An Executive Information System to Support Wildfire Disaster Declarations

Albert J. Simard and James E. Eenigenburg
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Albert J. Simard: USDA Forest Service, 1407 South Harrison Road, East Lansing, Michigan 48821
James E. Eenigenburg: USDA Forest Service, 1407 South Harrison Road, East Lansing, Michigan 48821

Interfaces, 1990, vol. 20, issue 6, 53-66

Abstract: We developed an executive information system to support federal wildfire disaster declarations. Weather data is automatically accessed from multiple national weather data networks; large-fire data is manually entered. A data-base management subsystem uses custom and commercial software packages to process and archive daily weather files. The decision support subsystem calculates the daily probability of a large wild land fire for every climate division in the country. The system produces one-page executive reports oriented to management by exception. On-site graphics software converts the reports into national and regional maps. The 99 percent reliable PC-based system predicted 75 percent of all large fires during 29 months of testing.

Keywords: decision; analysis:; systems; government; agencies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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