United States - Wildfire Technology Modernization Industry Day

Description

Added: May 01, 2019 3:48 pm

Overview:
The John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (S. 47) provided direction to modernize wildland firefighting technology. Included in the law is a provision to develop a tracking system to remotely locate the positions of fire resources assigned to Federal type 1 wildland fire incident management teams (Sec 1114 (d) (1) et seq.).

Interagency Staff are interested in participating with industry representatives to assess systems that would meet the intent of the legislation. Responses should be focused on solutions for tracking fire resources and displaying the data. The current government solution for displaying fire information is the Enterprise Geospatial Portal (EGP) https://famit.nwcg.gov/applications/EGP. Response topics must include one or multiple items for:

o Fire resource tracking hardware
o Fire resource tracking display software
o Integration with EGP for fire resource tracking data, or next generation EGP solutions

The information exchange will be used in developing follow up demonstration projects and procurement actions. Additional information and context can be referenced in the applicable sections of S. 47 - John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act.

Who should attend? Vendors who sell or are developing products, technology and systems that are applicable to the wildland fire emphasis areas listed above. Representatives should be technically savvy and have a firm understanding of wildland fire management strategies, including information and data exchange and the Incident Management Team environment.

Attendance requirement: Attendance is optional, and not required for a response to this Industry day. Due to limited attendance space a registration form is required and is due by May 20th, 2019. Please complete the section for number of attendees. If you plan to give a presentation, please identify on the registration form whether you prefer a presentation to all attendees or a private session with Government representatives.

Industry Day Goals:
• Provide industry with direct information about the needs the wildland fire organization
• Communicate the needs of end users across a wide variety of use cases
• Ensure new/emerging technology solutions are value added and are being designed with interoperability standards
• Gain an understanding of the status of technology
• Support for Fire and Aviation strategic planning of IT investments

Opportunity closing date

24 May 2019

Value of contract

to be confirmed