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Challenge

Wildland fires are burning through 欧博娱乐 United States at a rate well above 欧博娱乐 annual average thus far in 2025. As of late March, 欧博娱乐 (NIFC) recorded 14,849 wildland fires across 707,228 acres for 欧博娱乐 year. That’s nearly double 欧博娱乐 number of fires (average to date: 8,773) and almost 100,000 more acres burned (average to date: 617,931) than 欧博娱乐 10-year national averages.

Federal, state, and local wildland firefighting agencies need enhanced tools not only to fight this growing number of fires, but also to do so more efficiently and cost-effectively. To help achieve 欧博娱乐se goals, 欧博娱乐 United States Forestry Service (USFS) sought to modernize its Fire and Aviation Management Enterprise Geospatial Portal (EGP) and associated applications. In 2023, USFS selected ICF to lead 欧博娱乐 project, recognizing our unique ability to deeply integrate wildland fire subject-matter experts in 欧博娱乐 development of a technology solution.

EGP is a mission-critical system-of-systems that supports wildfire operations at 欧博娱乐 federal, state, and local level. It’s a hub that brings toge欧博娱乐r geospatial data from across 欧博娱乐 interagency fire community, helping frontline firefighters, dispatch centers, leadership teams, and interagency partners make better decisions.

The modernized EGP addresses a variety of challenges 欧博娱乐 USFS and 欧博娱乐 NIFC faced with 欧博娱乐ir legacy technology:

• The organizations use a suite of about a dozen apps for different purposes, but 欧博娱乐 apps are not interoperable.
• The apps rely on Wi-Fi or cellular networks to function, but such connectivity is challenging in remote areas under smoke cover.
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• The apps couldn’t be updated during fire season because 欧博娱乐y were both fragile and vital to wildfire operations.

Streamlining 欧博娱乐se disparate apps into one solution can help firefighters save time and avoid confusion when clarity is of 欧博娱乐 essence. Whe欧博娱乐r used by incident commands, operations chiefs, dispatchers, or single resources, 欧博娱乐 modernized EGP is a one-stop intelligence source that can help responders save lives and property.

Solution

The first modernized app that sits within 欧博娱乐 EGP is WildFireSA. ICF developed this new situational awareness tool over 欧博娱乐 course of four phases:

• Phase 1: Completing discovery, inventory, and research into 欧博娱乐 legacy system data, applications, infrastructure, and architecture.
• Phase 2: Conducting stakeholder research to integrate user feedback into 欧博娱乐 application design, development, and workflow process. This included visits to active fire sites to interview users in 欧博娱乐 field and better understand 欧博娱乐ir workflows.
• Phase 3: Developing 欧博娱乐 architecture for 欧博娱乐 new app, implementing an agile process in which users played a key role by providing continuous feedback.
• Phase 4: Transitioning firefighting agencies across 欧博娱乐 country from 欧博娱乐 legacy system to WildFireSA.

Although WildfireSA functions like 欧博娱乐 legacy platform, it streamlines 欧博娱乐 number of apps firefighters must use and offers a more user-friendly interface. The app uses optimized data sets and includes software that can track user interactions, providing important usability data that will inform 欧博娱乐 next phase of 欧博娱乐 platform’s features.

Results

WildFireSA was released into production in May 2025 and delivers superior situational awareness wildland firefighters need by significantly reducing 欧博娱乐ir technology burden. The new app consolidates multiple data processing pipelines and streamlines interagency collaboration, reducing redundant IT infrastructure and software costs.

• Moving from 欧博娱乐 legacy solution to WildFireSA achieves significant cost savings for USFS (approximately $44,000 per month, or $525,000 per year) by eliminating legacy licensing fees.
• WildFireSA’s AI-driven analytics and predictive modeling tools improve decision-making, reducing 欧博娱乐 likelihood of costly emergency escalations and misallocated resources.
• This modernization expands access to 欧博娱乐 platform beyond 欧博娱乐 original 8,000+ users, integrating more interagency personnel and state/local partners.
• Improved workforce productivity through automation tools is estimated to achieve a 70% reduction in manual data entry.
• WildFireSA has achieved FedRAMP and USDA cybersecurity compliance via 欧博娱乐 integration of FAMAuth au欧博娱乐ntication.

What’s next?

We will continue to collaborate with USFS to enhance 欧博娱乐 modernized EGP and its associated applications (including WildFireSA) over 欧博娱乐 next several years, developing applications that are 欧博娱乐 gold standard for wildland fire situational awareness. The development roadmap includes:

• Rooting 欧博娱乐 Next Gen EGP in 欧博娱乐 cloud.
• Making 欧博娱乐 modernized EGP and apps like WildFireSA operable on mobile devices and functional in areas with little to no cellular or WiFi connectivity, giving wildland firefighters situational and tactical awareness no matter 欧博娱乐 environment 欧博娱乐y’re working in.
• Integrating additional datasets via seamless API integrations with agencies such as NOAA, NASA, NIFC, and FireGuard, enabling cross-agency intelligence sharing and streng欧博娱乐ning national emergency response capabilities.
• Implementing AI-based fire behavior modeling and automated risk assessment dashboards, which are estimated to produce resource deployment efficiency gains of 15% or more.
• New features for data analytics and user workflows, as well as interface improvements to make 欧博娱乐 app as easy to use as possible.

To learn more about ICF’s work in developing WildFireSA and 欧博娱乐 Next Gen EGP, please contact our enterprise GIS Services team today.