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Detection Method

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Review Comments

Suggest this be broken into distinct categories and subtypes - example provided below (similar to fire cause methodology). Additionally recommend considering how the data might be used (it seems as though we could be interested in the number/percent of fires detected using remote technology vs. patrols, and "on purpose vs. opportunistic" and how that might relate to damages from a fire (and possibly be applied to recommend changes to detection methods).  Finally, recommend avoiding the use of "Other" at all costs as it just turns into the junk drawer.

Scope: Intentional (INT) vs. Opportunistic (OPP)

Tool (likely a better label than this): (INT)Remote Sensing (RS), Lookout (LO), Patrol (PT), (OPP) Human (HU)

Sub-tool: (RS)Satellite, Infrared, Lightning Network, Cameras, (LO) Staffed Tower, (PT) Aircraft, Vehicle, (HU) Public, Employee

Category of Person: N/A, Government Employee or Volunteer, Person of Interest, Responsible Party, Recreator, Adjacent Landowner

Where fire was reported to: 911, Interagency Dispatch, Law Enforcement, Fire Department, Federal Wildland Fire Employee, DOI / USDA -
BIA, BLM, BOR, FWS, NPS, USFS, State, County, Local

Request Date
Type of Request
New
Steward(s)
Fire Reporting Subcommittee
Proposed Definition

The method by which the fire was detected.

Business Rule: 1) Must be a valid value or Null for a fire occurrence record.

Permissible Values include:

  • 911
  • Agency Patrol
  • Other Agency Employee
  • Agency Aircraft
  • Other Aircraft
  • Other Agency
  • Local Fire Department
  • Fire Lookout (Tower)
  • Local Law Enforcement Agency
  • Fire Warden/Volunteer
  • Other
  • Public
  • Responsible Party
  • Remote Sensing*

*Remote Sensing includes satellite, IR, lightning network, camera detection

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