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ROSS

Overview

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.

System Status: ROSS is Non-operational

Contacts

For information please contact the following:

Beth Spencer
mary.spencer@usda.gov
970-385-1204

Eilse Hawes
Elise.Hawes@usda.gov

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.go

Eastern Area and Southern Area
Melinda Brogden
melinda.brogden@usda.gov

Great Basin
Shep Crim
shepard.crim@usda.gov

Northern Rockies
Shepard Crim
shepard.crim@usda.gov

Northwest 

Rocky Mountain
Angie Hinker
angie.hinker@usda.gov

Southwest