FIRE NEWS & INFO:
NIFC
The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho
National Sit Report
WFAS
The Wildland Fire Assessment System, including Haines Index and lightning ignition maps, fuel moisture and drought maps, and fire danger maps. From the Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory
CIFFC
Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre
FIRE MANAGEMENT TODAY
International quarterly magazine of wildland fire
FIRE REPORTS:
Geographic Areas Map
USFS Morning Report
From the information center in Washington, DC
NPS Morning Report
NIFC Fire News
GEOGRAPHIC AREA SITUATION REPORTS:
All area sit reports on one page
FIRE AGENCIES, PROGRAMS, ORGANIZATIONS:
NWCG
The National Wildfire Coordinating Group coordinates the wildfire management agency programs
RAWS
Remote Automated Weather Stations
NARTC
The National Advanced Resource Technology Center at Marana � course catalog online
USFA
The U.S. Fire Administration provides fire training, data collection, technology, and public education and awareness
OAS
The Department of Interior's Office of Aircraft Services at NIFC
FWS FIRE
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Fire Management program
NPS FIRE
The National Park Service's Fire Management Program Center
NFPA CODES & STANDARDS
Proposals, comments, committees, and NFPA Codes and Standards-Making System of the National Fire Protection Association
NASF
The National Association of State Foresters
BLM FIRE & AVIATION
Overview of the BLM's fire & aviation program
BIA FIRE
Fire program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
The Alaska Fire Service provides wildland firefighting assistance for cooperating agencies in the state
SAFETY:
FIREFIGHTER SAFETY AWARENESS STUDY:
Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
EMPLOYMENT:
CURRENT FEDERAL JOB OPENINGS
For federal fire-related job openings; look under Series #0462 on this Office of Personnel Management site
EMPLOYMENT IN THE FOREST SERVICE
Employment information in the Forest Service including salary and benefits, locating employment opportunities and suggestions on how to get a Forest Service job
SO YOU WANT TO BE A FIREFIGHTER
If you're looking for summer work as a temporary firefighter, but don't know where to begin, this page is for you
LOOKING FOR A CAREER?
Mike Benefield's page on what it takes to be a career firefighter
MESSAGE BOARDS:
AIRTANKER MESSAGE BOARD
Associated Airtanker Pilots' board
THEYSAID
Abercrombie's (Ab's, Abe's, Mellie's, the Abs, whatever) page
NSA GUESTBOOK
Message board for the National Smokejumper Association
FIREFIGHTERS:
QUALIFICATIONS
NWCG fire qualifications systems guides � wildland and Rx fire, fire equipment system, and patrol guide
HOTSHOT CREWS
Steve Karkanen's collection of hotshot crew websites, including operations, history, recruitment, and photos
HOTSHOT PHOTO JOURNAL
A photo series from Ken Roberts, with photos and stories of a Forest Service hotshot crew
NATIONAL SMOKEJUMPER ASSOC.
Jump list, history, news, and photos from the National Smokejumper Association, headquartered at Missoula
IHFA
The International Helicopter Firefighters Association celebrates over 50 years of helicopter firefighting
AVIATION:
FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration's safety programs, offices, and policy
AVIATION MISHAP PLAN
Field version response plan � a co-op effort of the USFS and DOI
AAP Website
Associated Airtanker Pilots site, with contractors, bases, maps, tanker i.d., and a message board
L.A. COUNTY FIRE
Website by helicopter pilot Gary Lineberry
SUNRISE/SUNSET
U.S. Naval Observatory site � sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, and the beginning and end of civil twilight
NORTHWEST AVIATION MANAGEMENT
USFS and BLM Aviation Management in Washington and Oregon
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE LOOK-UP
Latitude and longitude of major U.S. cities
FIRE PROTECTION & PREVENTION:
WESTERN GOVERNORS' ASSOCIATION
Based on regional interest and impact, the WGA develops strategies for Western issues.
WILDFIRE PRIMER
Basic wildland fire information from South Carolina
WILDFIRE AS NATURE
PROJECT F.I.R.E. � BLM-Winnemucca's co-op effort with local schools
FIREWISE
News, forum, and publications on interface safety
SMOKEY SAYS
The official Smokey Bear site
FIRE SCIENCE & RESEARCH:
FROSTFIRE
A large experimental prescribed burn near Fairbanks. The project is in terrain dominated by permafrost, and focuses on the large-scale ecological consequences of fire.
