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Data Strategy Implementation Subcommittee

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Mission Statement

Mission Statement

The Data Strategy Implementation Subcommittee (DSIS) provides national leadership for the implementation of the NWCG Data Management Strategy. The subcommittee supports implementation of the strategy by matching the strategy goals with business solutions.

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Primary Objectives

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  • Identify opportunities to standardize data across lines of business. Empower stewards of high-value datasets with practical tools that enable them to support data standardization efforts.
  • Support data lifecycle management by establishing comprehensive procedures and practices that enable consistent data management from creation and operational use to archiving for planning and research.
  • Work across the enterprise to develop data quality assurance and quality control processes that actively improve the currency, utility, and longevity of wildland fire data. Develop and implement data management practices that enable data stewards to meet established data quality standards.
  • Establish data management practices that enable data managers to continuously assess, evaluate, and address issues related to data quality, data exchange, and data effectiveness in supporting business needs. 

 

 

Chair: Gabriella Branson

NWCG Coordinator: Dave Schultz

Parent Committee: Data Management Committee

Meeting Schedule: TBD

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Date: February 18, 2025
Contact: Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program (WFLDP)

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Date: February 5, 2025
Contact: Julie Bennett, Incident Business Committee Chair

The Incident Business Committee (IBC) is requesting volunteers for a new task group to revise the 1981 version of the Property Loss or Damage Report, OF 289 and create an incident replacement job aid. The volunteers may be recruited from within or outside the Geographic Area Incident Business Committees.

References:

IBC Memorandum 25-02

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2025 Updates to the NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications, PMS 310-1

Date: February 4, 2025
Contact: Incident and Position Standards Committee

The NWCG Incident and Position Standards Committee has updated the NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications, PMS 310-1. 

These updates address changes to incident position names and requirements for qualification, training, and experience. Updates related to the implementation of Complex Incident Management (CIM) are also included.  

The NWCG Wildland Fire Position Qualification Flowchart, PMS 308 has also been updated to reflect the recent changes.

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NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Position Qualifications, PMS 310-1

NWCG Wildland Fire Position Qualification Flowchart, PMS 308

NWCG Memo: 2025-01 January 2025 Updates to the NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Positions Qualifications, PMS 310-1

NWCG Equipment Technology Committee Releases Safety Warning: 25-001 Non-specification fire shelters

Date: January 15, 2025
Contact: Equipment Technology Committee

The Equipment Technology Committee (ETC) has released Safety Warning: 25-001 Non-specification fire shelters. Non-specification fire shelters claiming to meet Forest Service (FS) fire shelter specification 5100-606 were first found in February of 2023. As of September 2024, non-specification shelters are again being advertised and sold on the open market.

This Safety Warning outlines details and recommended procedures to purchase FS specification shelters made with materials and components that meet performance criteria and toxicity testing requirements outlined in FS Specification 5100-606. 

For additional information on identifying non-specification shelters, please view ETC Safety Warning 23-01.

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ETC Safety Warning 25-001: Non-specification fire shelters

NWCG Equipment Technology Committee

ETC Safety Warning 23-01