federal wildfire dispatch centers - the map cometh

[Peteri Szerlagi]

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=19hV6XfuqHrIoCoNvUMk-9L3LTjSNV0Q&usp=sharing

adding more and more info daily

what we are seeing is that the dispatch systems have undergone many
mergers in the last 20 or 30 years - in many areas the blm dispatch
functions and the USFS dispatch functions have been merged into the
same buildings - the radio systems have not been totally merged - but
the overlap is minimal since they essentially protect different areas
- the USFS deals with the mountains - the BLM deals with the
rangelands

to expand that a little more - the Fish and Wildlife Service deals
with the marsh lands - and the Natl Parks Service deals with the
national parks

we are not exactly sure how coordinated the USFWS is into the combined
blm / usfs dispatch centers - the FWS does not have alot of major
fires - their sites are widely scattered and relatively small - each
reserve has an office and probably a receptionist / radio dispatcher -
they mostly use slipon pumpers - maybe

When you start hearing MSM talk about the new and improved Super Mega
Cool Federal Wildfire Service - it might not mean a heck of alot