Mission Statement
The Fire Danger Subcommittee (FDSC) provides national leadership to advance fire danger rating in support of effective fire management decision-making.
Primary Objectives
- Develop and support standards, analysis processes, and tools for fire danger rating.
- Facilitate development and dissemination of training and information that enable effective interpretation and utilization of fire danger rating.
- Promote the effective integration of fire danger rating into wildland fire planning, operational practices, and decision support.
- Contribute to the standardization of fire danger rating associated information technology systems to collect and distribute data, processes, spatial displays, and analysis outputs.