Data Management Committee

Mission Statement

The Data Management Committee (DMC) provides national leadership to develop and support national interagency standards and practices for wildland fire data management.

Primary Objectives

• Assist the wildland fire business community to identify, define and standardize data that is reliable and accessible for planning, decision support, reporting and research.
• Support the Wildland Fire Information and Technology program by providing oversight and management of data as an enterprise asset.
• Develop standards for wildland fire data, including data requirements, data governance, and data architecture that support a data exchange environment and improved efficiency in operational work and communication processes.
• Contribute to the standardization of information technology systems (such as FireNet, IROC, etc.) to collect and distribute data, processes, forms, and other operational elements.

Data Cache

• Data Cache Requirements Document
• Data Cache Alternatives Analysis
• Recommendations for Moving the Data Cache Forward
• Ten Goals Identified in the Data Cache Requirements Analysis

Data Management

• Enterprise Data and Application Capability Model
• Data Dictionary Entry Builders
• Components of Data Dictionary
• Building Blocks of Data Element
• Data Packages