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WILDFIRE EDUCATION
Children - Wildfire Study Resources
- BLM Fire Education
Website Search on terms "Wildland Fire" or "Wildfire".
- Books on Wildfire
for children from Wildlandfire.com and a link to the adults' fire books
page.
- Burning
Issues An interactive multimedia program that explores fires that occur on wildlands (Grades 5-10).
- Dialog
for Kids on Wildfire, call in and ask a fire professional. Also some good links on wildfire.
- DOI Wildfire
Education / Resource Management has activities, nice one for wildfire.
- Earth
Observatory shows wildfires from space.
- Federal Wildfire Prevention and Education
Materials Can be ordered by mail.
- FIRE CALL: A
Wildland Firefighter Speaks Firsthand online audiovisual account from a person who fights
wildfire. (Not for young children.)
- Fire Ecology, Association of
- Fire Effects Information
- Firefighter Gear
- Fire in Florida's Ecosystems
- FIRE in the southeast Information
on prescribed fire in the southeast.
- Fire Net
Library
- Fire Wars: NOVA Click
on the Teachers' Guide for info on teaching about wildfire.
- Fire Research Institute
- Fire Weather from NOAA
- FireWorks
educational program for students in grades 1-10.
- Forest Fire Lookout
Association
- Forest
Service Wildfire Education Links Page
- History with Fire in Its Eye: An Introduction to Fire in America
from the National Humanities Center with pointers for guiding discussion and
a page of valuable wildfire links.
- Historical
Fire Photos from the National Agricultural Library
- Historical
Smokejumper Photos
- Hotshot Photo
Journal Follow a hotshot as he and his crew fight wildfire.
- How Stuff Works -
Wildfires
- Incident Command
System of managing wildfires
- Indians
and Wildfire Use a bibliography
- Links to maps of
various sorts that evaluate fire danger, fire potential and
drought
- Living With
Fire is an educational game that puts you in the place of a fire manager, based on research and tools developed for real-world fire management. Recommended for ages 10 and up.
- Minnesota
Wildfire Prevention Education curriculum and grade standards
- "Natural
Inquirer" from the USFS has a variety of educational information
and a new publication "Wildland Fire Natural Inquirer" available
in pdf.
- National
Interagency Fire Center Communicator's Guide Interactive wildfire
education
- National
Park Service Fire Education for kids, teachers and researchers,
including lesson plans
- National Symbols Program has ideas,
lesson plans etc and resources organized by region.
- National
Wildfire Coordinating Group bibliography of wildland fire web sites
- Outdoor Fire Safety
- Photo collection from Wildlandfire.com. Organized by category,
includes Wildfire, Handcrews, Engines, Equipment, Helicopters, Airtankers
- Project Learning Tree has some units on
wildfire (Pre-K-12)
- Smokeybear.com
- Stress and
Wildfire, general
- Stress and
Wildfire, kids what to look for, how to deal with it from NASP (168 K
pdf).
- Studies
of Wildland Fire Ecology studies from the NIFC website, National Park
Labs
- Taking
a Stand: Pros and Cons of Forest Fires interactive modules
- TetonFires.com has links
to many educational wildfire resources.
- This Thing Called
Fire, What Is It?
- Types of
Wildfire
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Virtual Field Trips - Resources, not fire, but good ideas for
computer-aided study topics. You could create one for fire.
- Washington
DNR K-3 Wildfire Prevention Curriculum Lesson plans and examples, tried and
true. Click the K-3 link near Smokey. Complete materials available to WA teachers free.
- Wildfire Lessons Learned site
has a wealth of information
- Wildfire,
Nature's Hottest Fury, a class project
- Wildfire News
Current wildfire news search of the internet.
- Wildfire Public
Service Announcements excellent - in Spanish and English, 27 covering
topics on wildfire management, fire ecology, wildfire history; and wildfire
safety and prevention..
- Wildfire
Prevention CD ROM from Tennessee.
- Wildfire Quizes and recent fire
news from the Environmental News Network.
- Wildland Fire Lessons Learned
Center with everything under the sun relating to firefighter safety.
- Wind and
Wildfires Facts from Weather.com
- Wisconsin Kids Page Search on terms "Wildland Fire" or "Wildfire".
- Women in the Fire Service women and
wildfire
- Woods on Fire
wildfire effects on ecosystems. Easy to read.
- Yellowstone Fires
and Their Legacy
Helping kids cope following wildfire:
(If anyone knows of other lesson plans for wildfire prevention or
wildfire / fire ecology, please e-mail
Ab.)
Protecting Your Home from Wildfire
Wildfire Resources for Educating Adults
- Books on Wildfire
for Adult Readers from Wildlandfire.com.
- Fire
Weather Training Modules Seattle NWS Office
- Living With
Fire is an educational game that puts you in the place of a fire manager, based on research and tools developed for real-world fire management. Recommended for ages 10 and up.
- National
Fire Danger Rating System has good explanation of types of wildfire, components
of wildfire, etc.
- National Interagency Fire Center see
Explanation and Safety sections
- NOAA's
Fire Weather Information Page has several education items
- NWCG Publications on
Wildfire Prevention and
other
Wildland Urban Interface Resources
- Photo collection from Wildlandfire.com. Organized by category,
includes Wildfire, Crews, Engines, Equipment, Helicopters, Airtankers
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Stress and
Wildfire, general Critical Incident Stress Debriefing suggestions
- TetonFires.com has links
to many educational wildfire resources.
- Wildfire Lessons Learned site
- Wildfire News
Current wildfire news search of the internet.
See also the wildlandfire.com Links
Page for more resources.
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