FERA
Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, part of the Managing Natural Disturbance to Sustain Forest Health Program at the Pacific Northwest Research Station
SATELLITE IMAGES OF FIRES
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Satellite shots, explanations, and a tutorial on reading satellite imagery.
OSEI SATELLITE IMAGES
Operational Significant Event Imagery support team and the Environmental Applications Team of the Satellite Services Division of NESDIS.
ROSS
NWCG Interagency Resource Ordering and Status System (ROSS) � a tool that can significantly reduce a dispatch office�s statusing workload for overhead and vendors
TNC FIRE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
The Nature Conservancy's program on fire management & research.
FIRE MANAGEMENT TOOLS
Intermountain Fire Sciences Lab's online fire bag of tools, including models, info, and program downloads.
FIRE WEATHER PAGE
Educational fire weather page put together by the University of Wisconsin's Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
FIRE WEATHER
Fire weather and incident meteorology � an outstanding site from NOAA
WILDLAND FIRE TRAINING:
COLORADO FIRECAMP
Basic NWCG firefighting courses in ICS and suppression.
FLORIDA WILDLAND ACADEMY
Wildland fire courses sponsored by a group of state and other agencies
INVESTIGATING WILDFIRES
Detailed information and training on the investigation of wildfires from interfire.org
WILDLAND FIRE TRAINING
Website under development, with links to Geographic Area training sites, Multi-Agency Training Schedule (MATS), NWCG training info, and other links.
NWCG PUBLICATIONS
Wildland Fire Qualification Subsystem Guide, plus Wildland Prescribed Fire Complexity Rating System Guide, NWCG National Fire Equipment System Catalog, and other NWCG documents in PDF.
PRESCRIBED FIRE TRAINING CENTER
The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center is a program that blends field prescribed burning experience with a curriculum of classroom instruction.
COLORADO WILDFIRE ACADEMY
The Academy handles interagency training Courses ranging from basic fire suppression to advanced IMT training.
OAS TRAINING SCHEDULE
Index of classes, with locations, schedules, and contacts
NY WILDFIRE & INCIDENT MGMT ACADEMY
This interagency academy offers over 20 courses, training students to meet NWCG standards.
NWCG TASKBOOKS
Air ops, command and staff, expanded dispatch, finance, logistics, ops, planning, and RxFire
BLM TRAINING CENTER
The BLM's national training center in Phoenix � courses, calendar, and staff
OTHER FIRE NEWS & INFO:
MISSIONARY RIDGE FIRE
Outstanding collection of photos and information on the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire, compiled by the La Plata County Office of Emergency Management.
FS RETIREES
Website for former Forest Service folks, with a maillist, news, and a lost-and-found page
PYNE ON FIRE
Stephen J. Pyne's books, essays, and courses on fire � Arizona State University
WILDFIRE NEWS & NOTES
A Firewise publication of the Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Protection Initiative
FIREBREAK
Pat Barling's Aussie Bushfire Site
WOODS ON FIRE
A FIRE WEBSITE FOR KIDS
The Why Files, created by the National Institute for Science Education and the National Science Foundation, is funded by the Graduate School, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
INTERNATIONAL SITES:
VICTORIA COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY
Gisborne Sunbury and Riddells Creek Brigades
NSW RFS
Bushfire safety, legislation, planning, and operations. The state of New South Wales has nearly 2500 volunteer Rural Fire Service brigades, with over 70,000 members
FIRE CENTER OF RUSSIA
Avialesookhrana � the National Forest Fire Center of Russia
BRITISH COLUMBIA FIRE
Forest protection program, index of offices, HQ and regional info, and fire weather maps
AUSTRALASIAN FIRE AUTHORITIES COUNCIL
Newsletters and fire management programs
WESTERN AUSTRALIA BUSHFIRES
Bushfire prevention and protection, employment, resources, and community fire guard
FIRE LOOKOUTS:
FFLA
The Forest Fire Lookout Association, founded in 1990
FOREST FIRE LOOKOUTS
Rex's page on the fires and lookouts of the Pacific Northwest
