UPDATE POSTED: ROSS is no longer in use. The Interagency Resource Ordering Capability (IROC) replaced ROSS and is the current resource ordering application. For more information go to https://famit.nwcg.gov/applications/IROC
UPDATE POSTED 4/23/2020 AT 1300 MDT
SUBJECT: NAP Outage Tonight, April 23, 2020, at 2200, lasting 3 hours.
ISSUE: iNAP 1.3.15 will be deployed Thursday, April 23, 2020, starting at 2200 and lasting 3 hours. During this time all applications that authenticate via the NAP wil be inaccessible. Those applications are IROC, ICBS, e-ISuite, WIMS and INCIWEB, and FAM-FTP.
START: 4/23/2020 at 2200 MDT
STOP: 4/24/2020 at 0100 MDT
USER ACTION: No action required.
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UPDATE POSTED 3/4/2020 AT 1545 MST
SUBJECT: NAP Outage Tomorrow Night, March 5, 2020, at 2200, lasting 3 hours.
ISSUE: NAP 1.3.14 will be deployed Thursday, March 5, 2020, starting at 2200 and lasting 3 hours. During this time all applications that authenticate via the NAP will be down those applications are ICBS, e-ISuite, ROSS Practice, WIMS and INCIWEB.
START: 3/5/2020 at 2200 MST
STOP: 3/6/2020 at 0100 MST
USER ACTION: No action required.
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UPDTE POSTED 2/13/2020 AT 1200 MST
SUBJECT: ROSS PRODUCTION OUTAGE
ISSUE: There will be a ROSS Production Outage tonight, February 13, 2020, starting at 2230 and lasting 1.5 hours, for NESS Monthly Maintenance,
START: 2/23/2020 AT 2230 MST
ENDING: 2/23/2020 AT 2400 MST
USER ACTION: No action required.
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UPDATE POSTED 01/28/2020 AT 1100 MST
SUBJECT: ROSS AND NAP PRODUCTION OUTAGE
ISSUE: There will be a ROSS and NAP outage tonight, January 28th, 2020, starting at 2000 MST to perform the ROSS Annual Archive and deploy NAP Version 1.3.13.
START: 1/28/2020 AT 2000 MST
END: 1/29/2020 AT 0130 MST
USER ACTION: NONE
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UPDATE POSTED: 11/12/2019 AT 1115 MST
SUBJECT: ROSS PRODUCTION OUTAGE
ISSUE: There will be a ROSS Production outage tonight, November 12, 2019, starting at 2200 MST to deploy ROSS Version 2.16.16.
START: 11/12/19 AT 2200 MST
END: 11/13/19 AT 0230 MST
USER ACTION: UNINSTALL AND REINSTALL ROSS
Please contact the IIA Helpdesk if you have questions or concerns.
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Charter
In 1998, the National Wildfire Coordination Group (NWCG) chartered the ROSS Project to automate the manual resource status and ordering business process which primarily operated over telephones.
Policy
ROSS operates under the guidance of the National Mobilization Guide and Dispatch Guides / Procedures. Policy is set by NWCG member agencies.
ROSS Project Team
The United States Forest Service (USFS) has been designated by the NWCG as the agency that is accountable for representing the interests of all NWCG member organizations. The USFS is the Managing Partner for ROSS and provides the primary share of financing. Beth Spencer, is the Project Manager who is accountable for all aspects of the system.
VIPR/ROSS interface
The VIPR/ROSS interface was implemented 02/29/2016. Dispatch centers with VIPR Dispatch Priority Lists will see VIPR resources populating both the Resource Status screen and the VIPR tab on the Pending Request screen in ROSS.
Reconciling duplicate resources: It is possible there will be a VIPR resource from the VIPR database and a hand entered VIPR resource in your ROSS database. VIPR/ROSS Duplicate Resource Cleanup can help you resolve duplicate resources.
Questions? Contact your ROSS GACC Representative (see list below) or your GACC.
- Alaska and NICC
- California, NOPS - Laurie Forni - laurie.forni@usda.gov
- California, SOPS - Shayne Canady - Shayne.canady@fire.ca.gov
- Eastern Area and Southern Area Melinda Brogden - melinda.brogden@usda.gov
- Great Basin Shep Crim - shepard.crim@usda.gov
- Northern Rockies shepard.crim@usda.gov
- Northwest -
- Rocky Mountain Angie Hinker - angie.hinker@usda.gov
- Southwest