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Reviews & Evaluations
The LANDFIRE Project was completed in the fall of 2009. As the project wrapped up, a general management evaluation (GME) was conducted. The GME focused not only on how the project performed, but more importantly, highlighted recommendations for this initiative to be successful as it transitions to program status providing for operations and maintenance activities. The GME was conducted by an independent, third-party review team from METI, Inc. (Management and Engineering Technologies International) retained by contract. The GME team conducted over 100 interviews, assessed the literature for evaluations and maturity modeling, and reviewed program documents as the foundation for its report.
The below documents provides details on the outcomes of this session:
USDA Forest Service and DOI wildland fire program leadership recognize the need to discuss efforts like LANDFIRE and broader collaboration opportunities from other program areas. LANDFIRE conducted a Leadership Futures Forum in the fall of 2010. It was designed to explore collaborative opportunities for the LANDFIRE program as well as a contemporary vision regarding the future course and potential integration of other program areas. Invitations were extended to Interior and Agriculture leadership, States, counties, conservation partners, academic and research organizations.
The below document provides details on the outcomes of this session:
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Data Product Quality
Producing quality products is one of the core elements of the LANDFIRE program and charter. A key quality objective is consistency across all ownerships nationwide that is accomplished using consistent models and definitions based on reference plot data. Click here for more information on the specific approaches LANDFIRE takes to ensure product quality and learn more about the documents on this page.
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Example of the sampling design used to withhold field plots for product quality assessment and a resultant contingency table displaying assessment results. View the larger image.
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