diff --git a/preprocessor/code_bashinterface/work_common.py b/preprocessor/code_bashinterface/work_common.py
index ecbb2c8..842824e 100644
--- a/preprocessor/code_bashinterface/work_common.py
+++ b/preprocessor/code_bashinterface/work_common.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 import rst_import
 
 
-def sec1_user_config(tag_af, af_fnames, year_rst):
+def sec1_user_config(tag_af, af_fnames, year_rst, export_frp=True):
     """ hard-wired options"""
 
 
@@ -130,6 +130,17 @@ def sec1_user_config(tag_af, af_fnames, year_rst):
             }, 
         ]
 
+    if export_frp:
+        tag_frp = 'frp'
+        rasters.append(
+                {
+                    'tag': tag_frp,
+                    'kind': 'input',
+                    'variable_in': 'frp',
+                    'variable': 'frp',
+                    })
+
+
     # save *.shp of the output, so that you can hold onto polygons
     save_shp_of_output = True
 
diff --git a/preprocessor/code_bashinterface/work_nrt.py b/preprocessor/code_bashinterface/work_nrt.py
index 7909aab..4df3b20 100755
--- a/preprocessor/code_bashinterface/work_nrt.py
+++ b/preprocessor/code_bashinterface/work_nrt.py
@@ -164,12 +164,17 @@ def sec6_process_activefire(first_day=None, last_day=None, run_step1=True, run_s
         print(f'\n{this_script_name}: Skipping step2\n')
 
 
-def sec7_export_output(out_dir, summary_file=None):
-    shpname = 'out_{0}_{1}_{2}_{3}.shp'.format(tag_af, tag_lct, tag_vcf, tag_regnum)
+def sec7_export_output(out_dir, summary_file=None, export_frp=True):
 
     schema = 'af_' + tag_af
-    tblname = 'out_{0}_{1}_{2}'.format(tag_lct, tag_vcf, tag_regnum)
-    flds = ('v_lct', 'f_lct', 'v_tree', 'v_herb', 'v_bare', 'v_regnum')
+    if export_frp:
+        shpname = 'out_{0}_{1}_{2}_{3}_{4}.shp'.format(tag_af, tag_lct, tag_vcf, tag_regnum, tag_frp)
+        tblname = 'out_{0}_{1}_{2}_{3}'.format(tag_lct, tag_vcf, tag_regnum, tag_frp)
+        flds = ('v_lct', 'f_lct', 'v_tree', 'v_herb', 'v_bare', 'v_regnum', 'v_frp')
+    else:
+        shpname = 'out_{0}_{1}_{2}_{3}.shp'.format(tag_af, tag_lct, tag_vcf, tag_regnum)
+        tblname = 'out_{0}_{1}_{2}'.format(tag_lct, tag_vcf, tag_regnum)
+        flds = ('v_lct', 'f_lct', 'v_tree', 'v_herb', 'v_bare', 'v_regnum')
 
     export_shp.main(out_dir, schema, tblname, flds, shpname, 
             date_definition = date_definition)
@@ -183,7 +188,7 @@ def sec7_export_output(out_dir, summary_file=None):
 
 # TODO have '-f' option to clean the schema.  otherwise it wont overwrite or do anything and die
 def main(tag_af, af_fnames, year_rst, out_dir, first_day=None, last_day=None, 
-        summary_file=None, run_import=True, run_step1=True, run_step2=True):
+        summary_file=None, run_import=True, run_step1=True, run_step2=True, export_frp=True):
 
     out_dir = Path(out_dir)
     out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
@@ -197,7 +202,7 @@ def main(tag_af, af_fnames, year_rst, out_dir, first_day=None, last_day=None,
 
     print(f'\n{this_script_name}: Starting processing ...\n')
 
-    user_config = common.sec1_user_config(tag_af, af_fnames, year_rst)
+    user_config = common.sec1_user_config(tag_af, af_fnames, year_rst, export_frp)
     globals().update(user_config)
 
     common.sec2_check_environment(out=out)
@@ -215,7 +220,7 @@ def main(tag_af, af_fnames, year_rst, out_dir, first_day=None, last_day=None,
         summary_file = Path(summary_file).open('a')
 
     print(f'\n{this_script_name}: Starting export ...\n')
-    sec7_export_output(out_dir=out_dir, summary_file=summary_file)
+    sec7_export_output(out_dir=out_dir, summary_file=summary_file, export_frp=export_frp)
 
 
 
@@ -265,6 +270,10 @@ def str2bool(v):
             help='run step2 (lct/vcf identification) [yes/no]', 
             type=str2bool, nargs='?', const=True)
 
+    parser.add_argument('--export_frp', default=True,
+            help='export average frp at each polygon [yes/no]',
+            type=str2bool, nargs='?', const=True)
+
     parser.add_argument('af_fnames', 
             default=None, nargs='+', help='AF file name(s)', type=str)
 
diff --git a/preprocessor/work_nrt/demo_nrt.sh b/preprocessor/work_nrt/demo_nrt.sh
index 05c464a..2b6043d 100755
--- a/preprocessor/work_nrt/demo_nrt.sh
+++ b/preprocessor/work_nrt/demo_nrt.sh
@@ -71,19 +71,19 @@ python3 $exc_dir/work_nrt.py -t $tag -y $yrm2 \
 	-o $out_dir \
        	-fd $yj -ld $yj \
         -s $summary_file \
-	$data_dir/FIRMS/modis-c6.1/MODIS_C6_Global_MCD14DL_NRT_${yjm1}.txt \
-	$data_dir/FIRMS/modis-c6.1/MODIS_C6_Global_MCD14DL_NRT_${yj}.txt \
-	$data_dir/FIRMS/suomi-npp-viirs-c2/SUOMI_VIIRS_C2_Global_VNP14IMGTDL_NRT_${yjm1}.txt \
-	$data_dir/FIRMS/suomi-npp-viirs-c2/SUOMI_VIIRS_C2_Global_VNP14IMGTDL_NRT_${yj}.txt
+	$data_dir/FIRMS/modis-c6.1/Global/MODIS_C6_1_Global_MCD14DL_NRT_${yjm1}.txt \
+	$data_dir/FIRMS/modis-c6.1/Global/MODIS_C6_1_Global_MCD14DL_NRT_${yj}.txt \
+	$data_dir/FIRMS/suomi-npp-viirs-c2/Global/SUOMI_VIIRS_C2_Global_VNP14IMGTDL_NRT_${yjm1}.txt \
+	$data_dir/FIRMS/suomi-npp-viirs-c2/Global/SUOMI_VIIRS_C2_Global_VNP14IMGTDL_NRT_${yj}.txt
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 	echo problem in work_nrt.py
 	exit 2
 fi
 
-# Purge the intermediate results in the database
-python3 $exc_dir/work_clean.py -t $tag \
-	-s $summary_file
+## Purge the intermediate results in the database
+#python3 $exc_dir/work_clean.py -t $tag \
+#	-s $summary_file
 
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then