What is the role of Predictive Services in fire management?

The role of Predictive Services in fire management is to offer seasonal assessments and fire potential outlooks. This function is critical because it involves analyzing various factors that can influence fire behavior, such as weather conditions, humidity, vegetation moisture levels, and past fire activity. By providing thorough assessments and outlooks, Predictive Services helps fire managers and responders plan effectively for potential fire incidents, allocate resources efficiently, and implement preventive measures to mitigate risks associated with wildfires.

This predictive capability allows teams to stay ahead of potential fire threats, ensuring a proactive rather than reactive approach to fire management. In contrast, other roles, such as conducting wildfire suppression, providing landscaping advice, or training firefighters, while important, do not encapsulate the primary purpose of Predictive Services, which focuses on anticipating fire activity and trends.