2015 Pre-Season Webinar for IRINs Thursday, May AKDT 1000 PDT 1100 MDT 1200 CDT 1300 EDT Teleconference: Dial: Passcode: # Session is being recorded for posting along with presentation. Cold Brook Fire 4/14/ hrs MDT

If you have a question during the webinar Please use the Chat pod to ask a question. They will be monitored by the host and relayed to the presenters at the end. Follow these steps to submit a question: Click in the text box in the Chat pod Type your question and click on Send Message  to the right of the text box OR click Enter Text Box

2014 NIROPS Requests 1,267 total requests with 1,116 filled 2014 acres burned was 36% of missions flown was 81% of % UTF rate (3% for non-Weather)

Currency and Trainees (Hope Spriggs) Currency requirements – time limit 5 years from date of last assignment Trainees – remote trainee assignments, how many assignments NWCG (not FS specific) Taskbook Taskbook good for 3 years from date of first assignment IRIN is back in the and FSFAQG PMS 310-1: FSFAQG: RT-130 Annual Fire Refresher – is it required or not?

Online Scanner Order Page (Jan Johnson) 2015 Updates IRIN assigned to incident shown in Current Orders Think icon for “Submit as New Request” and “Update Request” User Comments box cleared each time a new order is created Admin Comments box limited to admin access accounts Scan box coordinates reminder

IRIN Assigned to Incident Assigned IRIN now shows in Current Orders

Submitting and Updating IR Orders: The “Think” Icon Added a visual indicator that the server is actually processing the request

User and Admin Comments Boxes: Old information wasn’t being updated or removed New information appended to old is being missed Input only from accounts with admin access. Cleared when a new order is created, the same as the A# box.

User and Admin Comments Boxes: Cleared when a new order is created, the same as the A# box.

Reminders From 2014 “Forgot Username/Password” link “Sign up for an account” link Auto to GACC IR Liaison “NIROPS Account Accepted” with user contact info Auto notification if order is UTF Need valid for incident Forest Service users Check your “Junk ” folder Time lag in FS

Checking Scan Boxes Generate a PDF of your order from the Current Orders to check scan box coordinates and other information Use the NIROPS CDE KML to check scan box size and location

Create New Orders To create the next night’s order: Click on “create new order” under Options Edit order Click on “Submit as New”

Retrieving Archived Orders If you need to retrieve and submit an archived order as a new order Go to “Current Orders” Click on “Show Archived” Find your old order Click “create new order” Edit order Click on “Submit as New Request ”

Final (?) Items If you run into an Online Ordering issue Send me a detailed , with a screen grab of the error if you can, OR, Call me, however, Support is NOT 24/7 Updates were pushed to the server in mid-April There will be some glitches, so as always, be patient

Geo-PDFs (Melinda McGann) iPhone, iPad, and Android compatible IR maps with Avenza App ( Default setting in ArcGIS: File  Export Map  Advanced tab  [ √ ] Export Map Georeference Information

Assures standard naming convention Consistent products Easy, no more copy/paste or New Shapefile Create IR Feature Classes Tool

Download/Save In ArcMap, Open ArcToolbox Right click, Add Toolbox Double-click on “Create IR Feature Classes Thank you, Jeremy Hobson!

Tool Help will guide you…

YYYYMMDD of delivery YYYYMMDD of flight at the incident HHMM of flight at the incident No spaces, use caps or _ for names Empty if not specified

Data Sources (Jim Grace) Current sources for local copies of USGS Topo NRCS Data Gateway USGS topo, Lidar hillshade, interactive map much like RDDS NIFC FTP site - New Site to be up on June 1st Base_info folder is being migrated to new site, contains USGS topos under the Statewide_GIS_Data folder USGS Rapid Data Delivery System (RDDS) Will be shut down in July A waiver to run the whole 2015 fire season has been submitted Incident GISS

Data Sources Several Map Services available In ArcGIS under Add Data Add BasemapAdd from ArcGIS Online

Halo Effect (Tom Mellin) Due to balancing improved detection of smaller heat sources with reduction of bloom/system saturation Rim Fire – August 23, grew by 50,000+ acres

Halo Effect Recognize halo effect pixels by location, spatial arrangement Utilize color.tif to distinguish halo pixels from valid heat sources Remember that halo pixels will be included in Raw Heat Data and should not be mapped

Changes to NIFC FTP Site FTP.NIFC.GOV will be moving to a new server to address security concerns on June 1 st New site will have the same address i.e. ftp://ftp.nifc.gov/ Old username/passwords will no longer work All users will need NAP accounts for upload access

NESS* Application Portal (NAP) Account: FTP Access If you have a ROSS Account, you have a NAP account and password. If you don’t, request NAP access immediately: Request a NAP User Account After June 1 st, you will need a NAP account for IRIN work. *NESS = National Enterprise Support Service

NIFC FTP Site Change Management Document Read the background info and instructions thoroughly change-management/ Link is embedded in the IRIN pre-season webinar meeting announcement

2 Step Process Step 1- Request Application Access to F&AM FTP Enter Supervisor’s info here

2 Step Process Step 2- Send me an with your NAP user ID (don’t send your password!) I will send an to the helpdesk to grant you access to the IRIN user group IRIN user group includes read/write access to the 2015_Fires folder in NIROPS as well as write access to Incident_Specific_Data folders for all GACCs It may take a week or more initially to grant access You should get a notification (?)

Starting June 1 st ……. Use your NAP user ID and password for access to NIFC FTP site Nirops and ISDMaster logins will no longer work Rules regarding ROSS/NAP passwords apply Renew password every 60 days After 90 days account is disabled ROSS helpdesk is Use of FTP client will be required for uploading and accessing restricted folders WinSCP, FileZilla, SmartFTP, and many others

Get Ready Make sure you are listed correctly as an IRIN or IRIN(t) in IQCS, ROSS, and on your red card Maintain contact with your GACC IR liaison – contact info, availability (nationwide vs. GACC, local) Make sure you have all necessary passwords To get into scanner form and IRIN Area on website For accessing Phoenix imagery in NIROPS folder on ftp site For posting IR products to Incident Specific Data folder on ftp site Base data, AFF, etc. NAP user account with IRIN group Track fire activity through activefiremaps.fs.fed.us Track IR activity through the scanner order page

Get Ready Be prepared Refresher materials at ftp://ftp.nifc.gov/NIROPS/Refresher Local base data, local license for ArcGIS (if possible) Good internet connection Be available, meaning….. Showing in ROSS as available Have approval & understanding of your supervisor Update scanner form as soon as you take an assignment with your contact info Contact incident to discuss communication & coordination, projection, product delivery, etc. Make sure you have an for the incident

Safety Work/Rest Ratio Sleep Situational Awareness Drive Safely

Questions?