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Weakness EGIS Elements (Formalized Management (Fire Protection ("…
Weakness EGIS Elements
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Data Warehouse
CFIP
"The lack of systematic information collection within a program (e.g., CFIP analysis of forest improvement techniques statewide) inhibits statewide geospatial analysis and insights."
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Fire & Life Safety
"Current geospatial information relies on addresses not x-y locations (40k state properties, 40k other buildings)"
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Fire Protection
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"Data is being collected/stored in proprietary platform, reducing interoperability with non-Esri plaforms"
General
"There is no mechanism or means for systematically collecting, retaining, and making available, field observations of commonly relevant phenomena (vegetation type, fuel load, habitat health) throughout the enterprise"
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VMP
Challenged by connectivity and management of hard drives. Need more frequently updated data to be shared with everyone.
Current workflows for incorporating field-collected data and distributing data via hard-drive are too slow.
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"Key data sets are stale. For example, vegetation layer is grossly out of date especially pertaining to tree mortality. Very difficult to assess risk when location of fuels is not accurate."
"Lack of an integrated, enterprise, up-to-date, geospatial library hinders task performance (e.g., burn planning needs several current datasets)"
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Dataflow and Workflow
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CFIP
CAL FIRE does not require grantees to submit standardized GIS data as part of grant application or reporting
"Current workflows store information in GIS / geospatial form at the end of work effort rather than throughout work effort (e.g., CFIP grants going in to CALMAPPER)"
"New grant application and tracking software does not incorporate GIS in submittal, reporting, or data management"
Communications
"No process in place for rapidly collecting, collating, disseminating information to meet both public and internal information needs"
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EGIS group
"GIS management (users, application requests, etc.) is largely a PAPER process"
Esri
"CAL FIRE GIS Specialists are a bit siloed from GISS in other agencies, so are not using standardized methods for interacting with National Incident Database. Can impede processes/communication during incident response."
Fire Planning
"Lack of workflow and standards that generate high-quality GIS data essential to general mission of CAL FIRE (e.g., perimters, ignition points)"
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Fire Protection
"Antiquated process for integrating weather data with CAD and ICC, slowing appropriate response actions"
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FRAP
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Pertinent data is tracked/collected in various systems inside and outside of CAL FIRE; No agency has a true statewide view of resources/conditions
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Law Enforcement
Many actions that create geospatial data have no workflow for the actor to verify the geospatial data (it is left to the GIS person)
Pipeline
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Inspection Assistant (federal system) is isolated from CAL FIRE systems and use of its data is problematic
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"Rachel, Northern Region interview"
"Time-critical geospatial data (CAD data, radio traffic on fire locations, etc.) are handled through manual processes"
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Formal Management
BOF
"In some programs, GIS workflows that support regular business needs are not yet established"
Formalized Management
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CAD Mapping
"GIS adoption, use, and activities at the unit level depend on unit leader preferences rather than CAL FIRE enterprise needs or goals"
EGIS group
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The department may not have standards for data security (public vs. sensitive vs. confidential / legal requirements vs. right to know)
Fire Prevention
"""Can-do"" attitude creates solutin pockets but not long-term, supportable, solutions"
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"Fire Prevention, Fire Protection"
"Proliferation of applications on different mobile devices creates confusion, inefficiencies"
Fire Protection
"Battalion data collection efforts have no centralized storage location (e.g., for staging areas, water sources, helisports, ICP, etc.)"
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CAL FIRE does not have a policy (including legal considerations) for managing/maintaining response data
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"CAL FIRE lacks a strategy for mobile GIS implementation, integration, data management"
"No current enterprise template for creating wildland pre-plans; often created ""on the fly"" in response to event"
Forest Practice
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"Information sharing needs and workflows are not well-identified, causing duplication of effort"
Lack of plan/guidance on where to store large data sets of potential interest to entire enterprise (e.g. LiDAR data)
"There is no regulatory requirement that allows CAL FIRE to require digital submittal, so timber companies and other owners are not required to provide digital mapping data to CAL FIRE putting burden on staff"
FRAP
Requests for information are not documented as well as they should be making it difficult for staff to recreate process in future
FRAP (April 2019)
"CAL FIRE lacks a comprehensive list of geospatial data reporting required by federal, state, local partners"
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State Forest
"State Forests lack a defined set of spatial reporting goals, data collection methods, and priorities"
Tech Svcs
"CAL FIRE does not use GIS for facility management, though this is a well-established benefit of GIS"
High Availability
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Fire Planning
"CAL FIRE lacks a means to get to local agency data during critical response periods (e.g., could not easily get to city or county data during Camp Fire)"
Units responding to incidents have no means to get data updates when en route or during initial attack.
Fire Prevention
"Technical barriers still exist preventing CAL FIRE program areas from taking full advantage of automated, geospatial tools (e.g. can't print in field so paper form still given)"
"Frank, Northern Region interview"
"Connectivity limits use of geospatial information when one cannot plan ahead and pack ""data to go"""
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Infrastructure
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Fire Planning
"CAL FIRE has no clear strategy on mobile applications and platforms (e.g., Avenza and Collector and Drozen's ""all in one"")"
"Software version changes break custom tools, locking CAL FIRE in to old versions of software OR forcing abandonment of custom tools"
Forest Practice
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"Forest Practices downloads FRAP data to own, local server in order to organize, store, manipulate for own purposes"
Remote Desktop use of GIS is not working well for some programs that are fairly heavy GIS users due to insufficient network connectivity
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Personnel Roles
BOF
Personnel qualifications statements and duties don't align with actual day to day task requirements (i.e. GIS tasks not mentioned explicitly)
CFIP
"SMEs with GIS skills end up supporting other SMEs without GIS skills, taking the GIS-skilled SME away from primary duties"
Esri
"CAL FIRE maintains a high level of operation with low support from IT, but burden is being passed to GIS staff. Enterprise needs to be designed in way that will allow IT to support effectively and maintain proper environments (dev, test, prod)."
Fire Planning
"Prefire engineers are used differently within the 21 units so that ""standard"" guidance or training for them is difficult or impossible"
Fire Protection
"Lack consistent, local GIS expertise/support at the 21 Emergency Command Centers"
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Training and Support
CFIP
"GIS skills used for job tasks are acquired ad hoc or brought individually to job, rather than either hiring criteria or outcome of actual training"
Esri
CAL FIRE foresters are not taking full advantage of tools to collect data more efficiently and maintain standards
Fire & Life Safety
"Lack of GIS technical expertise in program, have to rely on other programs"
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Fire Planning
CAL FIRE misses opportunities to use geospatial data effectively by not having well-trained staff or pre-built products
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