Northern Rockies Dispatcher Workshop

Northern Rockies Dispatcher Workshop ****************************************** “The ftp.nifc.gov site” Anne Rys-Sikora [email protected] 406-329-1005 March 2012

Northern Rockies GACC Instructions for posting documents to the ftp.nifc.gov ftp site All Northern Rockies data for the 2012 fire season will be filed underneath: ftp://ftp.nifc.gov/Incident Specific Data/N ROCKIES ftp File Transfer Protocol the protocol for exchanging files over the Internet. FTP works in the same way as HTTP for transferring Web pages from a server to a user's browser and SMTP for transferring electronic mail across the Internet in that, like these technologies, FTP uses the Internet's TCP/IP protocols to enable data transfer. March 2012 Dispatchers Meeting Anne Rys-Sikora [email protected]

Two levels of Security Incident Specific Data GACC Support ftp is an older technology circa 1990 Still used today to meet the interagency needs of transferring larger files efficiently. March 2012 Dispatchers Meeting Anne Rys-Sikora [email protected]

Incident Specific Data & GACC Support Data on the ftp site is accessible for everyone to view, read or download without a password for all folders below Incident Specific Data. Except for the GACC Support folder which is intended specifically for secure information such as IAPs or Contracts. Except for the GACC Support folder To view, download or copy data from the GACC Support a password is needed. It’s a ‘blind folder’. March 2012 Dispatchers Meeting Anne Rys-Sikora [email protected]

Put vs. Get A Password is needed to put data on the ftp site. A Password is not needed to get data from the ftp site. Except for the GACC Support folder It will be blind without a password Once data is put on the site it cannot be deleted except by the system manager (WO Personnel). March 2012 Dispatchers Meeting Anne Rys-Sikora [email protected]

To put non-secure data On any folder except GACC Support Use the Username: nrgaccadm!n and its password It is case sensitive Non-Secure data includes Whole ICS structure included. GIS data or Maps. Any Non-Personal information. March 2012 Dispatchers Meeting Anne Rys-Sikora [email protected]

To put secure data All secure data goes in the GACC Support folder Use the Username: secsupport and its password It is case sensitive Secure data includes IAPs or Contracts March 2012 Dispatchers Meeting Anne Rys-Sikora [email protected]

Help is available The ftp.nifc.gov site is supported NIFC HelpDesk 1-800-253-5559 or 208-387-5290 Local NR Help Anne Rys-Sikora 329-1005 or 370-3378 Tyler Hackney 329-4935 or 544-0371 by: The Site Does Work given proper baud width March 2012 Dispatchers Meeting Anne Rys-Sikora [email protected]

How ftp works Who ever is first to work on an incident must take the initiative to create a folder in the ./N ROCKIES/2012 folder Copy the templet folder to your C:/drive, rename it the new fire name, then copy it back. Templet folder: Copy ftpsite (ICS structure) put your fire name h ere} The rules of ‘ftp land’ are that you cannot copy and paste within an ftp site. Whoever creates the new folders must copy the templet from the ftp site to their local C:/drive re-name it and then copy it back to ftp site. Finally, delete the folder from your C:/drive. March 2012 Dispatchers Meeting Anne Rys-Sikora [email protected]

How ftp works The Same -copy back and forth- of the templet folder logic holds true for the GACC Support folder Name the new folder the fire name. You are free to make many folders within your new folder. When posting anything to the ftp site, be sure to include the fire name the subject and the date. i.e. AlderFire IAPMAP 072212.doc Include Metdata in the name. March 2012 Dispatchers Meeting Anne Rys-Sikora [email protected]

Why FileZilla FileZilla is free, open source, crossplatform FTP software, consisting of FileZilla Client and FileZilla Server. March 2012 Dispatchers Meeting Anne Rys-Sikora [email protected]

How FileZilla works For Northern Rockies IMTs FileZilla will be loaded on Team Laptops. FileZilla is an easy to use (freeware) utility to transfer data to an FTP site. You may use FileZilla to post the Daily Fire Perimeters, Incident Action Plans and other documents to the ftp.nifc.gov site. Filezilla can be downloaded at: http://file-zilla.com/category/filezilla-ftp-softw are/ Google filezilla March 2012 Dispatchers Meeting Anne Rys-Sikora [email protected]

How FileZilla works It may be useful to watch a 10 min video on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v yr u2iKfAt 0 You must type (not copy/paste) the username and password. You can log on using either the Quickconnect tool bar or set a logon in the Site Manger. March 2012 Dispatchers Meeting Anne Rys-Sikora [email protected]

Live Demostration March 2012 Dispatchers Meeting Anne Rys-Sikora [email protected]