Unit 3H, Tools, Activity 2
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Visit web sites and install fire management applications
Many fire-specific applications are available for download at various agency hosted web portals. Some of the most useful sites are:
http://frames.nbii.gov/portal/server.
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/planning/nist/
http://fire.org/
Visit these websites and become familiar with the applications available to you and some of their uses.
Download and install the following two applications on your workstation:
FireFamily Plus, version 3.0.5 (the most current version is available at http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/planning/nist/. Fire Family Plus is a useful application for viewing weather observations, calculating a variety of fuel conditions and fire danger indices, and analyzing fire occurrence data vs. weather and fire danger conditions.
Wildland Fire Situation Analysis Plus, version 04.4 (the software is maintained at http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/wfsa/, BLM users need to follow specific installation instructions on the main page. The WFSA Plus program leads users through the completion of decision documents for wildland fire management (both WFSA's for extended attack suppression responses and Wildland Fire Implementation Plan's, WFIP's for wildland fire use actions). Both elements of the program allow for inputs of various unit data in pre-planned scenarios that can be called up and referenced when completing the process on a going incident.
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