209 Database Management System
Go BackWhen wildland fires occur on public lands that are greater than 100 acres, an Incident Intelligence Summary 209 Form must be completed and submitted to the local interagency coordination center by the incident commander. The Northern Rockies Coordination Center (NRCC) tracks and maintains all fire intelligence information for Montana, northern Idaho, and portions of western North and South Dakota. Previously, NRCC acquired 209 Form data from incidents via email, fax, and telephone. Once the data was acquired at NRCC, it was stored in a hardcopy filling system. The need arose at NRCC to begin storing 209 data in electronic format to facilitate data acquisition, editing, retrieval, and storage. The National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis (NCLFA) was employed to design and create a database management system that met the above needs of NRCC. The database management system was developed using Microsoft Access since all machines at NRCC and throughout the region have Access installed. Development of the system took
place at NCLFA. Upon completion, the system was installed at NRCC on the United States Forest Service computer network to allow for region-wide user access. Fire season 2000 was the first season of operation with upgrades occurring the following winter. This project was received well by the users at NRCC as well as throughout Region 1. During the winter of 2000/2001, the database was made a national resource and converted from Access to Oracle. It now resides at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho.
Principal Investigator: Matthew Galyardt
Partners: USFS Region1; USFS Northern Rockies Coordination Center
