Principles of Operation
Accessible
The Center offers rapid, real-time access to quality data products
that can assist professionals in decisions on the management of
wildfire events, fuel treatments, and fire prevention activities.
Comprehensive
Center products and applications incorporate the full range of
available data affecting fire and fuel management conditions.
Center products include visual
displays and maps to provide immediate, recognizable portrayals of
landscapes that can assist managers who require full information to
address fire events.
Interactive
The development of data products within the Center are directed
toward the needs of managers to address those critical-path functions
to manage fire events, fuel treatment operations and fire prevention
activities. Center products are tested and evaluated with a sample of
resource professionals to make improvements and modifications that
respect user needs and capabilities.
Responsive
The dynamics of forest and grassland ecosystems require continuous
evaluation and updating of landscape data. The rapid changes of climate
and fire behavior during fire events require adaptive data systems that
can characterize changing fire suppression conditions. Center products
possess the flexibility to be updated and improved as real-time
information is delivered, providing the most accurate and timely data
to fire mangers and decision-makers.
Valid
Quality control standards are built into information and data
application products. Field verifications of materials
are incorporated into protocols for application development and
testing.
Integrated
Data applications possess detailed content on resource conditions
that can be integrated with other natural resource information systems.
Geo-spatial references within the Center's data products allow the
information to be applied in the planning and implementation of
vegetation management operations, wildlife habitat improvements, and
other landscape level natural resource management activities.
Durable
The Center's databases and information products are designed to
allow immediate archival of records and events. Efficient and
comprehensive archival methods ensure that future operations will have
accurate, dependable, and permanent records of prior events.
