WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:25.466 [Upbeat music] 00:00:25.466 --> 00:00:32.966 >>Speaker: Spatial assessment planning strategies, otherwise known as 00:00:32.966 --> 00:00:36.399 WPSAPS course objectives. 00:00:37.266 --> 00:00:40.966 Develop understanding on what is WPSAPS and what WPSAPS 00:00:40.966 --> 00:00:43.032 can provide to prevention programs. 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:46.266 Understand the background history of WPSAPS and why it 00:00:46.266 --> 00:00:46.899 was developed. 00:00:47.666 --> 00:00:52.799 Navigate the user interface to create wildfire prevention plans, or WFPP. 00:00:53.200 --> 00:01:00.233 In the wildfire prevention, spatial assessment, and planning strategies. 00:01:00.233 --> 00:01:04.033 It's important to understand the background from which the software has been derived. 00:01:04.433 --> 00:01:07.733 Prevention efforts were established as early as the 00:01:07.733 --> 00:01:11.099 1920s with the Smokey Bear campaigns and World War 2 00:01:11.100 --> 00:01:12.533 messaging in the 1940s. 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:17.633 In 1997, NWCG adopted its first wildfire prevention training 00:01:17.633 --> 00:01:21.033 curriculum, P3O1 Wildfire prevention Planning. 00:01:21.700 --> 00:01:26.433 This training used to analyze risk, hazards, and values 00:01:26.433 --> 00:01:30.066 utilizing worksheets to identify prevention actions to develop 00:01:30.066 --> 00:01:31.466 workload and budget. 00:01:32.133 --> 00:01:34.466 It was done by hand and with a calculator. 00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:39.133 Then came Risk Assessment Mitigation Strategies software, 00:01:39.133 --> 00:01:40.666 otherwise known as Rams. 00:01:41.233 --> 00:01:43.033 Rams was created by the BLM. 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:46.533 Historically, Rams was the only tool available to aid in 00:01:46.533 --> 00:01:48.933 designing prevention programs and plans. 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:52.766 As technology advanced, RAM software was not maintained and 00:01:52.766 --> 00:01:57.466 became obsolete due to the facts that it was PC based, 00:01:57.466 --> 00:02:01.532 single user, based on opinion data, not science data, couldn't share 00:02:01.533 --> 00:02:04.766 with others easily and couldn't compare results. 00:02:10.200 --> 00:02:13.600 WPSAPS is designed to be a long term strategic planning 00:02:13.600 --> 00:02:17.200 with yearly action plans that identify general, specific, and 00:02:17.200 --> 00:02:20.733 community prevention actions that can be implemented within 00:02:20.733 --> 00:02:21.899 the management unit. 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:25.566 WPSAPS works best for conducting risk assessment and 00:02:25.566 --> 00:02:28.966 planning workloads for the management unit where they will 00:02:28.966 --> 00:02:29.832 be implemented. 00:02:30.200 --> 00:02:33.933 WPSAPS allows individuals to monitor and record the progress 00:02:33.933 --> 00:02:37.233 and accomplishments of prevention actions that are both 00:02:37.233 --> 00:02:40.866 planned and unplanned, which then relates prevention actions 00:02:40.866 --> 00:02:44.532 to ignition reduction to determine a suppression cost savings. 00:02:45.200 --> 00:02:48.200 WPSAPS accomplishment reporting will be used for 00:02:48.200 --> 00:02:51.733 future prevention research to continue to improve prevention 00:02:51.733 --> 00:02:53.399 action effectiveness factors. 00:02:57.866 --> 00:03:01.199 WPSAPS is not designed to develop short term prevention 00:03:01.200 --> 00:03:04.000 strategies like daily or weekly staff assignment. 00:03:04.633 --> 00:03:08.199 WIPSAPS produces various reports utilizing national data sets and 00:03:08.200 --> 00:03:11.800 the science-based research and data from several research projects. 00:03:12.433 --> 00:03:16.666 Jeff Prestemon is our primary representative from the research field. 00:03:17.066 --> 00:03:20.732 Expected results being fires averted, budget justification, 00:03:20.733 --> 00:03:25.266 suppression costs averted, comprehensive ignition risk analysis, 00:03:25.266 --> 00:03:27.799 hazard assessments and provides research and farm 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:29.933 prevention action decision making. 00:03:30.633 --> 00:03:34.766 WIPSAPS provides usable maps indicating historical data 00:03:34.766 --> 00:03:39.599 layers such as human cost, fires by category, the WUI human cost 00:03:39.600 --> 00:03:44.266 fire sizes, assessment ranking, fuels rating, ignition rating, 00:03:44.266 --> 00:03:49.532 values at risk rating, wildfire hazard potential, and fire occurrence. 00:03:49.733 --> 00:03:54.133 WPSAPS also produces Workload Plan, Structured Ignitability, 00:03:54.133 --> 00:03:58.266 Annual Prevention Expectiveness Summary, General, Specific, and 00:03:58.266 --> 00:04:06.566 Community Action Report, and the Fire Danger Report. 00:04:06.566 --> 00:04:10.366 WPSAPS is an interagency funded and supported effort that was initiated in 00:04:10.366 --> 00:04:15.966 2012 with the first official course offering in the spring of 2020. 