Forest Fire Response Units, Wisconsin 2018

Identification Information

Citation

Title

Forest Fire Response Units, Wisconsin 2018

Originator

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Publication Date

2018-02-01

Edition

Current as of February 2018.

Geospatial Data Presentation Form

mapDigital

Collection Title

Statewide

Abstract

Fire Response Units (FRUs) designated by the DNR Forest Protection Bureau. A FRU is the area and equipment for which the personnel at a ranger station are responsible. FRU names are based on the location of the ranger station. The polygon attributes in this layer also identify Dispatch Group and Protection Type of each FRU.

Purpose

Data was collected cooperatively by the Division of Forestry, Bureau of Forest Protection and created as a GIS layer by BTS. In May, 2010, the boundaries were re-digitized to more accurately match the FPA boundaries using Administrative Code (NR 30.01 and NR 30.02) text description as well as field staff support. In April 2010, Goodman FRU was re-digitized to correct errors. In November 2016, fire response unit (FRU) boundaries were re-digitized to match fire protection area (FPA) and dispatch group (DG) boundaries and align with other geographic source data. (Fire protection area (FPA) boundaries are delineated by Administrative Code (NR 30.01 and NR 30.02) text description.) Better GIS sources for road, and MCD prompted re-digitization. From this base, dispatch group boundaries were created, and further fire response units. These three fire management boundaries layers (DG, FRU, FPA) are topologically related – previous efforts at digitizing fire management boundaries did not retain relationship between the datasets, creating gaps and overlaps, etc. On January 1, 2018, DG boundaries were programmatically redrawn to align with the Division of Forestry management structure. At this time, DGs were reduced to seven and some FRU names were modified. As such, some FRUs were assigned to new/different dispatch groups. Dispatch groups are comprised of FRUs (in intensive and extensive protection areas for wildland fire response) and COOP Teams (in cooperative protection for prescribed burn).

Supplemental Information

For the most current data, please visit: https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/ForestManagement/data.html

Temporal Extent

Time Instant

2018-02-01T00:00:00

Bounding Box

West

-92.964215

East

-86.70883

North

47.083097

South

42.457983

ISO Topic Category

boundaries

Place Keyword

Wisconsin

Place Keyword Thesaurus

GNIS

Theme Keyword

Polygon

Theme Keyword Thesaurus

FGDC

Theme Keyword

Forest fires

Forest management

Theme Keyword Thesaurus

LCSH

Resource Constraints

Use Limitation

[Neither the Department of Natural Resources nor any of its employees shall be held liable for any improper or incorrect use of the information described and/or contained herein and assumes no responsibility for anyone's use of the information. Furthermore, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding accuracy, adequacy, completeness, legality, reliability or usefulness of any information. The Department provides this information on an "as is" basis. The Department has made reasonable efforts to provide you with accurate information, but cannot exclude the possibility of errors or omissions in sources or of changes in actual conditions. Changes may be periodically made to the information herein; these changes may or may not be incorporated in any new version of the data. If you have obtained information from the Department from a source other than the Department, be aware that electronic data can be altered subsequent to original distribution. Data can also quickly become out-of-date. It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of all data, and that the originator of the data or information be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use.]

Legal Constraints

Use Limitation

Although this data is being distributed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.

Status

completed

Maintenance and Update Frequency

irregular

Language

eng

Credit

GIS contact Courtney Klaus, Forestry Business Services Bureau, (608) 266-9272, Courtney.Klaus@wi.gov Resource contact is Jim Barnier, Forestry Protection Bureau, (608) 253-6714, JamesD.Barnier@wi.gov

Point of Contact

Contact

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Delivery Point

101 S. Webster St.

City

Madison

Administrative Area

WI

Postal Code

53707

Country

US

Email

DNRGEOData@wisconsin.gov

Phone

(608) 264-8914

Point of Contact

Contact

Courtney Klaus

Position Name

GIS Analyst

Email

Courtney.Klaus@wi.gov

Phone

(608) 266-9272

Point of Contact

Contact

Jim Barnier

Email

JamesD.Barnier@wi.gov

Phone

(608) 253-6714

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier

Code

3071

Code Space

EPSG

Version

6.13(9.2.0)

Data Quality Information

Distribution Information

Format Name

Shapefile

Format Version

1.0

Distributor

UW-Madison

Distributor

Online Access

https://web.s3.wisc.edu/rml-gisdata/WI_ForestFireResponse_2018.zip

Protocol

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

Name

GeoData@Wisconsin

Function

download

Spatial Representation Information

Vector

Topology Level

geometryOnly

Vector Object Type

composite

Vector Object Count

58

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level

dataset

Metadata File Identifier

4C104F79-EB50-4139-A0D8-841271DF85E0

Metadata Date Stamp

2018-05-16

Metadata Standard Name

ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification

Metadata Standard Version

2007

Character Set

utf8