Directions for Posting Data to ftp.nifc.gov

Background

Ftp.nifc.gov has been established as an official site for interagency wildland fire incident data and documents. This single site provides a "One Stop Shopping" for incident personnel to download data when it is available and to upload incident relevant data (such as remotely sensed images and incident GIS data), as well as share incident information with interagency websites such as: Inciweb and GEOMAC.

The ftp site is hosted at the USDA National Information and Technology Center (NITC) in Kansas City, Missouri.

The National Wildfire Coordinating Group’s Information Resources Management Working Team recommended an oversight group to provide interagency direction and support for ftp.nifc.gov. This FTP oversight group has been instrumental in establishing this system, and will continue to provide long term coordination and oversight. For more information, please contact: Gladys Crabtree (208-387-5214), or Dale Guenther (503-808-2188).

Proper Usage of ftp.nifc.gov

All information that is posted to ftp.nifc.gov must be:

1. Public data - Information that is non-sensitive, unclassified, not copyrighted, and viewable by everyone.
2. Official content - Only official information directly related to wildland fire may be posted.

Restrictions include:

1. No Individual Indian Trust Data may be posted.
2. This site may not be used for distributing licensed software or any other licensed or copyrighted media. Posted files will be reviewed on a regular basis to ensure appropriate use of the ftp server. Inappropriate or unofficial postings will be removed and are subject to investigation.
3. No information subject to the Privacy Act may be stored on this site.

Procedures for Accessing the Site

A password will be necessary to upload information to the ftp site, but a password is not needed to download data. The site is designed so that each subject area (e.g. Predictive Services), or incident within a Geographic Area Coordination Center (GACC) has the ability to manage their own directories.

Each subject area and GACC has designated a representative to provide usernames and passwords to users of ftp.nifc.gov for the calendar year. To request a username and password from your GACC, please contact your GACC representative that is listed in the table below. The list of GACC contacts are a combination of Intelligence Coordinators or GIS Coordinators from the Geographic Area. If you are involved with a team, you will need to contact the GACC that you are currently working in, not the GACC that you are from.

A password is necessary to post information, but one is not needed to download data from the site.

For help using the Web interface, including help with usernames and passwords, contact your GACC.

If you have questions and/or comments regarding the ftp.nifc.gov site, contact the Fire Applications Helpdesk at (800) 253-5559, (208) 387-5290, (208) 387-5292 FAX, or send an email to fire_help@fs.fed.us