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FIRE WEATHER STATION STANDARDS Fire Weather Station Standards NWCG Fire Weather Station Standards - May 2008 Revision In 2000, the Fire Weather Working Team (FWWT) and the Fire Danger Working Team (FDWT), both chartered by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG), asked an interagency group to develop NFDRS weather station standards for the NFDRS update. Those standards were finalized and approved by the NWCG in the fall of 2000 for publication as a PMS document. Since publication of the original document, there have been several revisions. The Fire Weather Committee (FWC) and RAWS Partners Group (RPG) met in the fall of 2007 to revise the standards, which were approved by NWCG in May of 2008. NFDRS Weather Station Standards Revision Process: Updates are facilitated by the Fire Weather Committee in partnership with interagency RAWS Partners at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). Comments regarding this publication may be directed to any member. Fire Weather Committee Membership: NAME FWC ROLE AGENCY EMAIL PHONE Robyn Heffernan Chair BLM robyn_heffernan@nifc.blm.gov (208)387-5874 Randall Benson Fire Weather Academia Research Representative SD School of Mines & Technology randall.benson@sdsmt.edu (605)394-1996 Jay Charney Wildland Fire Agency Atmospheric Research Representative USFS jcharney@fs.fed.us (517)355-7740 Deborah Hanley State Fire Weather Program Representative Florida Division of Forestry doacs@state.fl.us (850)413-7172 Doug Hilderbrand NWS NCEP/OST Representative NWS douglas.hilderbrand@noaa.gov (301)713-3557 Heath Hockenberry NWS National Fire Weather Program Manager/Vice Chair NWS heath.hockenberry@noaa.gov (208)387-5558 Rick Ochoa NIFC National Fire Weather Program Manager BLM rick_ochoa@nifc.blm.gov (208)387-5451 Greg Sinnett State Fire Weather Program Representative Washington Department of Natural Resources greg.sinnett@wadnr.gov (360)902-1328 Tim Hepola Fire Operations Representative FWS tim_hepola@fws.gov (612)713-5479 NIFC Interagency RAWS Partners Membership: NAME AGENCY EMAIL PHONE Herb Arnold BLM herb_arnold@nifc.blm.gov (208)387-5726 Linnea Keating USFS lkeating@fs.fed.us (208)476-8312 Dick Bahr NPS Dick_Bahr@nps.gov (208)387-5217 Rich McCrea BIA Rich_McCrea@nifc.gov (208)387-5558 Mike Smith FWS Michael_J_Smith@fws.gov (208)387-5831 Revision Schedule and Process: Suggestions for revisions will be gathered September 30 each year and evaluated by the Fire Weather Committee and RAWS partners group for recommended adoption. Suggestions recommended for adoption will be forwarded to the Fire Environment Working Team (FENWT). Significant recommended changes to the standards will be forwarded by the FENWT to NWCG for approval during the January NWCG meeting. Once approved, the field will be notified of any changes to the standards by their respective working team representatives and by postings to this web page. This page will have the most recent copy of the NWCG Fire Weather Station Standards posted. For more information about the interagency RAWS program, contact USFS Program Manager Linnea Keating or BLM Remote Sensing Fire Weather Support Unit Manager Herb Arnold.