Friendly Force Information Requirements (FFIR) are the information the commander needs about the status and capabilities of friendly forces to make timely decisions.
Examples include:
- a unit’s actual combat power vs. planned,
- ammunition or fuel status that constrains tempo,
- maintenance or communications degradation,
- casualty thresholds that change risk acceptance.
FFIR are a force-management bridge between planning and readiness: they make the condition of the force a live input to decisions.