past, present and future yesterday tomorrow? today
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Past, Present and Future
Yesterday Tomorrow?
Today
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Past
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1970 Fire Season
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16 lives lost
772 structures lost
500,000+ acres
The 13 Day Siege
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Governor’s Taskforce on the California Wildland Fire Problem
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Original Partner Agencies
U.S. Forest Service
Cal Fire
California Emergency Management Agency
Los Angeles Fire Department
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Santa Barbara County Fire Department
Ventura County Fire Department
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“FIRESCOPE” is created
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92nd Congress appropriates $675,000 to the U.S. Forest Service Research Station in Riverside
1971
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A period of intensive research and development
1972 - 1979
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Development of the First FIRESCOPE Documents
Concept Papers Concept to Reality
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1975
Technical Advisory Team Changed to the “FIRESCOPE Board of Directors”
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Unified Command Mapping Tools
Integrated Planning Resource Tracking
Further FIRESCOPE Developments and Products
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1975At the inception of the FIRESCOPE program the original partner agencies developed 5 initial statements.
- Coordinate Multi-Agency Resources during major incidents
- Develop improved methods for forecasting fire behavior
- Develop standard terminology
- Provide multi-agency communications
- Provide multi-agency training
These 5 items were later into consolidated into two major components:
ICS and MACS
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1976
Pacoima Fire – First Incident Managed Using the Principles of ICS
The Riverside OCC was identified as the Multi-Agency Coordination center for the Southern California FIRESCOPE Region
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Early 1980’s
This period saw the adoption of ICS and other FIRESCOPE products by national organizations such as FEMA, NFA and NWCG - NIIMS
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“All Risk – All Hazard”
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1982-1984- ICS is fully implemented among the partner agencies
- System-wide test is conducted at the Riverside OCC entitled, “Top Hat”
- CALFIRMS is established consisting of representativesfrom the forest agencies, Northern CA Chiefs and Cal EMA as a working team to help spread FIRESCOPE products across the State. Two strategic goals were accomplished by this group:
o Evaluate and recommend technology transfer to Northern California
o Educate all agencies and areas on available FIRESCOPE products
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1984
Orange County Fire Department is added to the FIRESCOPE list of “Partner Agencies” after several years of active participation on the Task Force and several Specialist Groups
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The FIRESCOPE BOD and the Cal EMA Fire and Rescue Advisory Committee are combined
1986
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1986
The FIRESCOPE Program received FEMA’s “Exemplary Practices in Emergency Management”
Award
Board of Directors merges with CALFIRMS
Nationwide Adoption of ICS
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The FIRESCOPE Board of Directors Recognizing that the Fire Problem is Not Limited to Southern California, Strikes the Word “Southern” from the Acronym FIRESCOPE and a New Name is Established Representative of All California
“FIrefighting RESources of California Organized for Potential Emergencies”
1987
Tunnel - 1991 Laguna - 1993
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FIRESCOPE Act of 1989
In 1988 California State Senator Bill Campbell authored SB 27
– SB-27 Became the FIRESCOPE Act of 1989
– The Bill directed 3 State agencies (Cal Fire, Cal EMA and SFM) to administer the FIRESCOPE Program and seek funding to support it.
– This ensured FIRESCOPE’s future
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1990’s During this period, FIRESCOPE began to address all-hazard
applications
– Haz Mat Responses
– Mass Casualty Incidents
– Urban Search and Rescue
– High-rise Fires
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1991 – Tunnel Fire
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Statewide Adoption of FIRESCOPE Products
- Recognized ICS as basis for responses and the model for EOC operations.
- 1991 Tunnel Fire in the Oakland Hills initiated further expansion of FIRESCOPE products
- Senate Bill 1841 (Petris) established the “Standardized Emergency Management System” or SEMS.
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Present
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The Dynamic Present The FIRESCOPE program remains active and as strong as ever.
Old Fire, San Bernardino County - 2003
Southern California MACS Process, Riverside OCC - 2008
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Mission Statement
The mission of the FIRESCOPE Board of Directors is to provide recommendations and technical assistance to the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA); to maintain and utilize the FIRESCOPE Decision Process to continue the operation, development, and maintenance of the FIRESCOPE Incident Command System (ICS) and the Multi-Agency Coordination System (MACS).
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Vision Statement
The FIRESCOPE Board of Directors/Cal EMA Fire and Rescue Services Advisory vision is to continue national leadership in the development of all-risk incident and multi-agency coordination systems, to enhance and encourage full California fire service in the statewide Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System and to provide a common voice for the California fire service as it relates to these issues.
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Board Of Directors Strategic Initiatives
- Create a common voice within the California Fire Service
- Market FIRESCOPE and its products
- Maintain and improve the All-Hazard management system
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The Decision Process
- Working Groups (Ad-Hoc Specialist Workgroups)
- Board of Directors (Chief Executive Level)
FIRESCOPE “Decision Process”
- Operations Team (Deputy/Assistant Chief Level)
- Taskforce (Battalion Chief/Manager Level)
- Specialist Groups (Standing Specialist Workgroups)
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Representation
Membership of FIRESCOPE BOD, Ops Team and Taskforce includes representatives from:
– FIRESCOPE Partner Agencies
– Federal Agencies with Land Management Responsibilities
– County Fire Agencies
– City Fire Agencies
– Volunteer Fire Departments
– Fire Districts
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FIRESCOPE Organizational
Structure
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Specialist Groups
Current Specialist Groups (Standing)
– Predictive Services
– Hazardous Materials
– Safety
– Aviation
– Communications
– EMS (includes MCI)
– GIS
– US&R
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Ad-HocWorking Groups
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www.firescope.org
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FIRESCOPE Website
- Order, Download or View the 2007 FOG and latest ICS and MACS Forms
- Links to Fire Intel Nationwide
- Predictive Services
- FIRESCOPE Program Updates
- CICCS
- California Fire Resource Inventory System (CFRIS)
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Future?
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The future of FIRESCOPE is dependant on the strong principles that guided it in the past
- A defined decision making process
- Non-agency specific organizational directives and tools
- All-Hazards perspective
- Continued Leadership in national ICS application and revisions
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Remaining FIRESCOPE Tasks
- National Incident Management System Integration
- National Mutual Aid System
- Continue the MACS Process (All Hazards)
- National Resource Typing
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Conclusion
FIRESCOPE’S proud past, dynamic present and exciting future create a model for cooperation regardless of level, response discipline, or geographic area.
Tomorrow’s caretakers of the program must use the past and the present as springboards to the future.
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The Challenge Continues