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Fire

Air Resources Laboratory Wildfire/Forest Fire Smoke Forecasting
Forecast products for tracking atmospheric pollutants such as smoke, volcanic ash or chemicals, including past fires in Southeast Asia, Mexico and Florida.

Canadian Wildland Fire Information System
The Canadian Wildland Fire Information System creates daily fire weather and fire behavior maps year-round and hot spot maps throughout the forest fire season, generally between May and September.

Climate, Weather, and Fire
Products and information related to climate, weather, and fire applied research activities at the Desert Research Institute/Western Regional Climate Center.

Climatic change and fire regimes
USGS site explaining the use of sedimentary charcoal data and tree ring and fire scar studies in understanding climate-fire relationships and change in the Sierra Nevada.

Coarse-Scale Spatial Data for Wildland Fire and Fuel Management
Offers maps and mapping data integrating biophysical and remotely sensed data for fire management and research

E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database
Searchable database of over 10,800 citations related to fire ecology, including books, chapters within books, journal articles, conferences and conference papers, state and federal documents.

Fire History of Bor Forest Island and Surrounding Pinus sylvestris Forests of the Dubches Plain, Siberia
Abstract of a research report regarding the reconstruction of fire history using dendrochronology in the Dubches Plain of Siberia.

Fire Regimes in Sierrian Mixed-Conifer Forests
Information page providing an overview of the uses of tree ring analysis to understand the role of fire in the forest ecology of giant sequoia groves.

Fire Weather Forecasts (National Weather Service)
Daily maps of critical to extreme fire weather for the continental U.S.

Firehouse.com - Wildfire Center
Up to the minute fire news and information.

Firewise
Information about living in the wildland-urban interface, including tips to protect property, a resources library, press releases, and links to other fire-related websites.

Global Fire Monitoring Center
Part of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, this site monitors fires, fire conditions and recovery efforts around the world, including global, regional and national fire weather and climate forecasts.

Landscape and Fire Ecology Studies at Bandelier National Monument and the Jemez Mountains
Description of a project to reconstruct environmental histories of the Jemez and Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico.

National Fire Plan
A joint effort between the USDA Forest Service and the Department of the Interior that focuses on areas where communities encroach fire-prone land. Provides technical, financial, and resource guidance and support for wildland fire management.

National Interagency Coordination Center
Information on current and historical fire occurrence for the U.S. Includes fire outlook maps, fire news, fire management reference and report materials, and links to fire danger outlooks nationwide.

National Interagency Fire Center
Seven federal agencies combine to provide current wildland fire information, fire coordination services, national wildland fire outlooks and assessments, fire statistics and maps.

New Mexico State Forestry
Information about fire plans, forest and watershed health plans, fire management, forest management, news releases, and more. A division of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department.

Program for Climate, Ecosystem and Fire Applications
Products and information related to climate, weather, fire and natural resources, including fire forecasts and maps, vegetation and fuel information, and reports and analysis of past fire seasons.

Pyrogeography Research Laboratory
University of Arizona laboratory using remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) to conduct fire fuels mapping and modeling projects, chiefly in the Southwestern U.S.

Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research, Inc.
Non-profit conducting tree ring research for use in fire history, paleoclimatology, and forest ecology and management; also has information about Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek opportunities.

Southwest Coordination Center
Fire information, fire intelligence, and fire weather information for Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas.

Southwest Strategy
Collaboration of federal, state, tribal, and local governments designed to aid community development and natural resources conservation and management in Arizona and New Mexico.

Western States Fire Information Resource
A resource directory run by firefighters, for firefighters; links to training programs, emergency preparedness, emergency medical services, fire prevention, and hazardous materials sites.

Wildfire Alternatives (WALTER)
WALTER, located at the University of Arizona, is an interdisciplinary research initiative aimed at improving our understanding of the processes and consequences of interactions among wildfire, climate and society. WALTER seeks to capitalize on advances in geospatial, analytical, and web delivery technology to provide access to scientific research activities and findings, educational materials, and decision support tools.

Wildfires in California and the Western United States
Fire and smoke management research for California and the western U.S.; part of California Applications Program to provide information to California decision makers.

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