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Project ID: 03-4-1-02

Year: 2003

Date Started: 07/29/2003

Date Completed: 03/16/2006

Title: An Expert System and New Web Interface for Tools on the Fire Research and Management Exchange System

Project Proposal Abstract: Throughout history, bold ideas would have faded and disappeared without the tools and technology transfer necessary to help advance them. Today, a variety of tools are critical to wildland fire and fuels management They range from the Pulaski to the latest fire behavior model. These tools, many of them increasingly available via the Internet, are heavily used by wildland fire researchers, managers, policymakers, and the public. However, these tools are of no use if they are unknown or inaccessible to those who need them when they need them. Tool users need a "one-stop" source of objective information to compare, evaluate and obtain tools. Tool developers need an eBay-like marketplace where their products can be viewed and delivered to users. For wildland fire and fuels management to progress, tool users and providers need a system of collaboration so that old tools can be improved and new tools can be created. The Fire Research and Management Exchange System (FRAMES) website, www.frames.gov, is dedicated to helping provide and improve the availability and quality of electronic tools and related information that serves the wildland fire community and other concerned and interested parties nationwide. In January of 2003, FRAMES will assume the responsibility of managing Fire Management Tools Online (FMTO), the premier website for delivering electronic tools to the wildland fire community. The FRAMES Tools Project is currently underway to construct a new database architecture and web interface to substantially update and expand the current FMTO website. With matching funds, we will create the FRAMES Tools Database, redesign and improve the search engine for the database, and substantially increase the number of tools and the availability to download them. We request funds from the JFSP to: (1) conduct a workshop with tool users and providers, the information gleaned from the workshop will then be used to (2) develop a tool ID card, (3) an expert rule-based system, and (4) web interface that will help potential tool users navigate to the tool or tools that are applicable, accessible, and comprehensible for their need or needs -- to match the right tool with the right job. The 1-yr project will address Task 1 AFP, 2003-4 to "Develop information structures, tools, or decision support systems for accessing, disseminating, and applying wildiand fire andfuels research results from Joint Fire Science Program funded investigations and other relevant sources."

Principal Investigator: Penny M. Morgan

Agency/Organization: University of Idaho

Branch or Dept: Department of Forest Resources

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Wayne Cook	Forest Service	RMRS-Fire Sciences Lab-Missoula
Co-Principal Investigator	Gregory Gollberg	University of Idaho	College of Natural Resources
Co-Principal Investigator	Lloyd Queen	University of Montana	Department of Forest Management
Co-Principal Investigator	Mark Twery	Forest Service	NRS-George D. Aiken Forestry Sciences Lab
Collaborator/Contributor	Merrick Richmond
Federal Cooperator	Robert E. Keane	Forest Service	RMRS-Fire, Fuel & Smoke Science Program

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