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Agency signals WIMS shutdown Oct. 1; users advised to retrieve data before access ends
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Summary
Meeting presenters outlined a phased shutdown of the WIMS system: new user accounts cut off Sept. 1, FAM auth tile removed Sept. 15, WXML access through Sept. 30 and formal WIMS retirement on Oct. 1; archived data will remain retrievable but users should export anything they need during the limited window.
Speaker 1 announced a formal, phased retirement of WIMS and described how users should prepare.
The presenter said new user accounts will be disabled Sept. 1, the FAM auth tile for WIMS will be removed Sept. 15, and WXML access will continue through Sept. 30. "As of September 30... August, October 1 will be, WIMS will be formally shut down," Speaker 1 said, adding that FEMs will be the authoritative database for fire-danger information going forward.
Speaker 1 told participants the WIMS dataset will be archived rather than destroyed and said teams can fetch archived data later if needed: "It will be archived. It will be stored for, for reference purposes... If you need it handy for you, yes, I would say you'd probably wanna grab whatever you feel that you need." The presenter emphasized there is a short window for direct exports: "You got 15 days to grab your data at that point, Carol."
The presenter clarified that the central data warehouse will remain intact and stored data will not be deleted even after WIMS is retired, but WIMS itself will no longer update that warehouse. "We're just not managing WIMS... The data warehouse is still around," Speaker 1 said.
The speaker also offered a practical transition aid: posted spreadsheets and a user guide on the FEMs portal explain how to map legacy WIMS (FW13) breakpoints to FEMs percentiles so dispatch centers can translate prior thresholds into the new FEMs values.
What happens next: users should export any files they need before WXML access ends, consult the transition job aid on the FEMs portal, and contact the presenter for archived-data retrieval if they need records after the shutdown. The meeting adjourned with the presenter noting the group will meet again next month.
