Dispatch Messaging System (DMS)
The Dispatch Messaging System will soon change from Netscape Communicator to a different e-mail carrier. When the change is official, download and configuration instructions will be posted. Until then, if you have questions about downloading Netscape Communicator, please contact your local Information Technology group.
If you have questions about the Dispatch Messaging System, contact the Resource Ordering and Status System help desk at 1-866-224-7677.
Current E-Mail Carrier
Netscape Messenger is part of the Netscape Communicator Suite. Messages can incorporate both text and graphic attachments, send and receive mail from users that are not on the DMS, save attachments in your personal files, create personal mailing lists, provide global mailing lists, access the DMS address directory, etc.
Alternate Access
You can also access DMS through any Internet browser at the address https://dms.nwcg.gov/.
History:
In 1998, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) [web site] agreed that agencies administrative mail systems did not support the needs of the emergency dispatch community. Based on this, the NWCG tasked the Resource Ordering and Status System (ROSS) project team with developing and implementing an alternative e-mail system for transmission of mission critical information. In the fall of 1999, the Dispatch Messaging System (DMS) was operational nationwide.
Purpose:
DMS can be used by any wildland dispatch office and is a web-based application. It is not any one agency's administrative mail system. There are no personal profiles, only generic profiles related to dispatching. Four profiles for each of approximately 400 offices have been set up, including a generic office profile and profiles for a coordinator, intelligence and .mob.
DMS is being used between dispatch offices and caches for .mob, commit messages, document exchange, team rotation schedules, and other mission critical information. It has the ability to expand to incidents at the direction of the dispatch business community.