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<br />. <br /> <br />Issue D-S: Incident Status Information Flow <br />Background: Incident staLus infonnation does not get from distpatchers to counLy, <br />state or federal Multi,Agency Coordination (MAC) groups in a timely manner. Dispatch <br />organizations are unable to handle inLelligence and sLatus information during dispatch <br />overloads. Resource coordinaLion and decisions are poor withouL current inLelligence or <br />incident status. <br /> <br />Action Element: Establish infonnation staLus reporting systems for routine as well as <br />large incidents. Staff a situation person aL Rocky MounLain Area Coordination Center <br />using multi,agency funding, IncidenL Division Supervisors and Unit Leaders on the scene <br />must transfer timely incident sLatus infonnation to Incident Commanders for relay to <br />dispatch centers. <br /> <br />Agencies: All fire agencies. <br /> <br />Estimated Costs: <br /> <br />Situation nerson - $35,000 armually. <br /> <br />Renortin~ - part of incidem costs. <br /> <br />Funding Sources: <br /> <br />Staffin~ - Rocky Mountain Area Coordination CenLer agencies. <br /> <br />Reoortin~ - include with incidenL costs. <br /> <br />Schedule: ImmediaLely and ongoing thereafter. <br /> <br />Issue D-6: Fire Suppression Funding <br />Background: The high cost of suppressing wildfires in the wildland/urban inLerface <br />can overwhelm available stale and local funding. With no methods to pay costs, field <br />commanders may reject available fire control aCLions (aircraft, more crews, fire engine <br />strike teams, etc.), thus enabling further fire spread and losses, A large single fire can cost <br />more than one,million dollars LO control. <br /> <br />Fire deparunent budgets seldom can afford the extra expense, and counLy budgets may <br />also be short. Voter approval of spending limits for state and local entities further hamper <br />paying higher costs,The state emergency fire suppression trusL fund has been exhausted <br />several Limes during fires in recenL years. Federal agencies and other western states have <br />established ways LO handle unusual fire costs. A method of paying the extraordinary costs <br />beyond available funds is sorely needed in Colorado. <br /> <br />Action Element: Establish procedures, authorities and funds for paymem of local and <br />stale wildfire suppression costs which exceed available fire funds for average fires. <br /> <br />Agencies: Governor's office, Colorado State Forest Service */* counties, fire <br />departments, staLe legislature. <br /> <br />Estimated Costs: Up to $3 million for an active fire year. <br /> <br />Funding Sources: State appropriations. <br /> <br />Schedule: Ongoing 1995,1999. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />39 <br />