- How Wildfires Work - HowStuffWorks
Learn about fuel loads, the role of weather and people in wildfires, how blazes are fought, and the coast of wild land fires.
science.howstuffworks.com/wildfire.htm
- Wildfires - USGS Natural Hazards
A gateway to USGS wildfire science. USGS provides tools and information by identifying wildfire risks and ways to reduce wildfire hazards, providing real-time firefighting support, and assessing the aftermath of wildfires.
www.usgs.gov/hazards/wildfires
- U.S. National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Department_of_the_Interior/National_Interagency_Fire_Center__NIFC_
- Fire News - National Interagency Fire Center
Daily news reports on wildfires and fire conditions around the U.S. from the National Interagency Fire Center. News center also provides daily and yearly fire statistics.
www.nifc.gov/fire_info/nfn.htm
- InciWeb - National Interagency Fire Center
Reporting on wildfires across the United States. InciWeb provides wildfire location maps and information on the fire's containment and impact.
www.inciweb.org
- Current Large Fire Incidents Map - USDA Forest Service
Interactive maps showing large wildfires in the U.S. From the Remote Sensing Applications Center, USDA Forest Service.
activefiremaps.fs.fed.us
- National Fire Weather Page
Interactive map from the National Weather Service provides fire weather forecasts and reports on wildfires from around the U.S.
radar.srh.noaa.gov/fire
- Fire Globe: The Global Fire Monitoring Centre (GFMC)
Provides real-time or near-real time, information related to fires around the world, and archives related news, documents, and related amterial.
www.fire.uni-freiburg.de
- Wildland Firefighters
Includes photos, discussion, and fire-related links.
www.wildlandfire.com
- Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC)
Provides operational fire-control services, as well as management and information services to its Member Agencies. Often coordinates the sharing of resources with the United States and other countries.
www.ciffc.ca
- GeoMAC Wildland Fire Support
Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination is an Internet-based mapping tool to allow for access to online maps of current fire locations in the United States.
www.geomac.gov
- Wildfire - FEMA
Fact sheets address the threat of wildland fires for people living near wildland areas or using recreational facilities in wilderness areas. From the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
www.fema.gov/hazard/wildfire/index.shtm
- Fire and Aviation Management
www.fs.fed.us/fire
- Canberra, Australia Fires - 2003 (8)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Fires/Canberra__Australia_Fires___2003
- Wildland Fire Assessment System
Information about fire weather for the United States. Includes fire danger, greeness and drought maps.
www.wfas.net
- Wildfires - CNN
Breaking wildfire news from CNN. Video segments and news articles offer coverage of wild land fires across the U.S. and around the world.
topics.cnn.com/topics/wildfires
- Keep Montana Green Association
Maintains public education, media, and publicity programs focused on the prevention of person-caused wildfires on the forest and rangelands of Montana.
www.keepgreen.org
- Satellite Observations of Forest Fires
fermi.jhuapl.edu/avhrr/gallery/fire/fire.html
- Fire Weather - NOAAWatch
Find fire weather forecasts and warnings from the NWS, satellite fire monitoring imagery, and general information about wildfires.
www.noaawatch.gov/themes/fire.php
- Wildfire Today
Blog covering wildfire news and fire weather updates.
www.wildfiretoday.com
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