00:04:16.666 --> 00:04:21.066 WPSAPS is a geospatially based strategic wildfire prevention 00:04:21.066 --> 00:04:24.666 planning model that was developed by subject matter 00:04:24.666 --> 00:04:29.132 experts that utilizes national data sets, incorporates research 00:04:29.133 --> 00:04:33.233 in prevention effectiveness to optimize prevention actions 00:04:33.233 --> 00:04:37.066 based on user prioritized fire currents, and is easily 00:04:37.066 --> 00:04:38.666 maintained and updated. 00:04:44.266 --> 00:04:49.332 WPSAPS utilizes and spatially displays national data sets 00:04:49.333 --> 00:04:53.599 along with their user input to spatially display data to 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:56.533 enhance fire prevention and education decision making. 00:04:57.066 --> 00:05:02.066 Example: Fire currents by cause within the management unit. 00:05:06.266 --> 00:05:11.166 GIS data being utilized are agency data. 00:05:11.433 --> 00:05:15.533 LandFire, Homeland Security infrastructure, 00:05:15.533 --> 00:05:19.799 US Forest Service Wildfire Hazard Potential, and we are searching for more. 00:05:20.300 --> 00:05:23.933 What we want to do is have layers that are utilized by all 00:05:23.933 --> 00:05:25.466 or the majority of users. 00:05:25.866 --> 00:05:29.632 If we allow the uploading of the polygons, then the validity of 00:05:29.633 --> 00:05:30.799 the program is lost. 00:05:31.266 --> 00:05:34.766 There would be no checks and balances of the resources and 00:05:34.766 --> 00:05:38.899 too much customizing and not enough sharing across the boundaries. 00:05:43.433 --> 00:05:47.099 WPSAPS produces various reports utilizing national data 00:05:47.100 --> 00:05:50.600 sets and the science Space Research and data from Jeff 00:05:50.600 --> 00:05:51.966 Prestemon's research. 00:05:52.433 --> 00:05:56.033 Expected results being fires averted, budget justification, 00:05:56.033 --> 00:05:59.333 suppression costs averted, comprehensive ignition risk 00:05:59.333 --> 00:06:02.933 analysis, hazard assessments and provides research informed 00:06:02.933 --> 00:06:05.033 prevention action decision making. 00:06:05.700 --> 00:06:09.833 WPSAPS provides usable maps indicating historical data 00:06:09.833 --> 00:06:13.966 layers such as human caused fires by category, WUI, human 00:06:13.966 --> 00:06:18.232 caused fire sizes assessment, raking fuels rating, ignition 00:06:18.233 --> 00:06:22.499 rating values at risk rating, wildfire hazard potential and 00:06:22.500 --> 00:06:23.466 fire currents. 00:06:24.066 --> 00:06:28.099 WPSAPS also produces workload plans, structure, ignitability, 00:06:28.100 --> 00:06:32.100 annual prevention, effectiveness summary, general, specific and 00:06:32.100 --> 00:06:35.433 Community Action reports, and the Fire Danger report. 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:41.633 WPSAPS also can be used to assist in developing CWPPS, 00:06:41.633 --> 00:06:45.799 allowing communities to better understand the fire environment that they live in. 00:06:46.400 --> 00:06:50.466 Utilizing science data and then having it available to fine tune 00:06:50.466 --> 00:06:54.132 the research and the data will enhance the development of a 00:06:54.133 --> 00:06:55.033 better product. 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:59.166 For example, using a mobile application like Collector built 00:06:59.166 --> 00:07:02.766 within WPSAPS to collect the data in the field and then being 00:07:02.766 --> 00:07:06.166 able to upload the information will streamline the process. 00:07:06.933 --> 00:07:10.633 Ultimately, what has been proven over the last 100 years is that 00:07:10.633 --> 00:07:12.866 prevention works and has value to all. 00:07:12.866 --> 00:07:18.199 Fire management program and is an essential piece to any organization. 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:22.866 WPSAPS combines all the facts and the data to demonstrate what 00:07:22.866 --> 00:07:26.766 prevention and education accomplishes, fires averted, and 00:07:26.766 --> 00:07:30.032 overall cost savings to any organization. 00:07:35.833 --> 00:07:39.133 The WPSAPS development team and Business Leads group are 00:07:39.133 --> 00:07:42.566 working to continue to improve the software and user experience. 00:07:43.100 --> 00:07:46.366 Over the next year, we plan to implement features that will 00:07:46.366 --> 00:07:49.232 allow users to customize some of the output reports. 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:53.766 We are also taking a look at how we might improve the community assessment. 00:07:54.400 --> 00:07:58.566 They're working on adding regional and national manager roll up functionality. 00:07:58.566 --> 00:08:01.632 So that those folks can do some analysis 00:08:01.633 --> 00:08:06.066 within the geographic areas and nationally within the prevention program. 00:08:07.233 --> 00:08:09.599 As new research becomes available, we will be 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:14.300 incorporating the findings into the software where it is applicable. 00:08:15.033 --> 00:08:18.466 Lastly and importantly, we need your user feedback. 00:08:18.466 --> 00:08:22.799 What can be made better and if you find a bug in the application or an 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.533 error, please provide this feedback to your business lead.