Access and Login

Getting an Account

Access to Tactical Analyst (TA) requires a Wildfire Analyst Portal account through your agency. For agency-specific TA Mobile instructions, see:

• CAL FIRE Customers

• British Columbia Wildfire Service Customers

Accessing the Application

Installing TA as a Progressive Web App

Tactical Analyst is a progressive web app. This allows the application to be “installed” giving the user a more “native” experience with the application. By “installing” the application the user can add Tactical Analyst to their computer’s app drawer and open the application in its own dedicated window without having to open the chrome web browser or tabs.

To install Tactical Analyst follow the steps below:

1. On your computer, open Chrome.

2. Navigate to Tactical Analyst Web

3. In the top right of the address bar, click :pwa: or click

   

   at the top right of the window.

   
   

4. Click Install

5. Follow the onscreen instructions to install the PWA.

Sideloading an .apk File to Install TA Mobile

This page will provide instructions on how to side load an .apk file onto your Android device. An .apk file is a file type that can be used to install applications on mobile devices.

Connect the mobile device to the computer. Make sure the mobile device is visible in the Table of Contents in File Explorer. The mobile device USB setting should be set to allow File Transfer.

1. Download the .apk to the computer and leave the .apk in the Downloads folder or save it in a known location. Locate the downloaded .apk using File Explorer

2. Right-click on the .apk file and select Copy

3. In the File Explorer find the mobile device name in the Table of Contents and click to access the mobile device

4. Double-click to open Internal Shared Storage

5. Right-click and Paste the .apk onto mobile device in the File Explorer

6. Switch to the mobile device and on the mobile device open Settings

7. Tap to open Storage

8. In the Storage list tap Files

9. Find the .apk in the Files list and tap on the .apk

10. Tap Continue

11. Tap Install

TA Mobile Login

Open Tactical Analyst Mobile on your device and follow the steps below to Log In:

1. On the Sign In screen, use the drop-down field to select the preferred environment

2. Enter your Username

3. Enter your Password

4. Tap Sign In

5. To use the Biometric Sign In users will need to enter their username and password manually once before they will be able to use Face ID or their fingerprint

Note: The password for the Training Environment and Production Environment can be the same, but may be different. You must enter the correct password for the selected Environment.

Login Tokens

Login tokens are valid for 30 days. When users are close to that 30 day mark they will get a notification that they will need to log in again.

The notification pop up will have two options: Dismiss and Logout.

1. Dismiss - will close the notification pop up but users will need to manually log out of the app at a later time

2. Logout - will automatically bring users to the login page of TA mobile.

TA Web Login

The Wildfire Analyst Portal provide access to your Wildfire Analyst and Tactical Analyst web applications implemented to support CAL FIRE tactical operations. This includes tools for the Tactical Analyst situational awareness web application, published reports and dashboards, and user management.

Tactical Analyst web can be accessed through the Wildfire Analyst Enterprise portal, which can be found at https://calfire.wildfireanalyst.com/

Accessing Tactical Analyst

Once you have logged into the WFA Portal, you will be taken to the Applications screen.

Click on Tactical Analyst to open the application.

Logging In

To log into Tactical Analyst use the WFA portal username that your account is associated with.

My Profile

To access your user profile follow the steps outlined below:

1. Log into the Wildfire Analyst Enterprise Portal or Tactical Analyst

2. Click on the user profile icon in the top right corner of the screen

3. Click My Profile in the pop up card.

Edit Your Profile

To edit the information on your profile, follow the steps outlined below:

1. Navigate to your profile on the Wildfire Analyst Enterprise Portal

2. Click Edit Profile

3. Make any necessary changes

4. Click Save to apply the changes

Reset Your Password

To reset your password from the login screen follow the steps outlined below:

1. Navigate to the Wildfire Analyst Portal

2. Click Login to go to the Login screen

3. Click Forgot Password?

4. Enter the email associated with your WFA-E/Tactical Analyst Account

5. Click Send Email

6. You will receive and email with a link to create a new password. Click Set New Password in the email and follow the instructions and steps outlined in that email.

What’s next?

1. Watch the Getting Started Video

2. Complete the Tactical Analyst Training to receive your certificate.

Activate Deep Links

Android users can now tap on incident links that will automatically open the Tactical Analyst mobile app instead of directing users to Tactical Analyst web.

To activate deep links, follow the steps outlined below:

1. Open the device’s settings

2. Tap Apps

3. Tap Tactical Analyst

4. Tap Set as Default

5. Tap Supported web addresses

6. Toggle on all links

7. Android Users will now be able to open the Tactical Analyst mobile app by tapping on incident links

Managing Accounts

Coming soon.