PRESCOTT DISPATCH CENTER 2018 Annual Report Participating Agencies

PRESCOTT DISPATCH CENTER 2018 Annual Report

Participating Agencies • • Bureau of Indian Affairs • Colorado River Agency • Fort Yuma Agency • Western Regional Office Bureau of Land Management • Colorado River District • Phoenix District United States Fish & Wildlife Service • Bill Williams National Wildlife Refuge • Cibola National Wildlife Refuge • Havasu National Wildlife Refuge • Imperial National Wildlife Refuge • Kofa National Wildlife Refuge United States Forest Service • Prescott National Forest

Contents • Incident History • 2018 Wildfires • 2018 Restrictions / Closure • 2018 Fire Activity by Unit • 2018 Prescribed Fire Activity • 2018 Resource ordering and mobilization • NFDRS • Mapping • AD Program • PDC Website • 2018 Accomplishments • Looking into 2019

2018 Wild. CAD Incidents All Incidents By Agency BIA BLM FWS PNF Wildfires and Smoke Checks BIA BLM FWS PNF

Wild. CAD Incident History • 2010: 1, 134 • 2011: 1, 316 • 2012: 1, 100 • 2013: 1, 040 • 2014: 1, 124 • 2015: 1, 074 • 2016: 1, 226 • 2017: 1, 893 • 2018: 1, 828 • April – October • 1, 562 • 33% of incidents occurred on Saturday and Sunday • 38% of incidents occurred between 1000 & 1400

Wild. CAD Incident History Law Enforcement Resource Order Smoke Check Wildfire Aircraft 0 2018 100 200 300 400 500 Smoke Check Wildfire Resource Order Law Enforcement Aircraft 2017 0 100 200 300 400 500

2018 Wildfires

2018 Wildfires USFS • 61 Fires • 8, 875 Acres BLM • 78 Fires • 1, 056 Acres BIA FWS • 33 Fires • 673 Acres • 1 Fire • 0 Acres

602 Fire Related Incidents Statistical Fire Report - No Action False Alarm Response Relay to Neighbor Abandoned Campfires Agency Assists Prescibed Fire Threat Fire 0 50 100 150 200

2018 Restrictions / Closure Prescott National Forest • Stage 2 restrictions forest wide with a partial closure on the West side of the forest • Type 3 incident management team established to support on going restriction / closure efforts • Partnered with numerous cooperators – AZ Game and Fish and Yavapai County Sheriffs • Arizona Game and Fish made a total of 4, 644 contacts with a total of 83 citations issued Bureau of Indian Affairs • CRIT closed the Southern Reserve, the Mesquite Bosque and the east side of Mohave Road to the southern end of the reservation. Other area of the closure included undeveloped areas along the Colorado River and east of California Highway 95 Bureau of Land Management • CRD and PHD enforced Stage 2 Restrictions in late May stretching through early July Fish and Wildlife • Standard restrictions in effect year round

PNF Fire Activity - 2018 Fire Size Class A: 0 -. 25 B: . 26 - 9. 9 C: 10 - 99 D: 100 - 299 E: 300 - 999 F: 1000 - 4999 G: 5000 + 61 Fires 8, 875 Acres 34 Human Caused 27 Lightning Caused Fire Size Class: A-B Fire Size Class: C+ 32 Fires – 9 Acres 2 Fires – 336 Acres 25 Fires – 5 Acres 2 Fires – 8, 525 Acres Agency Assists: 14 False Alarms: 32

CRD Fire Activity - 2018 Fire Size Class A: 0 -. 25 B: . 26 - 9. 9 C: 10 - 99 D: 100 - 299 E: 300 - 999 F: 1000 - 4999 G: 5000 + 45 Fires 982 Acres - 35 CRD - 10 BOR 43 Human Caused 2 Lightning Caused Fire Size Class A/B: Fire Size Class C+ 40 Fires - 25 Acres 3 Fires - 957 Acres 2 Fires – 0 Acres 0 Fires - 0 Acres Agency Assists: 13 False Alarms: 43

PHD Fire Activity - 2018 33 Fires 74 Acres - 32 PHD - 1 BOR 28 Human Caused Fire Size Class A: 0 -. 25 B: . 26 - 9. 9 C: 10 - 99 D: 100 - 299 E: 300 - 999 F: 1000 - 4999 G: 5000 + 5 Lightning Caused Fire Size Class A/B: Fire Size Class C+ 27 Fires - 38 Acres 1 Fire - 33 Acres 5 Fires - 3 Acres 0 Fires – 0 Acres Agency Assists: 4 False Alarms: 27

