About FFI-DataDepot

About FFI-DataDepot

The FFI-DataDepot is an online data repository for fire effects monitoring data collected using the FEAT/FIREMON Integrated (FFI) software application. FFI is an interagency desktop application that provides managers with a tool to collect and manage fire effects monitoring plot data in a broad range of ecosystems at the project to landscape scale using standard and custom protocols.

The FFI-DataDepot was created to facilitate data access and use of FFI data through reports, queries, and tools. The FFI-DataDepot stores plot-scale data collected with all the FFI protocols, including understory vegetation, trees, and fuels. The reports include raw data and data summarized by plot or stratified by user-defined variables.

Who Can Access FFI-DataDepot

The FFI-DataDepot supports fire ecologists/planners/managers, researcher scientists, and others that assess fuels treatment objectives, treatment effectiveness, changes in fuel loads, changes to vegetation structure and composition, and ecological objectives. Users can only access the FFI-DataDepot through IFTDSS. Currently, the FFI-DataDepot access is restricted to IFTDSS users with a .gov email address, but in the future, access will be available to all IFTDSS users. When the IFTDSS user enters the FFI-DataDepot, they leave the IFTDSS application. First time FFI-DataDepot users will need to create a password and then will be able to enter the data repository. FFI-DataDepot user support is available at https://www.frames.gov/web-ffi/home

Future Development

New reports, tools, and queries will continue to be added to the FFI-DataDepot. The FFI-DataDepot currently stores all the National Park Service FFI data and the FFI-DataDepot business leads are working to include other federal, tribal, and non-federal FFI data.

Getting Support and More Information

For FFI-DataDepot user support, please go to https://www.frames.gov/web-ffi/home