The official NWCG taskbook for the GISS position has been posted at: http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/taskbook/planning/giss.pdf This can also be accessed by going to...
Hello all- The latest releases are all linked through the new and improved Geospatial Task Group (GTG) website. http://gis.nwcg.gov Check out: The FIMT...
Two positions will be coming available for GIS with Riverside County Fire Department / CDF Riverside County Unit. The GIS section at RVC has great staff and...
hello all, Northtree Fire is looking for qualified GIS techs for call-when-needed work operating our Mobile Mapping Trailers on incidents in Northern ...
Hello all, I am interested in getting a discussion started about how various users are implementing the FIMT tools this year, kind of a mid-season review. How...
I just finished a two week stint providing GIS support to a fire use fire in Washington State. I tried my darndest to keep with all the protocal that was...
Hi all- After spending two days at the ESRI User's Conference helping ESRI teach FIMT I heard a couple things worth passing along that maybe of help to you...
Good to hear you are trying to use the tools. Sorry there still are some bugs to work out. 1. NO MORE EXTENSIONS LOADED THAN ABSOLUTELY NEEDED. In any ...
All. I'm forwarding John Varner's response to several FIMT issues that I asked him about. I expect these issues aren't news to FIMT users, but his responses...
I've used FIMT on four incidents so far this season. As far as the out of bounds, as long as I "Select" the "Spatial Reference Properties" when I first create...
I forgot to mention a couple of other things. The work around to the topolgy edit, polygon/fireline, is also part of the second subject as well. The order of...
I'm in region 6 - forest service - we are using a custom projection - Albers 83 which is not, of course, in ESRI's predefined projections. So I can't use the...
The answer to needing to move labels (that have been converted to annotation) for different maps is to make annotation for each map. I haven't tried this in...
If you have a coverage, Personal Geodatabase, or SDE layer that you are very comfortable with the extent, you can import from that layer. What happens with...
You can download a script to remove the unused symbols at esri site. The link is http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=13845 It has to be done on a...
There is a need for a GISS specialist on the Emerald Hills fire near Billings, Montana. If you are interested in this assignment, please contact Anne...
I found out this week that bringing in multi-part polygons into the FirePolygon theme can cause problems with the maintenance of the PerimeterSector and...
I am new to this group and I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Samantha and I have been working as a GIS tech for almost 2 years now. I am also new to the...
I have found an undocumented feature with the Fire Incident Mapping Tools. Working within the tools, one is fine, it is when people go outside of the tools....
I need 2 electronics version of books i.e "Mastering ArcGIS" and "Geographical Information System and Science". Can anybody put it on this forumn... <moderator...
This is a message to the DOD folks- any Vandenburg or other GS-0081s on the list? I wanted to ask a question on behalf of a buddy (Ex-USFS) that is hoping to...
I heard from the team transitioning off the Bar Complex that there is a immediate need for one or more GIS technicians. California Team II is transitioning in...
When I use "Copy to Fire Points" from the FIMT toolbar to copy from one FIMT geodatabase to another, all of the attributes are not carried over to the table...
Good question. It is because we made a mistake. We hope to fix that this next winter. The best way to do it is a simple data load through ArcCatalog. Right...
It has been brought to my attention that some people are having problems when they share an export of the map with other places/people. The symbols are not...
Another thing I have encountered in exporting maps to PDF pertains to those 34x44 or larger. Several times, I have experienced trying to print a PDF map 34x44...
Another issue I came across this summer is in the use of the Map Book extension. If you use it to create IAP or other tiled maps you must export each page...
After some converstations with people and doing some testing. This is the recommended way to Export maps. Please let me know if this is still not working for...
A slip of the finger- I approved instead of deleted that out of office message. It's one of about 100 to get through so sorry about the quality control today...
