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Fire Emissions Tracking
System (FETS)
Fire Emissions Joint Forum Meeting
Spokane, WA
Day 1 – 130p
Dave Randall
Air Sciences Inc.
Outline
• What will the FETS be?
• How is it going to be developed?
• Milestones and schedule.
What will the FETS be?
• A commodity-software
based
– Data management system
– Web interface
– Mapping utility
• Routine data imports and
exports.
• Simple queries to zero in
on needed fire emissions
info.
• Pre-burn entry of planned
fire events (Rx first; Ag &
NFR eventually).
– Support Regional
Coordination and SMPs
• Post-burn uptake of data
for unplanned fire events
(wildfire and WFU).
• QC’d data for historical
inventories.
• Integrated with TSS.
Essential Data Elements
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Date of burn
• Others:
– Emission Reduction
Burn location
Technique
Area of burn
– Data to support Annual
Fuel Type
Emission Goal efforts
Pre-burn fuel loading
Type of burn
NAT/ANTH
Figure 1
Mechanical Description of WRAP's Fire Emissions Tracking System
Planned Rx Burn Raw Data
Acquisition
Data Entry and QC
Requested Burn Data
Acquisition, Data Entry, &
Regional Coordination
Pre-Burn
Emission Inventory
Development and QC
Burn Decisions
Burn/Post-Burn
FETS Functions at Each Stage of the Mechanical Description
Data submittal (emails, dbf files,
faxes) and data mining (web
crawlers).
Data import and data entry.
Controlled and limited access
and password protection. Fires
categorized (NAT/ANTH).
Public access to view fire data
for today's or tomorrow's burns.
Map interface for regional
coordination.
FETS data used in concert with
other analytical tools (e.g.,
weather forecasts, BLUESKY)
to make burn decisions. ERT's
applied.
Data QC and acres
accomplished confirmation.
Data exports for fire EI building
How will the FETS be developed?
• By a specific part of the Technical Support
System Project Team
– Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
(CIRA – CSU) (prime TSS contractor to WGA)
• Technical oversight
• provide access to the FETS through the TSS
– Air Sciences Inc. (subaward through CIRA)
• Primary development of FETS
• Development of fire data review and analysis tools within the
TSS
How will the FETS be developed?
• According to detailed technical Workplan
– Air Sciences to draft
– CIRA and FEJF review
• Critical technical pieces will be identified for
Strawman process (conducted through the
FEJF)
– Air Sciences – propose Strawman
– Stakeholders – review and comment; conf calls
– Air Sciences – integrate review into technical
approach/method and implement
FETS Milestones and Schedule (rev. October 17, 2006)
Aug-06
FETS White Paper Distributed
FEJF Approval of FETS Approach
Signed Contract (CIRA-WGA)
Signed Contract (CIRA-Air Sciences)
Draft Project Workplan
Test Version of FETS Operational
FETS Operational
Technical Support Doc
FETS Users Guide
TSS Fire Tools Developed
Sep-06
Oct-06
Nov-06
Dec-06
Jan-07
Feb-07
Mar-07 Apr-07 May-07
Jun-07
Jul-07