The core of WFTAK is its military-grade TAK Server, which is deployed in a secure cloud-computing environment and provides AES-256 encrypted connections to the TAK apps over any available internet connection including cellular service. The TAK Server uses these encrypted connections to route messages containing the GPS locations of wildland firefighters, as well as other information such as shapes or chat messages shared between resources. The end result of this system is that wildfire responders, support staff and fire management using the TAK app can see the near real-time location of other resources as well as other situational awareness information using the app.