Unit 4A, Management Implications, Activity 2
(Unit 4A Act. 2.pdf) - (Unit 4A Act. 2.doc)
Review Weather Service and Predictive Services products and complete an exercise.
A strong understanding of the services and products that are available from the National Weather Service and Predictive Services is a very important part of fire program management.
Find your local National Weather Service Office on the internet and locate the web site that pertains to fire weather.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/organization.php
Become familiar with and review your local Fire Weather Annual Operating Plan. Highlight potential areas to discuss during a preseason meeting that might need to be adjusted.
Review the NICC Predictive Services web site. http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/predictive/predictive.htm
When you have completed Lesson 4A, the online review system will ask the following:
Describe how one uses the Predictive Services information. (very little to extensively??)
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