Common use of National Clause in Contracts

National. FIRE DANGER RATING SYSTEM REMOTE AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS (NFDRS-RAWS)‌ Alaska primarily uses the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System Fire Weather Index (CFFDRS-FWI) tool for determining fire danger. Though RAWS stations are maintained to the national NFDRS standards, and station data is kept current in the Weather Information Management System (XXXX) for use with NFDRS-RAWS in the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS), this is not the tool of choice. The goal is to produce an accurate assessment of the wildland fire potential across all units to support planning and implementation of Alaska’s fire management program. CFFDRS-FWI indices will be calculated through the University of Utah’s MesoWest program for the Alaska Fire and Fuels (AKFF) website (xxxxx://xxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/). This will allow indices to be calculated at nearly double the number of stations across the state as non-RAWS sites are incorporated. This webpage will run separately from NFDRS calculations made within XXXX. CFFDRS calculations will no longer be made on the AICC Webpage, but will solely be on the AKFF site.

National. FIRE DANGER RATING SYSTEM REMOTE AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS (NFDRS-RAWS)‌ Alaska primarily uses the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System Fire Weather Index (CFFDRS-FWI) tool for determining fire danger. Though RAWS stations are maintained to the national NFDRS standards, and station data is kept current in the Weather Information Management System (XXXX) for use with NFDRS-RAWS in the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS), this is not the tool of choice. The goal of these programs is to produce an accurate assessment of the wildland fire potential across all units to support planning and implementation of Alaska’s fire management program. Beginning in 2015, CFFDRS-FWI indices will be calculated through the University of Utah’s MesoWest program for the Alaska Fire and Fuels (AKFF) website (xxxxx://xxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxx://xxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/). This will allow indices to be calculated at nearly double the number of stations across the state as non-RAWS sites are incorporated. This webpage will run separately from NFDRS calculations made within XXXX. XXXX and CFFDRS calculations will no longer be made on the AICC Webpage, but will solely be on the AKFF site.. Table 7: Alaska Weather Data Collection and Archiving Process Task Responsible Party & Description