mitigation sites

FIRE MITIGATION AND EDUCATION WEB SITES

Fire Situation

National Situation Report

http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf

CDF Fire Information

http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_current

Fire Intelligence and Predictive Services

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/fire/intel/index.php

California Incident Information System

http://www.inciweb.org/state/5/

National Park Service Morning Report

http://home.nps.gov/applications/morningreport/

California Fire Season

http://calfires.com/

Weather Information

General Fire Weather Forecasts

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/hnx/firewx.php

Weather Observations

http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/roman/raws_ca_monitor.cgi?state=NOCC&rawsflag=2

Fire Ecology Education

Northwest Fire Prevention Education

http://www.or.blm.gov/nwfire/

Minnesota DNR Fire Prevention Education Curriculum

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/education/wildfire/curriculum.html

Environmental Education

The Nature Conservancy

http://www.tnc.org/

National Science Teachers Association

http://www.nsta.org/

A library of creative curriculum resources

http://school.discovery.com/

Ecosystems Matter Curriculum

http://na.fs.fed.us/spfo/ce/content/for_teachers/curriculum/index.cfm?TitleToView=9

Project Learning Tree

http://www.plt.org/

Project on growing trees using software ~~

SimForest (for simulated forest) is a project that enables students in 7th to 12th grade to plant trees of more than 30 kinds and then choose the environmental factors that affect their growth, factors such as rainfall, temperature, and soil conditions. The software is intended for biology and ecology classes. Teacher and professional development materials are included.

http://ddc.hampshire.edu/simforest/index.html

Children's Fire Prevention Handouts and Interactive

FEMA for Kids

http://www.fema.gov/kids/wldfire.htm

Stanislaus NF Kids Center Website

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/stanislaus/kidcenter/index.shtml

Fire Pals

http://www.firepals.org/

Older Kids Fire Prevention

Risk Assessments by High School Students as public service

http://www.wildfireprograms.com/search.html?displayId=228

Fire Prevention

NWCG Working Teams Fire Websites with links to more cool websites.

Check this one out!

http://www.nwcg.gov/teams/wfewt/biblio/index.htm

Washington State DNR Fire Prevention Curriculum

http://www.dnr.wa.gov/htdocs/rp/prevention/k3.htm

National Fire Protection Association

http://www.firepreventionweek.org/

NIFC: Fire Prevention and Education

http://www.nifc.gov/preved/index.html

FEMA for Kids: teaching kids about prescribed fire

http://www.fema.gov/kids/wldfire.htm

Education World: Fire Safety: Activities to Spark Learning!

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson026.shtml

Smokey Bear

http://www.smokeybear.com/

Fire Safety Education

http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/communications_firesafety_multimedia.php

Sparky the Fire Dog

http://www.sparky.org/index.html

FEMA: Fire Safety Education Resource Directory

http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fserd/

Wildland Urban Interface

Fire Wise

http://www.firewise.org/

Missoula FireLab

http://www.firelab.org/

Fire Safe Councils

http://www.firesafecouncil.org/

Fire Planning & Mapping Tools

http://wildfire.cr.usgs.gov/fireplanning/

UC Berkeley Center for Fire Research & Outreach

http://firecenter.berkeley.edu/

UC Homeowner’s Wildfire Mitigation Guide

http://groups.ucanr.org/hwmg/

What trees can provide

http://cufr.ucdavis.edu/

Home and Fire Magazine

http://www.homeandfire.com/

A Model for Improving Community Preparedness for Wildfire

http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us/4803/highlights/Intro to website.pdf

UC Forest Products Lab Fire Resistant Plant Testing Results in a list

http://www.ucfpl.ucop.edu/I-Zone/XIV/vegetati.htm

Where's the Fire Wise choices make safe communities

http://cufr.ucdavis.edu/products/8/cufr_150.pdf

Wildfire Lessons Learned

http://www.wildfirelessons.net/

Emergency Management

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)

http://www.fema.gov/

American Red Cross

http://www.redcross.org/

Fire Prevention Materials: Places to get and order stuff

NWCG Publications (Guides etc)

http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pms.htm

CA Pocket Field Power Line Guide

http://osfm.fire.ca.gov/powerline.html

CA Railroad Fire Prevention Guide

http://osfm.fire.ca.gov/railroad.html

CA Industrial Operations Fire Prevention Field Guide

http://osfm.fire.ca.gov/industrialoperation.html

Smokey Fire Danger Rating Sign GSA Contract

http://pmsignsinc.com/shopping/product-detail.php?ProductID=SBR-1*72x72*Redwood*routed

Wildland Fire Prevention Guides and NWCG Prevention Materials

http://www.nwcg.gov/teams/wfewt/products.htm

Fire News and Links

Wildfire News

http://www.wildfirenews.com

Western States Fire Assistance 2002 Competitive Grant Program

http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/sfa_grants/sfa_grants.html

FireFighting.com is a new media product built on the foundations of a Web site that

pioneered a thriving online community for fire, rescue and EMS personnel.

http://firefighting.com/

Utah Fire Info

http://www.utahfireinfo.gov/

International Fire Links

Fire Scout for Australia

http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm/fire/firescout/australia.html

New Zealand: National Rural Fire Authority

http://nrfa.fire.org.nz/

Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre

http://www.ciffc.ca/

Australian Fire Program

http://www.npws.nsw.gov.au/wildlife/fire.htm

General Information

National Interagency Fire Center

http://www.nifc.gov/

California Dept. of Forestry & Fire Protection (CDF)

http://www.fire.ca.gov/index.php

Firescope

http://www.firescope.org/

University of California Publications

http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/InOrder/Shop/Shop.asp

California Fire Alliance

http://www.cafirealliance.org/

Community Wildfire Protection Plan Handbook

http://www.safnet.org/policyandpress/cwpphandbook.pdf

California Community Wildfire Protection Plans

http://www.cafirealliance.org/cwpp/cwpp_status

California Communities at Risk

http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/fire_er/fpp_planning_car

National Fire Plan

http://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/

Forest Fire Lookout Association

http://www.firelookout.org/

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, Fire Information

http://www.nps.gov/seki/naturescience/fire.htm

Yosemite National Park, Fire Information

http://www.nps.gov/archive/yose/fire/

National Symbols Catalog

(Smokey, Woodsy Owl and Fire Education materials)

http://www.symbols.gov/catalog/index.html

Wildland Firefighter Magazine

http://www.wildlandfirefighter.com/

National Fire Protection Association

http://www.nfpa.org/

Firewise Publications

https://www.cmsassociates.com/firewise.nsf/avcatalog?open

Fire Planning

RAMS (Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies)

http://www.nifc.blm.gov/nsdu/fire_planning/rams/index.html

National Fire Plan

http://www.forestsandrangelands.gov/NFP/index.shtml

WUI: Wildland Urban Interface Project

http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/wui/

Fire Planning

http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/partners/index.html

Recruitment and Organizations

National Association of Hispanic Firefighters

http://nahf.org/

Women in the Fire Service, Inc.

http://wfsi.org/

On the line of fire. The men and women who battle America's wildland blazes

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/otheragencies/fire.html

Fire Call: A wildland firefighter speaks about fire as a profession Dated 1-2004

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/firecall/