UNIT 8 INTELLIGENCE DISSEMINATION

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UNIT 8 INTELLIGENCE DISSEMINATION
INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT
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OBJECTIVES

• List and describe five methods used to
  disseminate Intelligence products.
• List and describe the two types of briefings
  given by the Intelligence Section.
• Define what an effective website has to offer.

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INTRODUCTION

• Collection, analysis, and dissemination
• Nationally recognized IMSR

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PRODUCTS

• Detail and accuracy
• Completeness, accuracy, and timeliness

• Make sure you
• Proofread document
• Spell check
• Grammar

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SENSITIVE INFORMATION

• Fatalities
• Injuries
• Aviation Incidents
• Medical Evacuation
• Structures Destroyed
• Livestock damage/deaths
• Deployment/entrapment

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USERS

• INTERNAL USERS
• Fire Management Officers
• MAC Groups
• Center Director
• Fire Information Officers

• EXTERNAL USERS
• General Public
• Media
• Congressional Offices

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METHODS OF DISSEMINATION

• Briefings
• Electronic Mail
• Websites
• Display Areas
• Fire Information Centers

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BRIEFINGS

• Concise preparatory instructions
• Accurate and to the point

• Know your audience
• Be prepared
• Be on time
• Answer all questions

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TYPES OF BRIEFINGS

• Oral
• Speaking before an individual or group.

• General situation
• Specific large fire information
• Analysis/Prognosis
• Resource Status
• Incident Priorities
• Special Issues

• Fire location maps (i.e. Incident Directions)
• Perimeter maps
• Lightning maps
• Resources Committed (i.e. ICs name)
• Other (e.g. Fuel/Behavior, radio frequencies, etc.

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• Written
• Document or form of a report.

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• Reports Products
• Standard
• Daily, Weekly, Monthly
• Non-standard
• Monthly summaries of fire statistics and resource
  availability
• Internal informational reports for office and
  field
• Newspaper articles
• Letters

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SETTINGS FOR BRIEFINGS

• Formal Briefing
• Audience
• MAC Group, Center Manager, Fire Management
  Officers, Team ICs
• Agenda with time constraints

• Informal
• Unscheduled
• Be as prepared as possible
• Know your audience
• Ask for location and timeframe

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ELECTRONIC MAIL

• Two Systems
• Agency Mail System
• Dispatch Messaging System (DMS)

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DISPATCH MESSAGING SYSTEM (DMS)
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EXAMPLE nmswc_i
PROFILE- State nm- 3-ltr ID swc-
Desk _i
LONG NAME mtnrc_i_at_dms.nwcg.gov
idnic_i_at_dms.nwcg.gov
MAIL GROUPS RMC Mail Group
INTERNET ADDRESS dms.nwcg.gov
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WEBSITES

• Popular

INTERNET
INTRANET
VS
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WEBSITES
Commercial .com .net .bizNon-profit
.orgEducation .eduGovernment .gov .us
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WEBSITES

• What does an effective fire website offer?

1. Mass distribution
2. Available 24/7
3. Relatively easy access to intelligence
information for the User
4. Can be updated continuously
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WEBSITE Management

• KEY COMPONENTS OF WEBSITE MANAGEMENT

• Web software

2. Graphic Programs
3. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Software
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• Web Software
• MS-FrontPage
• Micromedia Dreamweaver

• Adobe Acrobat
• MS-Word
• MS-Excel

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• Graphics
• Applications
• Paint Programs
• Illustration/Design Programs
• Presentation Graphics
• Animation

• ARCView
• ARCGIS
• TOPO USA
• TopoZONE

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• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• Method in which files are transferred from one
  location to another.
• For webfiles, its the method in which webfiles
  are transferred from your PC or server to the web
  server.
• Software WS_FTPLE

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INTERNET EXERCISE
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DISPLAY AREAS

• Provide internal and external information
• Fire Information
• - Fire Camp, public locations, etc.
• Fire Intelligence Display Areas
• - Dispatch Centers, GACCs

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INCIDENT INFORMATION CENTERS

• Fire Information Centers
• Joint Information Centers
• GACC and NIFC Fire Information Offices
• National Incident Information Desk

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REVIEW OF OBJECTIVES

• List and describe five methods used to
  disseminate Intelligence products.
• List and describe the two types of briefings.
• Define what an effective website has to offer.

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Intell Desk 100 a.m.