FFI Introduction

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FFI Introduction
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What is FFI?
National Interagency Fuels Coordination Group
funded, interagency developed, ecological
monitoring system.

• Plot level monitoring tool for entry, storage,
  analysis and reporting of ecological monitoring
  data.

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What does FFI stand for?
FIREMONa
FEATb
Integrated
a FIRe Effects MONitoring system
b Fire Ecology Assessment Tool
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What is FIREMON?
JFSP funded fire effects monitoring system that
includes

• Integrated sampling strategy.

• Field handbook with detailed descriptions of
  many sampling methods.

• Access database to store monitoring data.

• Summary reports by plot or any stratification.

• Analysis program to test for treatment effects.

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What was the Fire Ecology Assessment Tool (FEAT)?
NPS funded fire effects monitoring system that
includes

• Fire monitoring handbook with detailed
  descriptions of many sampling methods.

• SQL database to store monitoring data.

• Integrated GIS and PDA components.

• Protocol manager.

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FFI Development
Fire Conference 2003 Orlando, FL FIREMON and
FEAT groups listened to each others presentation

• Recognized substantial overlap in systems
• Most sampling methods common to both systems

• Components that did not overlap were
  complementary.
• GIS, PDA, Analysis

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Three Main FFI Components
Database Administration Create, backup, delete
and restore FFI and Protocol Manager databases.
Assign users and roles.
FFI Project management, species management,
data entry and edit, reports and analysis, query
builder, PDA coordination
Protocol Manager Create and manager user
protocols
Note No field guide see FIREMON, Fire
Monitoring Handbook or other field guide for
field data collection techniques.
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General FFI Hierarchy
Managed in Database Administration
Database
Administration unit
Project
Managed in FFI
Macroplot
Sample Event
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System Information

• Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005

• Scalable architecture from desktop to server
  application

• Supports multiple users at one time

• Windows 2000, XP and Vista

• ESRI ArcGIS 9.3

• Requires Windows Mobile 5 for PDA/DR
• (is also working with WM 6.0 devices)

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If you have questions when you are working with
FFI
User guides are available in Web, HTML and PDF
versions on the FRAMES Website
Post a message to our FFI Google Discussion group.
Send Duncan an email or give him a call
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Delivery and Support

• Websites
• General information, training announcements,
  software, manuals, etc.
• http//frames.nbii.gov/ffi

• Discussion group
• http//groups.google.com/group/ffiemu

For general technical support contact Duncan
Lutes [phone] dlutes_at_fs.fed.us