PCU 3: Make the Warning Decision

Maintain knowledge of all relevant policies, integrate all relevant information and apply situational awareness to make appropriate warning decisions.

Job Task Skills and Knowledge:

Identify areas needing Fire Weather Watches and Red Flag Warnings based on weather and fuels input Coordinate with fire weather partners to discuss fuels and ongoing fire situations to determine if a watch or warning is needed Coordinate with other WFOs, IMETs, Storm Prediction Center (SPC), and Geographic Area Coordination Center (GACC) meteorologists to determine temporal and areal coverage details of warnings and critical messages to communicate Issue effective products and support warning products with supplemental graphical products, briefings, and other communication methods Utilize clear and pertinent language in text-based products to convey hazards and/or other weather of interest effectively and key messages Ensure that products address the potential of high-impact events and use probabilistic information as appropriate to help decision makers Provide phone and internet briefings to fire customers

Instructional Components:

Read NWSI 10-4 and associated procedural directives in Appendix 1 (5 hours) Fire Weather Forecasting: Clear Communications, Second Edition (COMET MetEd) (1 hour) Situational Awareness in the Fire Environment (COMET/MetEd) (1 hour) Introduction to Fire Weather Situational Awareness of the entire fire picture (fuels/weather/fire activity/land management agency prepardness/restrictions) Simulated phone briefings for different types of fire partners (30 minutes) Develop recorded briefings including visuals (1 hour)

Legend for Instructional Components:

Normal:	Instructional component already exists in current form
Italicized:	Instructional component is locally maintained training