Lightning Layer and Strike Counter Restored and transitioned to new data provider (Vaisala)

ATU layer “volume” field now populated with correct values

Remove Layer functionality within the Save Personal Map Configuration and new User Interface

New WildFireSA User Interface coming: Mobile Friendly, more responsive, improved navigation for Airborne, Add Data, Lightning, and Map interactions

WildFireSA Mobile and 'multi-modal' support is coming in October 2025. The current WildFireSA was initially setup to transfer over features and parity from legacy. Now, an updated lightweight, modern User Interface (UI) design is being launched. All the same features in WildFireSA will be supported with an improved UI in web, tablet, and phone support. This also includes other requested minor improvements such as handling improved varied screen resolutions, improved pop-up options, and various improvements to all the 'widgets' and 'panels' in the current WildFireSA for an improved user experience. Your feedback has been invaluable to this major update.

🔥 WildFireSA Advanced “Save a map configuration” - The largest feature requested from legacy and WildFireSA is a Save Map Configuration. This efficiency will allow you to save the zoom, latitude/longitude, application state, layers changes (on/off, added services, group changes, etc.). This is currently in testing and will allow you to save one map configuration with your EGP account. After release, future considerations for more options will be considered if feedback demands such.

🔥 Lightning - The lightning service will be transitioned to a new data provider in October/November 2025. This will include a cartographic update which combines user feedback on the various visualization inputs. Along with this, improvements to the Lightning download will include improved integration with visualization, a very fast visualization experience, and additional requested download formats.

🔥 IAA Airborne improvements - To support sharing video and imagery in the field where network is available, a temporary QR Code share capability is coming. With the new Field Maps (and any WildFireSA app access via web, mobile, or phone), when you click on the map and pull up a video, imagery bounding box or other IAA feature, the pop-up window will include a scannable, time-limited temporary QR Code, which an approved NWCG position team member can scan and download to their device.

🔥 WildFireSA Advanced additional features: Import KML, more download/export options, n-going service curation and cartographic improvements based on your feedback, UI/feature improvements driven by feedback prioritization, Automated Flight Following (AFF) integration

When you click a mission in the mission accordion, you get routed to the mission details page, not the incident details page with associated airborne data.

Polygon highlighting feature corrected and features will now be highlighted on the map when and Airborne Missions on list are hovered over.

Legacy URLs are now automatically redirected to the current WildFireSA URL.

Incorrect URLs will route to an error page which will allow a user to select the SA application they wish to access.

Mission filters now remain in place after refresh.

Missions list now shows most recently updated data first.

Airborne Mission cards now display the last modified date.

An announcement banner has been added to alert users of any important outages or updates

Map data now refreshes every hour, shows only the past 14 days, and automatically reflects detected changes

Users may now download multiple data items at a time by selecting the Select All box before selecting the download icon

Enhanced Airborne Feature heat perimeter details

More than one mission per incident is now visible in the Airborne Missions section and in Active Incidents within Airborne Intel

The Airborne Missions section will now automatically refresh every 5 minutes

Images, Videos, and Features are now sorted by time

Added a mission card to individual incidents, showing the number of Images, Videos, and/or Features available for the incident

🔥Fixed shared pin redirect issue after FamAuth login. User will be redirected back to original shared pin URL after FamAuth login prompt rather than the default homepage.

Fixed a default date issue that was causing incorrect dates for some incidents. Incidents with no available date information will now appear without a date rather than showing a default/incorrect date

Incident Detail & Briefing Metrics Integration – Integrated Briefing Metrics & Incident Panel (right panel) to bring together the previous separate briefing concept into a single view. National and GACC Metrics updated every 5 minutes are added to the top of the right panel. Additionally, Search, Filter, List and see Incident Details in the Incident Panel. For a selected incident, there is now a One click “share” a direct link of the incident, lat/long, zoom, GACC, and even if in 2D or 3D mode. 🔥In WildFireSA Advanced, additional incident details are included on incident resources, operational notes, and ICS conditions detail

🔥Airborne Data available by Incident – In the same panel, for a selected incident, Airborne Intel is now grouped with active incidents for better organization and accessibility. Users can now directly see if an incident has airborne data within the incident card in the incident panel. (to see all missions in 1 list coming next sprint)

New UI changed to Grouped Layers and Add Data Experience – Common layers are now grouped for ease of use. A new “Add Data” interface (left panel) allows for quick adds of the EGP Curated data catalog, unique URLS, files or from other AGOL accounts can be easily added or removed (Save Session coming soon next).

Updated EGP Data Catalog – The WildFireSA Advanced “Add Data” widget is driven by the new EGP Data Hub Catalog. Linked from the portal, and requires a NIFC AGOL account to access, the EGP Curated data catalog of well over 100+ items includes improved metadata common with well-managed AGOL items.

Updated GIS Tool widgets included – New “black” tool buttons offer Simplified basic grouped layers with advanced “add Data” widget, dynamically updated legend, 3D mobile-friendly widget to replace legacy Fire Globe 3D application, an alpha Print widget, standard Measure tools, and a capability to drop and share Pins

Cartographically Designed Map Experience – To support the best view for Situational Awareness, stay informed, respond effectively to changing conditions, the modernized designed a new web map and grouped layers approach with 100s of feedback across over 60 web features services from dozens of wildland fire stakeholders (GISS, SITL, SIngle Resources, Dispatchers, more). This includes updates to symbology, labels, time refresh, grouping, transparency, pop-ups, and zoom levels ensure that users have the most accurate and easily interpretable data. Zoom changes the visible features to relevant data to provide that quick SA.

🔥WildFireSA Advanced Web Map brings Near Real-Time into Focus – This web map goes further to emphasize initial attack, emerging incidents, or when fires go on a run. The overall context is centered on near real-time data such as DART Resource Tracking, NIFS Operational Features, FireGuard Heat Detection, IAA Aircraft Intel, Weather Station Red Flag indicators and Active Incidents with rich pop-up content.

Web Maps are hosted and directly available via NIFC AGOL – All EGP Web Maps are now hosted on NIFC AGOL (access via Apps or directly with a NIFC AGOL account). The changes also allow for consuming a light WildFireSA WebMap version in Field Maps (Training to come).

User Feedback Form link – As this exciting update is rolled out, feedback from the fire user community is valuable to guide change and enhancement prioritization in data, features, and design (UI and Cartographic). The help page includes a feedback form to assist EGP with guidance on fine-tuning the features to best meet your needs.