Wildfire data are pulled into the FTEMsystem nightly from:
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The Integrated Reporting of Wildland Fire Information (IRWIN) data exchange service which provides point locations and fire-related data for fires across the United States.
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The Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) - Interagency Fire Perimeters Dataset which provides the best available perimeters for all known wildland fires in the United States from 2021 and onward.
FTEM contains current active fires and fires that have been declared contained, controlled, or out.
Incorrect or missing fire information cannot be corrected directly in FTEM.
To correct a fire, contact your Situation Unit Leader (SITL) or Geographic Information Systems Specialist (GISS) to update the information in IRWIN or WFIGS. The correction will then be pulled into FTEM with 24 hours of the update.
Important! Some fire perimeters may not be approved by an incident or agency for public distribution (FeatureAccess <> Public, FeatureStatus <> Approved, IsVisible <>Yes). These perimeters are excluded from the WFIGS Interagency Perimeters dataset and subsequently FTEM.
For more detail see FTEM Wildfire Technical Documentation.