Support the operation and development of the world fire web

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre is calling for tenders for support services for the operation and development of the world fire web (WFW). The world fire web network is a system for mapping vegetation fires on a global, daily basis. The network currently consi...

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre is calling for tenders for support services for the operation and development of the world fire web (WFW).

The world fire web network is a system for mapping vegetation fires on a global, daily basis. The network currently consists of 15 partners around the world, each of whom have one or more NOAA-AVHRR satellite - receiving stations, and who operate one node of the WFW network. At each of these nodes the GVM unit has installed software and hardware to derive maps of vegetation fire from the satellite images. Every day, the software uses the Internet to automatically share the fire maps between all of the nodes in the network, and makes the resulting global composite maps available to users via a web-browser interface.

The service is split into four components: routine operation of the WFW network over a 24-month period.

Specific tasks are:

- Routine network support:

- - To monitor the data accumulated by the network, and investigate any problems.
- - To provide assistance to the node by giving support for a series of operating systems.

- Installation and on-site support to new WFW nodes:

- - To assess the technical capabilities of each potential new node.
- - To purchase and deliver the node, the computer hardware.
- - To install the WFW software and to train the operator of the new node to use the WFW system.

- Software maintenance: requires a presence on the JRC-Ispra site:

- - To maintain the WFW software system and correct for errors.
- - To upgrade to the latest release of the RedHat Linux and Java packages.

- Software development: requires a presence on the JRC-Ispra site:

- - To implement into the software the WFW major developments, issued by JRC.
- - To install the upgraded system at each of the nodes.
For further information, please contact:

European Commission
Joint Research Centre
Space Applications Institute
Global vegetation monitoring (GVM)
Dr J.-M Grégoire
TP 440
I-21020 Ispra
Fax [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]