February 2-4, 2000

Colorado State University

Lory Student Center

The Workshop follows on work done for the Joint Fire Sciences Program that has:

1. identified smoke management tasks performed by land managers and air quality regulators;
2. identified, for each task, both the information needed and the tools used to provide that information;
3. polled fire practitioners regarding use of tools and priority for improving them, and;
4. organized a conceptual structured smoke management system including suggested priorities for further development of system components.

This Workshop will review key model components within a draft smoke management system, and document information about the pros ('benefit') and cons ('costs') of each of these model components and develop recommendations for further development of the system as a whole.

For more information about the work to date, including task flow information, our survey, and a list of the models we will be examining, please visit our web site at: http://www.cira.colostate.edu then select Smoke & Fire Research from the menu.

Earlier TASET work focused on smoke management tasks in the areas of planning, permitting, operations, and evaluation in order to derive information requirements and sources of information. Since model output provides a major source of information required to perform smoke management tasks, the Workshop will focus on the models contained in the structured smoke estimation tools whose elements are identified in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Smoke Estimation Tools Sets (SETS) can be developed for planning, permitting, operations and evaluation of smoke from wildland fire. These "SETS" represent unique mixtures of models, databases and measurements useful for accomplishing specific tasks for land managers and air quality regulators.

Experts in smoke management from around the United States are invited to attend. We are able to accommodate up to 50 participants. Specific experts are being invited to make presentations based on their work in the time slots identified on the Agenda. We hope to provide a final draft Agenda with these individuals identified by mid January.

The Workshop will be held from February 2–4, 2000.

Meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on February 2 and conclude by 3 p.m. on February 4.

The Workshop will be held in the Lory Student Center on the Colorado State University campus.

A block of 40 rooms is being held through Jan. 7, 2000 at the University Park Holiday Inn in Fort Collins. Attendees should make their own reservations by calling the Hotel at 970-407-9210 and requesting the smoke management workshop (TASET). Room rate is $70.50 plus tax (this rate is slightly above U.S. government per diem, but we are working with the agencies to obtain permissions to cover the added cost).

Workshop organizers will provide morning and afternoon break refreshments.

Meals will be "on your own." The Student center provides a wide variety of meal options.

The most convenient airport to Fort Collins is Denver International. Airport Express (970-482-0505) and Shamrock Airport Shuttle (970-686-9999) provide regularly scheduled service from Denver International Airport to the Holiday Inn. The Hotel is a pleasant 10-minute walk across campus from the Student Center, so an automobile is not needed for Workshop participants.

Evaluation, Measurement & Management Programs / Fox

1. List things that need to be done to improve smoke management evaluation, monitoring & operational programs.
2. Develop simple pros & cons associated with suggested improvement.
3. Recommend future developments & their priority.