BIA Fire Activity - 2018 Fire Size Class A: 0 -. 25 B: . 26 - 9. 9 C: 10 - 99 D: 100 - 299 E: 300 - 999 F: 1000 - 4999 G: 5000 + 33 Fires 673 Acres Colorado River Agency Fort Yuma Agency 9 Fires 8 Human Caused 114 Acres 24 Fires 1 Lightning Caused 0 Acres Agency Assists: 0 24 Human Caused 559 Acres 0 Lightning Caused False Alarms: 1 0 Acres

FWS Fire Activity - 2018 Fire Size Class A: 0 -. 25 B: . 26 - 9. 9 C: 10 - 99 D: 100 - 299 E: 300 - 999 F: 1000 - 4999 G: 5000 + 1 Fire 0 Acres Havasu Cibola Bill Williams Imperial Kofa 0 Fires 0 Fires 0 Acres 1 Human Caused Agency Assists: 0 False Alarms: 0 0 Acres

Prescribed Fire Activity Agency Burn Name Burn Days Acres Accomplished CRD North Hualapai Piles 4 60 CRD Parker Strip Piles 1 2 CRD Senator Wash Piles 1 3 PHD Congress Piles 1 1 PHD Sycamore Piles 1 100 IMR Research Burns 2 130 IMR Imperial Maintenance 2 2 PNF Brushy 3 3, 725 PNF East Zone Piles 22 1789 PNF Sycamore 2 428 PNF West Zone Piles 51 502 PNF Yolo 2 2, 000

2018 Resource Ordering/Mobilization Ø Overhead • Processed 3, 401 requests • PDC Resources include BIA, BLM, FWS & USFS overhead Ø Supplies • Processed 1, 011 requests • Requests include ongoing fire and incident replacement (NFES and non-NFES supplies) Ø Equipment • Processed 412 requests • PDC Resources include BIA, BLM, FWS, USFS and contract vendor equipment Ø Aircraft • Processed 53 requests • PDC Resources include USFS helicopter Ø Crews • Processed 50 requests • PDC Resources include USFS IHC & Type 2 crews

NFDRS • • Operate the Weather Information Management System (WIMS) for 15 DOI RAWS and 4 USFS RAWS Document and disseminate NFDRS Indices and Components to field units Produce and distribute Fire Danger/Outlook/Current Conditions document for DOI & USFS units Maintain 4 USFS fixed-site RAWS and 1 USFS portable RAWS according to NWCG standards Produce Prescott NF Fire Danger Pocket Cards according to NWCG standards Calculate the Local Preparedness Level for Prescott NF and communicate to field units Update and implement the Prescott NF NFDRS Operating Plan Utilize Fire. Family. Plus software to provide fire management with tools to aid in decision making

Mapping • • Manage PDC Arc. Map project with shared access to multiple layers Create new layers to meet agency/PDC needs Provide on-demand map products Edit Response Areas as needed

AD Program • • AD Employees: 22 Fire Assignments: 81 States Supported: 13 Trainings Attended: 25 Ø Prescott Dispatch Center Responsibilities • Coordination/communication of current information, training opportunities, pre-season hiring & expectations • Process time & travel for training and incident response • Hard-copy file management

PDC Website Ø Manage site to provide products & services in support of the participating agencies and PDC staff

2018 Accomplishments • Assisted numerous neighboring, GACC and out of area dispatch centers • Assignments: 11 • States: 8 • Taskbooks Initiated: 3 • Taskbooks Signed Off: 4 • Enhanced & maintained PDC Website, providing staff and participating agencies a platform for tools and products to help with operations • Implemented the use of Google Pin via text for spot weather and incident location information • Maintained Wild. CAD database including phone directory, run cards, resources • Maintained/monitored network of weather stations with no down-time or loss of data • Provided cadre for local and regional training courses, centralized temporary hiring, local emergency drills and regional aviation safety assistance teams. • Remain on the cutting edge of Dispatch information technology • Staff received training and assignment opportunities • Successfully managed Prescott NF AD Program, including timely processing of travel and time as well as hard-copy file management

2019 Duties and Responsibilities

Looking Into 2019 • Continue training & assignment opportunities • Coordinate with participating agencies to review and update Run. Cards • Deploy the Dispatch Operating Guide (DOG) for visiting and permanent staff • Maintain connection with field resources (dispatchers in the field / field resources in dispatch) • Mapping project accepted by BLM GIS to update PDC Response Areas • Utilization of Sky. Mira for real-time resource tracking (BLM) • Utilization of AGOL (Collector) for sharing of spatial incident information • Utilization of Fire. Net for shared access to Southwest Area dispatch protocol and guides

2019 Staffing q q q q Center Manager: Barry Wallace Assistant Center Manager: Bec Sandle Assistant Center Manager: Alanna English IA/Aircraft Dispatcher: Ashley Epright IA/Aircraft Dispatcher: Sairy Head Intelligence/Support: Viola Plummer Logistics Dispatcher: Sonja Hess IA/Aircraft Dispatcher: Brandon Padron