# Presentation: 894763

## Introduction

- Collin Bevins
- John Caratti
- Pam Sikkink
- Carter Barnes

- Kim Johnson
- Austin Streetman
- Alex Oden
- Lisa Myers

- Duncan Lutes

- Nate Benson
- MaryBeth Keifer
- Martha Isbister

**FFI Development Team**

## What is FIREMON?

**What is FIREMON?**

**JFSP funded fire effects monitoring system that includes:**** **

- Integrated sampling strategy.

- Field handbook with detailed descriptions 	of many sampling methods.

- Access database to store monitoring data.

- Analysis program to test for treatment effects.

- Summary reports by plot or any stratification.

## What is FIREMON?

**Strengths**

- Relatively easy to use.

- Little software overhead.

- Analysis tools.

**Weaknesses**

- Cannot be used as a corporate database.

- No GIS or PDA components.

- Not all important sampling methods included.

**What is FIREMON?**

## What is the Fire Ecology Assessment Tool

**What is the Fire Ecology Assessment Tool**
**(FEAT)?**

**NPS funded fire effects monitoring system that includes:**** **

- Protocol manager.

- Fire monitoring handbook with detailed 	descriptions of many sampling methods.

- SQL database to store monitoring data.

- Integrated GIS and PDA components.

## What is Fire Ecology Assessment Tool

**Strengths**

- Protocol manager.

- Can be used as a corporate system.

- GIS and PDA support.

**Weaknesses**

- Relatively difficult to learn.

- Significant software overhead.

- Limited reporting and analysis.

**What is Fire Ecology Assessment Tool**
**(FEAT)?**

## Fire Conference 2003; Orlando, FL:

**Fire Conference 2003; Orlando, FL:**
- Nate Benson, Bob Keane, Tim Sexton, Duncan Lutes, John Caratti and Paul Reeberg

-  Recognized substantial overlap in
- FIREMON and FEAT
-  Most sampling methods common
- to both systems

-  Components that did not overlap
- were 	complementary.
- 		GIS, PDA, Analysis

## Integration Development

**2005**: Nate Benson presented proposal to
- National Interagency Fuels Coordination Group
- and secured funding.

**2006**: NPS became business lead, contract between NPS and SEM signed. Development began in May.

**2007**: System development completed Nov. 2007.
- Data migration/training thru June 2008.
- Help desk support funded thru 2008.

## Components and capabilities of the new system

**Components and capabilities of the new system**

- SQL database

- GIS interconnectivity

- Reporting and analysis

- PDA support

- Interconnectivity with other fire related 	software: FVS-FFE, FuelCalc

- Protocol Manager

- Note: No field guide

## Potential (unfunded) add-ons

**Potential (unfunded) add-ons**

**Toolbox**

- Regional data roll-up utility.

- Species management utility.

- Utility to output data files for other 	programs like FOFEM, Consume, 	Behave...

- FCCS fuelbed building utility.

## System Information

**System Information**

- Microsoft SQL Server Express

- Windows XP and Windows 2000

- ESRI ArcGIS 9.2

- Scalable architecture – from desktop to 	server application

- Supports multiple users at one time

## System Testing

**System Testing**

**Testing Focus Group** – since the Aug. workshop, 15 people from NPS, FS, BLM, SCA and contractors have tested nine previous versions of the program.

**Beta Testing Workshop** – 18 participants from NPS, BLM, FS, SCA, BoR, and contractors met in Boise in Aug. 2007 to test the first version of FFI.

## Delivery and Support

**Delivery and Support**

**Six training workshops**

**17 online training sessions**
- Data management, GIS, PDA...

**Funded Tech Transfer for:**
- Testing, help desk/phone support,
- regional/agency specific collaboration.

**First scheduled patch release (ver. 1.02):**
** **March 2008

## Visit the FFI Website hosted on FRAMES:

- frames.nbii.gov/ffi

- For more information contact:
- Duncan Lutes
- dlutes@fs.fed.us
-  406-329-4761