Enterprise Geospatial Portal launches Wildfire SA situational-awareness app

An unidentified presenter announced an upgraded situational-awareness application called Wildfire SA on the Enterprise Geospatial Portal, saying the tool will allow wildfire managers to "identify, visualize, and share actionable data all from 1 application."

The presenter opened by stressing that "Situational awareness is critical at every phase of wildland fire management," and added that when teams are "expecting a lightning bust or managing a fire, you don't have time to comb through different datasets and tools." That framing set up the portal as a single entry point for standardized geospatial information used in planning and suppression.

According to the presenter, the Enterprise Geospatial Portal (EGP) is "Wildland Fire's gateway for authoritative and standardized geospatial information." The Wildfire SA upgrade was described as providing streamlined tools and near-real-time data displays intended to make such information easier to access and more reliable. "Streamlined tools and near real time data displays are now easier to access and more reliable, arming you with what you need to improve wildfire safety, decision making, and resource allocation for planning and suppression," the presenter said.

The presenter closed by giving the access point for the application: egp.wildfire.gov. No formal vote, motion, funding amount, or implementing timeline was presented in the transcript.