Weather Information Management System/Remote Automated Weather Station Guide

United States Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Wyoming State Office
P.O. Box 1828
IN REPLY REFER TO: Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009-1828
9200 (931) P
July 23, 2010
EMS TRANSMISSION: July 27, 2010
Instruction Memorandum No. WY-2010-040
Expires 9/30/2011
To: District Managers
From: Bill Hill
Deputy State Director, Resources Policy and Management
Subject: Weather Information Management System/Remote Automated Weather Station
(WIMS/RAWS) Guide
Purpose: This Instruction Memorandum (IM) establishes policy on roles and responsibilities for
the WIMS/RAWS programs and provides operating guidelines for each to ensure that the most
accurate and representative National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) outputs are generated
daily so as to be able to base fire and aviation management decisions.
Applicability: All Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming Fire and Aviation
Management programs are subject to the policy set forth in this IM.
The goal of the Wyoming BLM Fire and Aviation Management Branch is to operate a fire
danger rating system that produces an accurate assessment of the wildland fire potential across
all districts to support planning and implementation of the local fire and aviation management
programs.
This guide to the WIMS/RAWS programs provides the foundation for the operation of the
NFDRS at the district level. Deficiencies in either program will result in misleading or
erroneous NFDRS outputs which may affect suppression and prevention effectiveness and could
jeopardize firefighter safety.
Timeframe: This policy is effective immediately.
Coordination: This policy was coordinated with the Rocky Mountain Coordination Center’s
Predictive Services and the Wyoming BLM Fire and Aviation Branch.
Please refer questions to Jeff Fedrizzi, State Fire Management Office, at (307) 775-6234.
Signed by: Authenticated by:
Martin Griffith Pamela D. Hernandez
Acting Deputy State Director Wyoming Support Services
Resources Policy and Management
1 Attachment:
1 – WIM/RAWS Operations Guide (11 pp.)
Distribution:
Director (WO-100), Boise, ID
FMs
Fire Management Officers
RAs