committee Reviewed Options for Assigning a Region-Wide Fire Effects Score
December, 2011
States Score and Weight Fire Effects
December 13, 2011
March 2012 Western States Fire Managers Meeting Identified for WWA Exec. Summary
December 13, 2011
Progress report and draft data gap analysis presented
The Council of Western State Foresters and the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition (WFLC) has embarked on a wildfire risk assessment of all lands for the 17 western states and selected Pacific Islands. This assessment is known as the “West Wide Wildfire Risk Assessment, or “WWA”.
The WWA will produce a wildfire risk assessment to quantify the magnitude of the current wildland fire problem in the west and provide a baseline for quantifying mitigation activities and monitoring change over time. It will be used to facilitate national, regional and state level strategic planning and policy discussions. The methodology implemented will provide results comparable across the entire West providing a consistent basis for interpretation and use.
This web site is the primary portal for obtaining information about the status of the assessment.
The WWA will develop numerous key datasets in addition to deriving output data describing wildfire threat, fire effects and wildfire risk across the west. The results of the WWA can be used for a variety of purposes and will provide many benefits for local, state, tribal and federal stakeholders.
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In addition to the Project Steering Committee and Oregon Dept. of Forestry project and contract management, active participation from State & Tribal representatives, and Federal cooperators, is necessary to complete the project. Much of the local knowledge about available data sources, wildfire characteristics, issues and priorities only exists with these agency representatives.
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