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<br />, <br /> <br />Issue C.17: Wildfire Resource Coordination <br />Background: Lack of planning and agreements for aULomatic dispatch of air and <br />ground forces allows fIres to grow large before fIre forces arrive. Large fIres demand the <br />use of resources nOl nonnaily found aL local levels. A method for coordination of <br />resources among counties, state and federal agencies now exists for wildfIres. <br /> <br />Action Element: Continue fIre dispatch centers for all staLe and federal wildfIres. <br />Expand dispaLch centers for local and counLy incidents. Develop automatic mutual aid <br />and air attack for rapid response to inLerface fIres. Review in late auLumn and armually <br />update as necessary each winter. <br /> <br />Agencies: Wildfire dispatch center direcLors */* sheriffs, local fIre agencies, Office of <br />Emergency Management, Division of FITe Safety. <br />Estimated Costs: No change for continuation; determine locally for expansions. <br />Funding Sources: Fire agencies. <br />Schedule: Ongoing. <br /> <br />Issue C.1S: Fire Resource Inventory <br />Background: To prepare effectively for an emergency, agencies musL know which <br />resources are available, under whaL conditions, their cost and how to activate or access them, <br />Infonnation for activation of resources musL be available on a 24,hour basis, Fire resource <br />infonnation must also be updated on a regular basis. Interagency wildfire dispatch centers now <br />exist thaL can gather, update and make available fire resource infonnation. <br />Action Element: Build and maintain fire resource lists for Colorado. Elements needed: <br />1. InvenLory all fITe aircrafL, apparaluS, equipment and crews in the state. <br />2. Develop a similar inventory of all fire support resources commonly needed <br />during a fire emergency. <br />3. Assign standard classifIcations for each and enter into a data base. <br />4. Provide the infonnation LO local agencies, to other wildland fIre dispatch centers <br />and to Emergency Infonnation System (Issue C,19) as completed <br />Agencies: WildfITe dispatch centers, Colorado StaLe Forest Service */* Division of <br />Ftre Safety, OffIce of Emergency Management, sheriff's deparunents, fire organizations <br />aL all levels. <br />Estimated Costs: $10,000 per year. <br />Funding Sources: Fire agency budgets, pooled funds, grants. <br />Schedule: Complete June 1997. Annually thereafter. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Issue C.19: Emergency Information System <br />Background: An infonnation system is needed for emergency muLual aid resources. <br />Each county will benefIL from current infonnation about available resources, fITe weaLher <br />and existing agreements. An Emergency Infonnation System (EIS) is being developed <br />statewide and is in place in some metro areas. <br /> <br />Action Element: Develop standard computer software package and recommended <br />hardware system, link agencies and fITe dispatch centers into an integrated local/statef <br />federal infonnation system and identify other agencies that need to be included. Acquire <br />hardware thaL will operate wiLh staLewide EIS software. <br />Agencies: OffIce of Emergency Management */* Colorado counties, fITe dispatch <br />centers, state and federal agencies to be identified <br /> <br />Estimated Costs: $100,000 for software and state central hardware, $3,500 for each <br />hardware tenninal. $6,000 per county for annual operation and updaLes. Training costs <br />are additional. <br /> <br />Funding Sources: Special funding, grants and/or assistance from industty and business, <br /> <br />Schedule: Begin summer 1997. <br /> <br />35 <br />